I was thumbing through a copy of Rolling Stone Magazine the other day, one of the last days of my son’s high school break. I’m way behind and since this was a special issue, I’d sat it aside and finally decided I’d best make time to check it out thoroughly and anyway, I’m doing a sort of after-holidays clean up-cum-purge. Issue #1000 is a series of essays on people formerly on the cover w/that cover shot reproduced (the criteria for a cover shot varies with “well-known” probably being the most consistent attribute of the people on the 1000 covers).
So. I went to put the Special Collector’s Issue #1000 from June 2006 (!) that I’d just finished reading an essay on Johnny Depp and after, Hunter S. Thompson and a few others, and was about to start Bono by Bono when out slipped what I thought was a thick insert and most likely have been thinking was an insert since I began owning Issue 1000 over 18 months ago. So I swooped down to pick up the insert and in doing so glanced at it and saw:
“Aha! This is no ordinary ginormous insert!,” I thought.
And the “special foldout” was glued shut!
LOL. Rolling Stone Magazine was acting parental or their age–same thing.
<side note: Tonight (recorded last night) RS sent a real doofus-sounding guy to represent them on the currently- unscripted Jon Stewart Show a/k/a The Daily Show.>
My first thought after seeing words like “skin” and “naked” was because they’d made such a big deal out of this “nude section” and because I’ve seen some truly Playboyesque Rolling Stone covers over the years, was I glad I found this, not my 15-year-old son. (I’m an idiot, I know. Please don’t spoil my delusion(s). After I opened the insert I was surprised at how tame the photos were.
So this is what was inside. No nude Johnny Depp. Boo. Though a very nice quote from the photographer who did the 2005 head-and-shoulders cover photo: “Depp is a great beauty. He does everything he can to break that beauty down a little bit. But everything he does just makes him more interesting-looking.”~Albert Watson
So, I ask, Why no semi-nude Johnny? Hrmph!
Justin, Brit, Angelina…
Brad, Demi, Jen’s bum…
Evie, Claudia, Cindy…
Cameron, Gisele, Christina, J. Lo…
Of the guys…I really loved how Brad looked here in his Gweneth/Legends Of The Fall period. Of course, he’s making a 12 Monkeys face … The photo of Justin Timberlake is famous for good reason. It’s near perfect. It made him into an Adonis because the brilliant (now deceased) Herb Ritts took it. As far as his career went it was the beginning of his leaving boy bandage behind him and bringing sexy back.
Of the ladies? Jen’s showing of ass-crack got her a lot of attention…but I think I’m going to go with the under boobage and Cindy Crawford. On the full-size cover she was really beautiful. Striking even. They air-brushed the hell out of Christina–she didn’t even look real and Demi to me, always looks plastic. If you click and enlarge it you can see Uma in her glory but I liked her Kill Bill w/ Tarantino RS cover better. That was luscious. Half of it, anyway.
Depp cover as mentioned above:
And to be fair to Uma:
Tarantino and Uma
Tags: Brad, Cameron, celebs, Christina, Cindy, Claudia, Demi, Evie, Gisele, graphic, Herb Ritts, J. Lo, Jen's bum, Johnny Depp, photo, rock n' roll, Rolling Stone Magazine, Tarantino, Uma
And Patti, The Woman Who Waited For Bruce For 8 Years (and finally got her man after her man finally came to his senses). Isn’t love grandNot forgetting keyboardist Roy Bittan, who left this tour for treatment of “melanoma.” It isn’t E Street w/out them all. Plus, like the rest of the guys Roy Bittan is well worth wanting to see. Get Well Soon, Roy!
