Blender October 2008

<b>FEATURES</b><br>
58 PUSSYCAT DOLLS<br> The pop hotties return with album No. 2 and a newfoud spirituality. Don't worry,
they still dance around in their unmentionables.<br>
64 NERDAPALOOZA<br>
Rapping pirates! Rocking robots! Dudes who rhyme about Linux! They're in our photo dispatch from the world's geekiest music festival.<br>
70 THE 33 MOST OVERRATED<br>
Sick of hearing about the wonders of Woodstock and the brilliance of Tupac, we
compiled this list of rock's most overhyped.<br>
<b>REGULARS</b><br>
11 BLENDER BIBLE<br>
20 LETTERS<br>
23 BURNER<br>
The Killers invite us into the studio.<br>
28 ALMOST FAMOUS: KERI HILSON<br>
She's helped pen hits for Timbaland and Britney, but now she's fulfilling her
true dream: becoming a solo artist.<br>
30 GREATEST SONGS EVER: &quot;NEED YOU TONIGHT&quot;<br>
After a decade together, Aussie rockers INXS decided to get funky. The result:
a seductive dance-floor hit tinged with sadness.<br>
34 USEFUL TIPS: BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT<br>
Screw the electric company! The New Mexico-based hippies tell you how to live
off the grid.<br>
36 ASK BLENDER<br>
This month, learn all about supergroupies and laser machines!<br>
42 TOP 33 CHART<br>
44 DEAR SUPERSTAR: NOEL GALLAGHER<br>
The cocksure Oasis songwriter-guitarist answers your questions on cocaine, nonsensical album titles and his untamed unibrow.<br>
51 COLLECT CALL: KINGS OF LEON<br>
168 hours with Nashville's hard-drinking band of brothers<br>
54 STATION TO STATION<br>
Our correspondent survives his visit to Bodymore, Murderland (a.k.a. Baltimore),
and returns with fantastic tales of art punks gone wild.<br>
96 WHO DOES JOSH TODD THINK HE IS?<br>
The Buckcherry frontman reveals the Bonnie Raitt song that makes him cry and admits to having fooled around with another dude.<br>
<b>THE GUIDE</b><br>
77 NEW RELEASES<br>
TV on the Radio, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, Jenny Lewis, Kings of Leon
and more<br>
84 REISSUES<br>
ZZ Top, the Chemical Brothers, the Jacksons, Jay Reatard and more<br>
86 MOVIES<br>
The Brothers Bloom and Rachel Getting Married<br>
88 GAMES<br>
Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Fallout 3, NBA 2K9 and more