Blender June 2008

<b>FEATURES</b><br>
50 TILA TEQUILA<br>
The four-foot-eleven bisexual model-musician-MySpace phenomenon got a houseful
of men and women&#8212;and legions of MTV viewers&#8212;to fall in love with
her on her raucous dating show, <em>A Shot at Love</em>. And now, as the second
season of her reality circus gets under way, she seduces <em>Blender</em> with
her boundless charm.<br>
&quot;I THINK EVERY GIRL IS BORN BISEXUAL.&quot; &#8212;TILA TEQUILA<br>
PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER YANG<br>
Bikini bottom by Norma Karnali.<br>
Silver bracelet by Gaffney Peglar Barnett.<br>
Clear bangle by Cara Croninger.<br>
56 SUMMER MUSIC BLOWOUT<br>
From Bonnaroo to the top Jacuzzi jams, it's <em>Blender</em>'s guide to the
best the season on between<br>
spring and fall has to offer.<br>
STARRING Leona Lewis, Paramore, 50 Cent, Missy Elliott, Dave Matthews, Weezer,
Pussycat Dolls, Jonas Brothers and more!<br>
64 THE EYELINER WARS<br>
Emo has won the hearts and minds of a generation of young Mexicans. But the
music and its sensitive, skinny-jeans-wearing fans are vehemenently despised
- so much so that violence against <em>los emos</em> has erupted throughout
the country. <em>Blender</em> goes south of the border to investigate.<br>
<b>REGULARS</b><br>
7 BLENDER BIBLE<br>
18 LETTERS<br>
21 BURNER<br>
Def Leppard rank rock-star vino.<br>
29 USEFUL TIPS: BE YOUR OWN PET<br>
The young punks' mealtime-melee strategies<br>
30 TOP 33 CHART<br>
34 DEAR SUPERSTAR: LIL WAYNE<br>
The crazy rapper answers questions you sent us (what drug he'll never do again)
and some you didn't (when the world will end).<br>
40 GREATEST SONGS EVER: &quot;THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN&quot;<br>
How Thin Lizzy's bar-brawl anthem brought the band back from the brink of extinction (for a little while)<br>
43 COLLECT CALL FROM ... FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS<br>
168 hours with the comedic Kiwi folk duo<br>
46 ASK BLENDER<br>
Why Germans can't get enough of the Hoff<br>
48 STATION TO STATION<br>
In his inaugural column, new contributing editor Rob Sheffield looks back on
his enduring love affair with Madonna.<br>
96 WHO DOES ?UESTLOVE THINK HE IS?<br>
The Roots' drummer takes prenatal vitamins and has a crush on Tina Fey. &quot;Nothing about us is hip-hop,&quot; he admits.<br>
<b>THE GUIDE</b><br>
71 NEW RELEASES<br>
Death Cab for Cutie, Scarlett Johansson, the Raconteurs, Ashlee Simpson and
more<br>
78 REISSUES<br>
The Replacements. Air, Grateful Dead, Mudhoney and more<br>
81 BACK CATALOGUE: PAUL McCARTNEY<br>
In the 38 years since the Beatles broke up, he's done it all: classic hits.
mawkish ballads. Jacko duets&#8212;even disco. And he's even gotten good again.<br>
84 MOVIES<br>
<em>Kung Fu Panda</em>, <em>The Foot Fist Way</em>, <em>The Promotion</em> and
more<br>
<b>ARTIST INDEX</b><br>
Where to find your favorite performers in this month's <em>Blender</em><br>
BE YOUR OWN PET 7, 29, 76<br>
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 7, 71<br>
DUFFY 25,72<br>
DYLAN, BOB 28<br>
ELLIOTT, MISSY 61<br>
HINDER 26<br>
JOEL, BILLY 24<br>
MADONNA (the Greg Maddux of pop music) 48<br>
MATTHEWS, DAVE 58<br>
McCARTNEY, PAUL 81<br>
PARAMORE 60<br>
PLIES 26<br>
REPLACEMENTS, THE 78<br>
SANTOGOLD 77<br>
THIN LIZZY 40<br>
WAYNE, LIL (rhyming about marsupials) 34<br>
WENTZ, PETE 67, 85<br>
WILL.I.AM 53