Blender November 2008

<b>FEATURES</b><br>
50 KATY PERRY<br> The 23-year-old glamour obsessive behind the year's most divisive No.1 smash doesn't seem to care what you think&#8212;as long as you're paying attention to her every fabulous move.<br>
56 T-PAIN<br>
The schlubby, AutoTune-addicted crooner is the R&amp;B star for the common man,&quot;Out
of the 200 dudes in any club, only six are macks,&quot; he says. &quot;I talk
to the other 1941&quot;<br>
60 DAVID COOK<br>
The newest American Idol winner gets back to his pre-fame roots: tending bar for
an evening, at Blender's request. Now if he could just figure out how to make
a cosmo.<br>
66 MOTORMOUTHS<br>
From the Sugarhill Gang's Lincoln Continental to Vanilla Ice's Mustang 5.0 L to
Jay-Z's Maybach, it's our automotive history of hip-hop.<br>
<b>REGULARS</b><br>
13 BLENDER BIBLE<br>
18 LETTERS<br>
23 BURNER<br>
Halloween spooktacular: If pop stars were ghouls<br>
28 USEFUL TIPS: KARDINAL OFFISHALL<br>
The Canuck rapper on how to look extra badass on a motorcycle<br>
32 ALMOST FAMOUS: LENKA<br>
Aussie songstress writes koala-cute piano pop<br>
34 ASK BLENDER<br>
The dirty little secret behind that Muppet Show song<br>
36 GREATEST SONGS EVER: &quot;BUDDY HOLLY&quot;<br>
How the L.A. foursome Weezer created their signature dweeb anthem<br>
38 TOP 33 CHART<br>
42 DEAR SUPERSTAR: CHRISSIE HYNDE<br>
The 57-year-old Pretenders frontwoman and vegan restaurateur on trashing cop cars, guest-starring on Friends and almost marrying Sid Vicious<br>
46 STATION TO STATION<br>
Our columnist assembled a two-hour iPod play list of live versions of one Radiohead song. Here's why.<br>
96 WHO DOES AUSTIN WINKLER THINK HE IS?<br>
The Hinder front-dude on his fears (spiders), his taste in alcohol (&quot;whatever's
around&quot;) and his romantic skills (&quot;I make love like a lesbian&quot;)<br>
<b>THE GUIDE</b><br>
71 NEW RELEASES<br>
Metallica, AC/DC, Young Jeezy and more<br>
80 REISSUES<br>
Bob Dylan, the Clash, Sarah McLachlan and more<br>
82 BACK CATALOGUE: THE BYRDS<br>
In the course of five years, they invented both folk rock and country rock<br>
84 MOVIES<br>
Synecdoche, New York and Zack and Miri Make a Porno<br>
86 GAMES<br>
Guitar Hero World Tour, Rock Band 2 and more