Rockstar July 2006

PICTORIALS 26 JAIME HAMMER Good to the Last Drop, Photography by Michael Bisco 38 HANEKA LEE Ready to Roll, Photography by Michael Bisco 60 LUANA LANI (Covergirl & Centerfold) Precious Petals, Photography by Michael Bisco 78 CRYSTAL MATTHEWS the Crystal Method, Photography by Nicolas Sage 94 JESS WAKEFIELD Jess, Please! Photography by Michael Bisco 130 ROCKSTAR ROOKIE Cassie ISSUE'S STANDARDS 08 CONTRIBUTORS 11 PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT 12 MAIL CALL 16 ROCKSTAR REPORT bulletins from Planet Freak 20 GEAR FACTOR Ducati's $32,000 Street Bike and Five Other Accessories for Your Rockstar Lifestyle 22 CONSOLE CULTURE The Best New Video Games 24 LOVE LETTER A Warm, Gushing Tribute to Salma Hayek FEATURES 35 THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER How to Arrange (and Survive) a Night of Two-on-One Action by Donny Deutsch 48 THE SECOND SEASON Everything You Need to Know About the NBA Playoffs by Rick Cipes 54 HELL ON WHEELS Roller Derby Makes a Comeback by A.D. Amorosi 73 THE ENTERTAINMENT EMPIRE STRIKES BACK how the Movie and Music Industries Are Screwing You, With Congress' Help by Ward Crockett 86 REVOLUTION ROCK Political Noise-Mongers the Living Things by Shane Andalou 90 GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME Foo Fighters Skins-Slapper Taylor Hawkins Steps Into the Limelight by Patrick Berkery 102 THE ROCKSTAR CONSTITUTION Because Democracy Was Getting Boring 106 THE 10 MOST DANGEROUS VACATION SPOTS IN THE WORLD Pack Your Bags - and Say Your Prayers by Anthony Head 112 SUMMER MOVIE BITCHSLAP Putting the "Bust" in "Blockbuster" by Rick Cipes 128 ROCKSTAR CALENDAR Thirty-One Days of Freaky July Goodness 136 PARTING NOTE Soul Man Van Hunt Explains the Art of Sonic Seduction