Playboy April 2003

COVER STORY Carmen Electra has always strummed our strings. Now, after she hit a power chord with her burlesque musical review, the Pussycat Dolls, we're cheering for an encore. So shout Bama Lama as Stephen Wayda riffs on Car-men's rock-and-roll curves in our annual Year in Music issue. Our Rabbit wants some neck. FEATURES 66 SEX AND TWO CITIES We sent two beautiful girls out to trade lives—and beds. Result: A New York broad puts the lay in LA while a Hollywood doll busts it on Broadway. And they tell all. BY ANNA DAVID AND AMY SOHN 80 THE LAST SCORE Pulp fact: Stephen Reid snared millions in more than 100 bank robberies—stickups so precise his posse was known as the Stopwatch Gang. He reformed, wrote a bestseller and found true love. Then things went bad. This is his exclusive account of the smack-addled robbery that cost him his freedom. BY STEPHEN REID 86 THE YEAR IN MUSIC The garage became a hipster hangout, the Eminem show turned out to be a remake of Rocky—and our readers voted on it all. In the mix: Dave Grohl and other stars pick the year's highs and lows, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler says farewell to Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay and we select this year's Britney. 112 SUPERSTARS OF WEIRD SPORTS Too short to be like Mike? Think outside the Wheaties box. There's a Michael Jordan of cannoli eating, too. And a Tiger Woods of bare-handed catfish grabbing. Did we mention the Lance Armstrong of shit tossing? BY STEVEN CHEAN 125 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: STEPHANIE HEINRICH When it comes to giving head, Stephanie says it's all about hydration. More water, miss? 126 HOPE I GO DEAF BEFORE I GET OLD PLAYBOY'S speaker test—it's a deaf jam when thrash rocker Andrew W.K. takes some woofers for a walk. 128 20Q ANDY RICHTER The former Conan sidekick is now the star of a hilarious TV show. Here he gives tips for outflanking antiporn firewalls at work, explains why the world needs more wedgies and disavows the Fred Flintstone diet. BY ROBERT CRANE 132 THE DR. PHIL S.A.T. Chicks love Dr. Phil's faux sincerity. But it's time to give Oprah's bitch an intellectual beat-down. All it takes is this prep course. FICTION 108 KID, ROCK When we're teens, we make mix tapes for girls. When we outgrow that phase, they're left to buy movie soundtracks. But we still have our records—and they'll always be the soundtracks of our lives. BY ETHAN HAUSER INTERVIEW 59 JAY-Z Jay-Z outsells everyone but Eminem. Hard-knock life? Not exactly. These days his clothing company has sales in the hundreds of millions and he plays high-stakes poker with Will Smith. In a no-bull Playboy Interview, Jay-Z reveals how far he's come from the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn. BY ROB TANNENBAUM PICTORIALS 72 ROCK SHOTS Whoa, Nelly! The celebrity fear factor was high when we handed our cameras to platinum-selling artists and asked them to shoot for us. They all rose to the occasion. 94 PLAYMATE: CARMELLA DECESARE Cannella makes Cleveland rock. 134 CARMEN ELECTRA Carmen Electra's Fender gives us a Marshall stack. NOTES AND NEWS 13 HANGIN' WITH HEF Sean Penn, Janet Jackson, Matt Damon and Kevin Spacey party as only Hef knows how. 49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM Darpa is just Psy Ops 101, ATV safety is the new reefer madness. 159 PLAYMATE NEWS Playmates and rock stars, Nikki Sixx' favorite Playmate. DEPARTMENTS 3 PLAYBILL 15 DEAR PLAYBOY 19 AFTER HOURS 34 GAMES 38 PLAYBOY TV 40 PLAYBOY.COM 43 MANTRACK 47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 106 PARTY JOKES 142 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 163 ON THE SCENE 164 GRAPEVINE 166 POTPOURRI LFESTYLE 116 FASHION: SUITS YOU Get a pen. We've simplified your shopping list with a guide to spring's swankest suits. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS 122 FASHION: SEVEN STEPS FOR A COOLER LOOK Black shoes are for undertakers. This season's high-steppers come in lighter colors. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS 130 THE WORM HAS TURNED Most people know mezcal only as tequila's evil twin. After you stagger through our taste test, you'll be either enlightened or unconscious. BY JAMES OLIVER CURY REVIEWS 28 MOVIES Cameron Diaz' $10 million set of pipes, Jennifer Beals' collection of stolen scenes. 32 VIDEO MILFs on film. 33 MUSIC Turin Brakes, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant and Johnny Marr. 36 BOOKS DeLillo, Gear Heads and David Konow's history of heavy metal.