Blender February 2009

<b>FEATURES</b><br>
38 FALL OUT BOY<br>
The bassist is conflicted about his fame. The guitarist wishes he had some. The
singer wanted to quit the band and go solo. And the drummer is just waiting for
the apocalypse. But somehow the emo foursome has managed to keep its shit together.<br>
44 KID ROCK<br>
Sixteen-year-old Blake Peebles has pulled off one of the greatest feats in all
of teenage history: convincing his parents to let him drop out of high school
to play Guitar Hero for a living.<br>
48 THE '09 USERS' GUIDE<br>
From Christina Aguilera to U2: It's our look at the artists who'll be clogging
your hard drive this year.<br>
54 USHER: LADIES' NIGHT<br>
Blender goes to the R&amp;B smoothie's ladies-only show and gets intimate with
his sexed-up fan base.<br>
<b>REGULARS</b><br>
06 BLENDER BIBLE<br>
10 LETTERS<br>
13 BURNER<br>
A field guide to the rock face and more<br>
16 USEFUL TIPS: FRANZ FERDINAND<br>
The dapper Scots illuminate us on the fine art of the straight-razor shave.<br>
22 ALMOST FAMOUS: ELECTRIK RED<br>
This sexy R&amp;B foursome's goal: to bring its &quot;effortlessly ghetto chic&quot;
to the masses<br>
24 GREATEST SONGS EVER: &quot;HALLELUJAH&quot;<br>
Gloomy Canadian folkie Leonard Cohen embraced his powerlessness on this oft-covered
anthem.<br>
26 COLLECT CALL: THE KILLERS<br>
168 hours with the snazzy Las Vegas showmen<br>
30 DEAR SUPERSTAR: SLASH<br>
The ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist on his triumphant shoplifting career and the drug
he misses most of all.<br>
35 STATION TO STATION<br>
Axl Rose's decision to finally release Chinese Democracy raises one big question:
Why?<br>
76 WHO DOES JAMAL &quot;GRAVY&quot; WOOLARD THINK HE IS?<br>
He plays Biggie onscreen, he got shot in the butt and he makes love &quot;Nascar,
fast-car&quot;-style.<br>
<b>THE GUIDE</b><br>
59 NEW RELEASES<br>
Britney Spears, Kanye West, Guns N' Roses, Beyonc&eacute;, David Cook, Akon, the
All-American Rejects and more.<br>
66 REISSUES<br>
New Order, Miles Davis, Franco, Pavement, R.E.M. and the Smiths<br>
68 MOVIES<br>
Wendy and Lucy and Two Lovers<br>
70 GAMES<br>
Prince of Persia and a look at Soulja Boy Tell'em's (blood-soaked) dream games