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Playboy Magazine, June 2012

Highlights from the June 2012 Sex and Music issue of Playboy magazine

PMOY Jaclyn Swedberg, Miss June Amelia Talon, interviews with Tom Cruise and Rhys Ifans, The Bionic Man and More...

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Contents
Features
  • 60Armed & Dangerous

    PAT JORDAN, a pistol strapped to his hip, tests the limits of open-carry laws in towns near Atlanta. If a man walked into your workplace, a bar or shop or even strolled down the street packing heat, would you feel more secure or would you run away?

  • 70The Underground Casino of Paris

    ADAM LEVIN explores the discreet gambling parlors of the celebrated city.

  • 76The Playmate as Pop Art

    Forty-five years ago we asked 11 artists for their takes on the classic Centerfold. Critic DAVE HICKEY examines the meaning of the works then and now.

  • 80Thy Neighbor's Life

    Philosopher SLAVOJ IEK questions why so many Americans concern themselves with the “bad” habits of others.

  • 98Bionic Man

    STEVEN KOTLER shares an extraordinary story of modern technology.

  • 104Outlaw Economists

    The neoclassicists say they have it figured out. But TIM SCHULTZ notes that some rebellious disciples of the dismal science beg to differ.

Interview
  • 55Tom Cruise

    Tom Cruise

    As he turns 50, the actor and mogul opens up to MICHAEL FLEMING about the missteps that nearly derailed his career.

20Q
  • 96Rhys Ifans

    Rhys Ifans

    STEPHEN REBELLO gets the wild Welshman to talk about his bad boy ways and his role in the new Spider-Man movie.

Fiction
  • 74Vlad

    An exiled Balkan count asks for assistance in securing a new mansion. The Mexican novelist CARLOS FUENTES weaves a horrifying tale of what lies within.

  • 0Cover Story

    Our Rabbit is naturally footloose and fancy free, so it’s unusual to see him presenting a knotty problem for a beautiful woman such as newly crowned PMOY Jaclyn Swedberg. We knew our hare was afoot when we saw Jaclyn nearly undressed—and cool Mansion grass between the toes is how he rolls.

Pictorials
  • 64Desert Fox

    Photographer Brian Bowen Smith and stunning Danish model Stephanie -Corneliussen create dusty, lusty memories on a dry lake bed in the Mojave.

  • 84Playmate: Amelia Talon

    Playmate: Amelia Talon

    Miss June, an avid gamer, chose -modeling over video game design. Both, she says, are art forms. As you’ll see, Amelia is also one.

Columns
  • 39Jocks vs. Nerds: A Peace Plan

    JOEL STEIN tries to end the conflict between two classic male subsets.

  • 40Why Your Sex Tape Sucks

    There’s a reason beautiful people have sex on camera, says LISA LAMPANELLI, while you do it in the dark.

Playboy Forum
  • 49Rules of Attraction

    How much of the way we relate to one another is automatic and how much do we control? That essential question, writes physicist LEONARD MLODINOW, is being pursued in the new field of social neuroscience.

  • 51The Long Arm of Uncle Sam

    Seventy years ago, the government forced a Dayton farmer to pay a fine for growing too much wheat. CHIP ROWE revisits the case, which mirrors the debate over compelling Americans to buy health insurance.

  • 52Reader Response

    Is the debt “crisis” overblown?; fiscal equality; what Nietzsche meant.

  • 53Newsfront

    Facebook apology; coke in the doors; 10-year-old with a tat; condoms as evidence; dangerous tweets.

News & Notes
  • 15The World Of Playboy

    Bruno Mars plays the Mansion; Hef is honored for his work saving the famous Hollywood sign; Man + Machine mixes music and fashion at a preshow Grammys party; toasting gods and goddesses.

  • 18Sex, Sound, Speed

    Playmates and celebs groove to Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour in L.A.; playboy Mexico circles the competition at the -Festival Ferrari in Mexico City; Quincy Jones, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Tucker and other famous faces at the release party for our Sex & Music issue.

  • 143Playmate News

    Francesca Frigo shines in Taste It: The Movie; -Alison Waite hosts Hole Lotta Love on the Back9Network; personal dating advice from Brande Roderick; -Bunnies 4 the Cure helps fight breast cancer.

Departments
  • 7Playbill

  • 21Dear Playboy

  • 25After Hours

  • 34Reviews

  • 41Mantrack

  • 45Playboy Advisor

  • 94Party Jokes

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