Blender # 24 - March 2004

FEATURES
60 JET
Strippers! Debauchery! Clogged toilets! The Aussie rockers embark on their first U.S. tour.
66 WHEN WILL YOUR FAVORITE POP STAR DIE?
A team of experts calculates the life expectancy of Courtney Lae, Sting and other music celebs. Note to Keith Richards: Don't buy any green bananas.
68 HOW TO BE KID ROCK
The hillbilly-pimpin' Bob Ritchie explains what it takes to be a 20 million—selling rap-rock icon.
100 BLENDER STYLE GUIDE: BACK IN BLACK
Country stars pay sartorial homage to Johnny Cash.
106 DRESS LIKE THE STARS
Where to get the same duds as the Strokes, Pharrell Williams and 50 Cent (bullet holes not included).

A VERY SPECIAL TV ISSUE
70 THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
Blender sits in as hundreds of scantily clad ladies vie for a position as part of the Pussycat Dolls troupe. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it.
76 THE 25 SEXIEST MUSIC MOMENTS IN TV HISTORY!
The Britney-Madonna-Christina kiss. J.Lo's green dress. Elvis on The Ed Sullivan Show. We could go on. And we do!
88 SIMON FULLER
The mysterious Svengali behind American Idol gives us a rare interview. And a glass of bubbly!
92 JESSICA SIMPSON
Is the Newlyweds star really as ditzy as she seems? Plus: a selection of moronic quotes from your favorite celebrity dumbos.

REGULARS
14 EDITOR'S LETTER
16 LETTERS
26 BURNER
Jack White smashes a rival's face. A Libertine smashes his own face. Ozzy Osbourne smashes his ATV. It's been an extremely violent month. Except for Pink, who's making kissy faces with Tommy Lee.
32 THE NEXT BIG THING!
Nellie McKay; Kanye West
50 DEAR SUPERSTAR
Hey, Sheryl Crow, what did you learn in therapy? What do you have against Cap'n Crunch? And did Eric Clapton ever show you his train set (man, we hope that's not a euphemism)?
56 THE GREATEST SONGS EVER!
Before the Beastie Boys could mature into the politically conscious statesmen who we all know and love, they had to get the snotty party anthem "Fight for Your Right" out of their system.
58 ASK BLENDER
Yo, Blender: What's the longest album ever? Why was Elvis called a racist? What did the band Anthrax do in 2001 to avoid getting anthrax? You ask, we answer.
156 WHO DOES TORI AMOS THINK SHE IS?
The mystically minded songbird is a lover and a fighter. Oh, and a "motherfucking ant-fucker." Hey, don't blame us — she said it!