Playboy August 1997

COVER STORY Rev up for the ride of your life with PLAYBOY's biker babes. The art direction for our cover was done by Senior Art Director Len Willis; it was produced by Senior Photo Editor Jim Larson and shot by Contributing Photographer Richard Fegley. Thanks to Alexis Vogel for styling model Nikki Ziering's hair and makeup, and to Lane Coyle-Dunn and Nicole Liaigre for wardrobe styling. Nikki's corset-vest and jewelry are courtesy of Chrome Hearts in New York. Our Rabbit gets tanked. 5 PLAYBILL 11 DEAR PLAYBOY 15 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 18 MUSIC 20 MOVIES by BRUCE WILLIAMSON 23 VIDEO 24 WIRED 28 STYLE 30 TRAVEL 32 BOOKS 34 HEALTH & FITNESS 36 MEN by ASA BABER 37 WOMEN by CYNTHIA HEIMEL 39 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 41 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 51 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: BILL MAHER—candid conversation 62 HOUSTON, WE HAVE LANDED ON MARS—article MARK BOWDEN 66 DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL—pictorial 72 ALEXANDER THE GREAT—playboy profile BOB DAILY 76 LONDON COOL—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE 80 DEADLY MORALS—article KATHERINE EBAN FINKELSTEIN 83 PLAYBOY GALLERY: SOPHIA LOREN 86 KALIN'S HOPE—playboy's playmate of the month 98 PARTY JOKES—humor 100 LONDON CALLING—article LISA HAMLIN 102 RUBBER SOUL—sexploit DEAN KUIPERS 109 PLAYMATE REVISITED: HELENA ANTONACCIO 115 MEN'S HELP!—humor ROBERT S. WIEDER 123 NIGHT CLASS—going out 124 20 QUESTIONS: NORM MACDONALD 126 BEYOND DOG—fiction PAT JORDAN 130 BIKER BABES—pictorial 155 WHERE & HOW TO BUY 163 PLAYMATE NEWS 167 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE