Blender December 2008/January 2009

<b>FEATURES</b><br> 49 1,001 SONGS TO DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW<br> A.k.a. Pimp Your MP3 Collection 2008: Blender&#39;s mega-list of sad hip-hop, eyelinertastic
emo, the metal-est songs about metal, the nastiest guest appearances by Lil Wayne —and more. Plus, the year&#39;s top songs and all-star playlists from Fall Out Boy, Duffy, Big Boi, Clara, Of Montreal and many others.<br>
YEAR-END BONUS! The 33 best albums and 144 top songs of 2008!<br>
<b>REGULARS</b><br>
11 BLENDER BIBLE<br>
16 LETTERS<br>
19 BURNER<br>
Which dude-rock band rules the hardest? It&#39;s an epic bra-down!<br>
22 USEFUL TIPS: WAYNE COYNE<br>
The Flaming Lips frontman on how to survive the inevitable Martian invasion.<br>
26 GREATEST SONGS EVER: "LOVE IS THE DRUG"<br>
Brit art rockers Roxy Music scored their biggest hit with this funky number about cruising for sex.<br>
28 ASK BLENDER<br>
If you thought Motley Crue were the first band to use a superfluous umlaut in
their name, you&#39;d be wrong.<br>
29 ALMOST FAMOUS: THE KNUX<br>
Having left their thugging pasts behind them, these rapping brothers are now the
toast of hipster Hollywood.<br>
34 TOP 33 CHART<br>
36 DEAR SUPERSTAR: LARS ULRICH<br>
The Metallica drummer talks dirty about Guns N&#39; Roses-sponsored orgies, the joy of kissing other guys and the finest in Danish porn.<br>
40 STATION TO STATION<br>
Can you believe it&#39;s been 10 whole years since Britney Spears came into our lives?
The marvel of the erratic icon&#39;s enduring power explained!<br>
44 COLLECT CALL: 50 CENT<br>
168 hours with hip-hop&#39;s bulletproof businessman<br>
100 WHO DOES LUDACRIS THINK HE IS?<br>
The Southern hip-hop star is "like Spike Lee" when it comes to directing
girt-on-girl films and "a black Conan the . Barbarian" when he&#39;s got
no clothes on.<br>
<b>THE GUIDE</b><br>
75 NEW RELEASES<br>
Fall Out Boy, Pink, Taylor Swift, the Killers, Ludacris, T-Pain, T.I., Brad Paisley, Scott Weiland and more<br>
84 REISSUES<br>
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Roy Orbison, the Replacements and Roy Harper<br>
86 BACK CATALOGUE: PIXIES<br>
From songs about bone-breaking sex to odes to unidentified flying objects, an
overview of the Boston indie-rock legends&#39; complete recorded output<br>
88 MOVIES<br>
The Wrestler, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and Tokyo!<br>
90 GAMES<br>
Gears of War 2, Quantum of Solace, Mirror&#39;s Edge and more<br>
<b>ARTIST INDEX</b><br>
Where to find your favorite performers in this month&#39;s Blender:<br>
20 BANG CAMARO (bring the sausage party!)<br>
52 BIG BOI<br>
51, 84 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL<br>
50, 66, 75 FALL OUT BOY<br>
22 FLAMING LIPS, THE<br>
6 6HOT CHIP<br>
77 KILLERS, THE<br>
29 KNUX, THE<br>
79, 100 LUDACRIS (no stranger to puking)<br>
23 MASTODON<br>
26 ROXV MUSIC<br>
32, 79 PINK<br>
86 PIXIES<br>
30, 40 SPEARS, BRITNEY<br>
54, 72, 80 SWIFT, TAYLOR<br>
36 ULRICH, LARS (on bonding in bathroom stalls)