July 10, 2008

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  COVER A Conversation With Barack Obama

  The Candidate Talks About The Youth Vote, What's On His iPod and His Top Three Priorities As President

• COVER Barack Obama: Audio From the Rolling Stone Cover Story

• Artists Lend Voices to Obama Campaign

  The Democratic nominee inspires acts from Dylan to Lil Wayne

• Cosmic Travelers

  My Morning Jacket on ruling Bonnaroo and going R&B; with their killer hit disc "Evil Urges"

• COVER Top 10: The Best in TV, the Web, Books and Beyond

  Popcorn movies, cool beach reads and a scooter that delivers beer: what more do you need for summer?

• Motley Crue Tune Up for Summer Tour

• Rush Never Sleeps

  Thanks to epic songs, fantastical lyrics and extravagant drum solos, the great nerd band of the Seventies rocks on through the 21st century

• Rush: The Complete Album-by-Album Guide

  From their self-titled debut to "Snakes and Arrows," every drum solo and philosophical lyric

• Rush vs. Rolling Stone: A Qualitative Analysis

• Barack and Roll

  The best tracks inspired by Barack Obama

• Gas Prices, Economy Shake Sales for Summer Tours

  Festivals, top acts feel the heat as many fans stay home this summer

• Fresh Gn'R Tracks Leak

  Is "Chinese Democracy" finally coming out? Plus: a guide to the new tunes

• Up All Night With Amy Winehouse

  Over beer, tea and banana sandwiches, the singer opens up about her jailed husband, her next record and her unraveling life

• The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time: Reader Letters

• The Tao of Etheridge

  Post-cancer, Melissa Etheridge finds strength in music, family, spirituality - and Obama

July 8, 2008

• Boss Hog

  America's Top Pork Producer churns out a sea of waste that has destroyed rivers, killed millions of fish and generated one of the largest fines in EPA history. Welcome to the dark side of the other white meat.

July 1, 2008

• "Yes We Can": The Story Behind Will.i.am's Viral Hit

  Black Eyed Pea explores the meaning of his Barack Obama video: "Regular people are powerful. I just proved it!"

June 27, 2008

• Q&A;: How Mike Gordon Got His Groove Back

  Former Phish bassist on his old band, his new album and what he learned from Sting

June 26, 2008

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  COVER The Jesus of Uncool

  Chris Martin: The Rolling Stone Interview

• The Coldplay to Radiohead Connection: A Video Exploration

• The Battle For Facebook

  Mark Zuckerberg launched an online empire from his dorm room at Harvard. Now four fellow students say he stole their idea

• Jimmy Buffett's Expanding Empire

• Q&A;: Rivers Cuomo

• Beauty and the Beast

  How a rock legend and a bluegrass queen became the unlikeliest match in rock & roll. On the road with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

• Metallica: Still Heavy After All These Years

  Band returns to speed metal on new disc with Rick Rubin

• America's Accidental Idol

  David Cook didn't even plan to try out for American Idol - and then he won

• How Lil Wayne Became a Superstar

  Mixtape strategy pays off with new "Tha Carter III"

• COVER Top 10: The Best in TV, the Web, Books and Beyond

  Why We Love Girls Who Love Girls, Shyamalan Rhymes With 'Not Very Good', Rock Band's New Pixies Classic

• COVER Cable TV Preview

  Who says there's no good TV in the summer? We've got smokin' secretaries, an explosive Iraq War epic, a brand-new "Gong Show" and more insane Japanese game shows than you can swing a giant carp at!

June 23, 2008

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  Q&A;: Lil Wayne on Weed, Jay-Z and Rhyming on Answering Machines

June 12, 2008

• COVER The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time

• Rolling Stone 1054: The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time

• Secrets of the Guitar Heroes: Eddie Van Halen

• Van Halen: The Essential Album-by-Album Guide

  From the First Album to "III," Every Sizzling Riff and Hot Fan Kick

• Secrets of the Guitar Heroes: Jimmy Page

• Led Zeppelin: The Essential Album-By-Album Guide

  From the First Album to "Mothership": An Expert Rundown of Every Studio Album, Live Disc and Reissue