Blender # 20 - October 2003

FEATURES
62 COMING ATTRACTIONS
Katy Rose, Holly Palmer, Bonnie McKee, Ana Victoria: Four charming newcomers you'll soon be hearing a lot more of.
68 LUDACRIS'S HO'LYMPICS!
Hip-hop Scrabble, bra unfastening, ATV racing: Blender takes on Dirty South superstar Ludacris in the inaugural Ho'lympics.
74 EXCLUSIVE: R. KELLY SPEAKS!
In a world exclusive, Blender hangs out with bump-n'-grind kingpin R. Kelly as he awaits trial over child-pornography charges. Is he rattled? "Only Osama bin Laden knows exactly how I feel"
78 THE DISTILLERS
Her enemies dismiss her as a third-rate Courtney Love, but the Distillers' scary singer, Brody Armstrong, couldn't care less. Why not? "The weak are crushed,' she says, "and I'm not one of those!'
82 REVENGE OF THE ASS WIPERS!
Groupies. Drugs. Guns. Rock stars' minders have seen it all but never spill the beans — unless they're offered a lot of money, of course. Formerly trusted entourage members give up the goods on their former employers.
86 DOUBLE DATE: ROB THOMAS
She's sugar and spice and everything nice; he used to eat dog biscuits. Can Blender talk matchbox twenty's Rob Thomas and his lovely wife, Marisol, into a friendly bit of spouse-swapping? No.

REGULARS
22 EDITOR'S LETTER
24 LETTERS
32 BURNER
Kate Moss pole-dances for Jack White; Tupac designs clothes from beyond the grave; Fred Durst throws a tantrum; Ryan Adams calls Britney a "chunky cheerleader" and that's not even half of it!
52 DEAR SUPERSTAR
"I could be at home masturbating!" exclaims multimillionaire and former bartender Dave Matthews. Instead, he's stuck answering your queries about the colorful bruises on his ass. That's showbiz!
58 THE GREATEST SONGS EVER!
Did bad bookkeeping result in Funkadelic's pneumatic anthem "One Nation Under a Groove"? Or was it the acid?
60 ASK BLENDER
The link between Pink Floyd and The Wizard of Oz is revealed; the particulars of rock-star sex changes are explored; the smartest rapper of all is revealed!
156 WHO DOES STEVE EARLE THINK HE IS?
The left-wing alt-country star, ex-junkie (and ex-con) has five ex-wives and an opinion about ... ooh, everything!