Blender December 2008/January 2009

FEATURES
49 1,001 SONGS TO DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW
A.k.a. Pimp Your MP3 Collection 2008: Blender'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's top songs and all-star playlists from Fall Out Boy, Duffy, Big Boi, Clara, Of Montreal and many others.
YEAR-END BONUS! The 33 best albums and 144 top songs of 2008!
REGULARS
11 BLENDER BIBLE
16 LETTERS
19 BURNER
Which dude-rock band rules the hardest? It's an epic bra-down!
22 USEFUL TIPS: WAYNE COYNE
The Flaming Lips frontman on how to survive the inevitable Martian invasion.
26 GREATEST SONGS EVER: "LOVE IS THE DRUG"
Brit art rockers Roxy Music scored their biggest hit with this funky number about cruising for sex.
28 ASK BLENDER
If you thought Motley Crue were the first band to use a superfluous umlaut in their name, you'd be wrong.
29 ALMOST FAMOUS: THE KNUX
Having left their thugging pasts behind them, these rapping brothers are now the toast of hipster Hollywood.
34 TOP 33 CHART
36 DEAR SUPERSTAR: LARS ULRICH
The Metallica drummer talks dirty about Guns N' Roses-sponsored orgies, the joy of kissing other guys and the finest in Danish porn.
40 STATION TO STATION
Can you believe it's been 10 whole years since Britney Spears came into our lives? The marvel of the erratic icon's enduring power explained!
44 COLLECT CALL: 50 CENT
168 hours with hip-hop's bulletproof businessman
100 WHO DOES LUDACRIS THINK HE IS?
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's got no clothes on.
THE GUIDE
75 NEW RELEASES
Fall Out Boy, Pink, Taylor Swift, the Killers, Ludacris, T-Pain, T.I., Brad Paisley, Scott Weiland and more
84 REISSUES
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Roy Orbison, the Replacements and Roy Harper
86 BACK CATALOGUE: PIXIES
From songs about bone-breaking sex to odes to unidentified flying objects, an overview of the Boston indie-rock legends' complete recorded output
88 MOVIES
The Wrestler, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and Tokyo!
90 GAMES
Gears of War 2, Quantum of Solace, Mirror's Edge and more
ARTIST INDEX
Where to find your favorite performers in this month's Blender:
20 BANG CAMARO (bring the sausage party!)
52 BIG BOI
51, 84 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
50, 66, 75 FALL OUT BOY
22 FLAMING LIPS, THE
6 6HOT CHIP
77 KILLERS, THE
29 KNUX, THE
79, 100 LUDACRIS (no stranger to puking)
23 MASTODON
26 ROXV MUSIC
32, 79 PINK
86 PIXIES
30, 40 SPEARS, BRITNEY
54, 72, 80 SWIFT, TAYLOR
36 ULRICH, LARS (on bonding in bathroom stalls)