Playboy March 2010

COVER STORY
With the advent of the terms cougar and MILF, the woman next door has been getting longing looks—coveting of thy neighbor, if you will. Top fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon shot his ex-Real Housewife of New York City, Kelly Bensimon, nude for us. And while Kelly is still on the market, our Rabbit tries to wrap her up.

FEATURES
34 BLOWN AWAY
The party's over for Rian Thal. The hip-hop promoter to the East Coast elite was found with a bullet wound in the side of her head and a stash of cocaine and cash in her tony Philly apartment. FRANKOWEN finds out how a nice girl from suburbia ended up dead.
44 THE HOUSE OF HORRORS
CHARLES BUKOWSKI writes about the most insufferable people—other writers.
48 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST ROCK STAR
The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones died in 1969, but the authorities and ROBERT GREENFIELD are still asking questions.
52 PLAYBOY'S 2010 MUSIC AWARDS
You helped make the ultimate mix tape.
56 EROS VINYL
Where'd all the sexy album covers go?
58 TOMMY
STEPHEN KING waxes poetic about the death of hippies, their music and ideals.
72 SCHOOL OF FISH
Pick up a thing—and a tuna—or two at Tokyo's fish market with SEAN MCCUSKER.
84 THE MULTI-ORGASMIC WOMAN
Come this way with KIM ANAMI.
INTERVIEW
29 JOHN MAYER
He's entertaining to listen to. His music isn't bad either.
By ROB TANNENBAUM
20Q
86 SHAUN WHITE
America's new goofy Olympic golden boy (sorry Phelps).
By JASON BUHRMESTER
FICTION
88 THE DAWN OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
MARTIN AMTS brings us Keith, Lily and Scheherazade's tales of hot Italian nights.
PICTORIALS
38 PLAYBOY'S SEXIEST CELEBRITIES
Scarlett Johansson made our list—and we have 25 more hot stars for you.
60 PLAYMATE: KYRA MILAN
She had dreams about becoming Miss March. Luckily, dreams come true.
92 KELLY BENSIMON
Whoa, Kelly! The Real Housewife of New York City tries to seduce us.
CARTOONS
76 SATYRS AND NYMPHS
In DEDINI's world, all the women are divine and all the men are horny.
FASHION
78 ROCK THE RABBIT
Michael "Young Blue Eyes" Bublé, Snoop Dogg, Pete Yorn, Maxwell and Hall & Oates headline our remixed fashion pages. By JENNIFER RYAN JONES
NEWS AND NOTES
9 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
Hef and Crystal Harris attend the launch of Taschen's Los Angeles: Portrait of a City; December cover girl Joanna Krupa trips the light fantastically; the Shannon twins make Barack-o'lanterns; the Mansion transforms into a haunted house for Halloween parties (yes, plural).
124 PLAYMATE NEWS
Sockin' Sara Jean Underwood and Box'in Brittany Binger add a kick to BlackBelt TV; we can't read Jayde Nicole's poker face; Kelly Gallagher is a domestic-design goddess; Stacy Fuson steals the show as a guest star on ABC's Modern Family.
DEPARTMENTS
3 PLAYBILL
11 DEAR PLAYBOY
15 AFTER HOURS
18 REVIEWS
25 MANTRACK
27 PLAYBOY ADVISOR
70 PARTY JOKES
132 GRAPEVINE
THE PLAYBOY FORUM
127 OF MONEY AND MEMORY
Computers make fiscal shenanigans easier than ever.
By JARON LANIER
128 THE NEW AD AGE
It's not just your friends who watch your Facebook page. BEN PARR explains why that might be a good thing.