Blender April 2009

<b>FEATURES</b><br>
42 KELLY CLARKSON<br>
In 2007, she had to fight to put out her angsty breakup record. Her poppy new
album isn&#39;t so risky&#8212;but that doesn&#39;t mean the Idol champ has given<br>
up her taste for drama.<br>
48 WE GOT GAME: JASON MRAZ<br>
Blender challenges the SoCal singer-songwriter to a day of surfing and Scrabble.
One of us rides a wave while hula-hooping! (Hint: Its not Blender.)<br>
52 DHANI HARRISON<br>
Can the 30-year-old rocker&#8212;who bears an eerie resemblance to his late dad,
George&#8212;avoid the career woes that have beset other Beatle kids?<br>
<b>REGULARS </b><br>
8 BLENDER BIBLE<br>
14 LETTERS<br>
17 BURNER Which songstress - will rule spring break &#39;09?<br>
19 ALMOST FAMOUS: IDA MARIA<br>
Norway&#39;s hottest export since smoked salmon<br>
21 USEFUL TIPS: DAN DEACON<br>
The electro-dork explains how to throw a raging house party.<br>
24 ASK BLENDER<br>
The sad history of onstage deaths<br>
26 GREATEST SONGS EVER: &quot;TIME AFTER TIME&quot;<br>
How party girl Cyndi Lauper wrote her enduring breakup ballad<br>
28 DEAR SUPERSTAR: GEDDY LEE<br>
Rush&#39;s singer-bassist answers your nerdy questions.<br>
32 COLLECT CALL FROM ... LADY GAGA<br>
168 hours with the platinum-blond dance-floor queen<br>
36 R.I.P. RON ASHETON<br>
The guitarist for punk pioneers the Stooges was found dead at his home in January
at age 60. A look back at his odd, troubled life&#8212;and his final days<br>
40 STATION TO STATION<br>
The new documentary Copyright Criminals exposes the paradoxes of the sampling
era.<br>
72 WHO DOES AMY POEHLER THINK SHE IS?<br>
The SNL alum/ Parks and Recreation star on &quot;trendy&quot; sex and vestigial
tails<br>
<b>THE GUIDE</b><br>
57 NEW RELEASES<br>
U2, Kelly Clarkson, Chris Cornett, Dan Deacon, the Decemberists, Keri Nilson,
Mastodon, Pete Doherty and more<br>
64 REISSUES<br>
Pearl Jam, Atmosphere, Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, Annie Lennox and Nick Lowe<br>
66 MOVIES<br>
Adventureland and Tyson, plus film&#39;s greatest mall scenes<br>
68 GAMES<br>
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, plus Metallica talk Guitar Hero