Article: Rolling Stone celebrates 1,000 issues in grand style

DAVID BAUDER, AP Entertainment Writer
AP Worldstream
05-03-2006
Dateline: NEW YORK
Rolling Stone magazine celebrates its 1,000th issue this week with a burst of rock 'n' roll excess: a glitzy Manhattan party with the Strokes as house band and a 3-D cover that mimics the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" sleeve and cost nearly $1 million (euro790,000) to produce.

It's an audacious sign of how Rolling Stone, which has numbered its issues since Jann Wenner put out No. 1 in 1967, remains dominant even with changing times and music.

Rolling Stone loves to mark special occasions with special issues; this time, it's focusing on its covers. Dr. Hook once sang of the thrill musicians get when they're "On the ...

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