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Content:COVER STORY Up in the Air Shaun White has been flying higher than anyone since he was seven years old. But at 23, the world's greatest snowboarder has no idea where he's going to land next.
By Vanessa Grigoriadis Exclusive Video: Shaun White answers reader questions about his favorite music, his broken bones and, of course, his hair.
Photos: Shaun White's fiery
Rolling Stone photo shoot.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS The Republicans' Dirty War The GOP wants to destroy Obama, and they'll resort to anything — distorting his record, obstructing reforms — to do it.
By Tim Dickinson PLUS: Matt Taibbi on health care reform.
FEATURE Billy Corgan: Rock God, Interrupted Can the Smashing Pumpkins frontman leave the Nineties behind?
By Brian Hiatt SPECIAL SECTION Spring Music Preview From MGMT to Katy Perry, a first listen to the hottest albums of 2010.
CLOSE-UP Jack White, Taking Care of Business A visit with the rocker at his new day job: CEO of a specialty record label.
Photograph by Floria Sigismondi She and Him's Indie-Rock Romance The cutest duo in indie rock — M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel — go on their second date.
Photograph by Sam Jones ROCK & ROLL Stones in 'Exile' Mick and Keith talk about plundering the vaults for the upcoming rerelease of their 1972 masterpiece.
Breaking: Meet the year's coolest supergroup, Danger Mouse and Shins singer James Mercer's Broken Bells.
Profile: Eleven years since their last record, Nineties indie gods Pavement are getting their due.
Q&A: Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars on the perfect album, his stage name and his first Grammy.
Reunion: Sublime groove on with new frontman Rome Ramirez.
Chart Watch: Soul diva Sade tops the charts a decade after her last LP.
In Concert: Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Sonic Youth and more rock for Yoko.
Checking In: Peter Gabriel's musical pen-pal project finds him trading cover versions with Neil Young, Radiohead and Arcade Fire.
Tributes: The Knack's Doug Fieger, Dale Hawkins.
TV Judgment Day for 'American Idol' With Paula gone and Simon heading for the exit, America's favorite show is on shaky ground.
SPORTS The New Kobe How Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant is becoming the NBA's alpha dog.
RECORDS Gorillaz Attack Damon Albarn's cartoon rock group hits the mainstream.
PLUS: Jimi Hendrix,
Joanna Newsom,
Alberta Cross,
Buddy Holly, Freelance Whales, Serj Tankian, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim,
Allison Moorer,
Danny Barnes, The Besnard Lakes,
Daniel Merriweather,
Shout Out Louds and
the Len Price 3.
Fricke's Picks: Kris Kristofferson and the Carolina Chocolate Drops
MOVIES 'Alice in Wonderland' Tim Burton transforms Lewis Carrol's classic into a trippy, 3-D epic.
PLUS: Green Zone,
A Prophet,
Cop Out,
Brooklyn's Finest,
She's Out of My League Off the Cuff with Peter Travers: Oddball
Alice in Wonderland actor Crispin Glover talks to Peter Travers about his bizarro 1987
Letterman appearance.
The Travers Take: More movie news and reviews from Peter Travers.
Travers Hits Twitter: Tap in for daily Twitter updates — juicy interview tidbits and knee-jerk reviews — from our film critic.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES The Ramones at Max's Rolling Stone premieres rare footage of the Ramones performing at Max's Kansas City — the same New York club where the Velvet Underground, Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmith got their breaks.
Alberta Cross: Live at RS See the stoner-rock revivalists perform an acoustic set from their full-length debut album,
Broken Side of Time.
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