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Above: T-shirt designs by Jay Reatard and MGMTHey, you know when you're in a band and a venerable soft-porn magazine asks you to design a T-shirt? What? It happens.It's been happening for a couple of years now, actually. Since 2007, Playboy has been doing an annual promotion called Rock the Rabbit, wherein musicians design T-shirts inspired by Playboy's iconic bunny logo. They feature these shirts in the magazine and sell them on Shopthebunny.com, donating a portion of the proceeds to charity. They also put MP3s and interviews and stuff like that on their website. Everybody wins.In 2007, Playboy convinced luminaries like the Flaming Lips, Metric, Soulwax, and, um, Lil Jon to take part. Last year, they snagged Daft Punk, T.I., Duran Duran, the Shins, the Pipettes, and Iggy Pop, among others. And Playboy has just unveiled this year's lineup of Rock the Bunny contributors: A-Trak, Chromeo, Diplo, Dragonette, Eulogies, Harlem Shakes, Jackson Swinton, Jay Reatard, Kenan Bell, Lady Sovereign, MGMT, Midnight Juggernauts, Mötley Crüe, Perry Farrell, Pharrell Williams, Q-Tip, Röyksopp, the Kooks, the Gay Blades, the Morning Benders, the Wedding Present (WTF? - Ed.), and Yelle. Pretty good roll call there! I just can't help but wonder what Mötley Crüe thinks of the other participating bands.A bunch of this year's artists will also appear in a fashion spread in the magazine's March 2009 issue, fully clothed and everything. Rock photographer Mick Rock took all the snaps. Also, Playboy is hosting another SXSW party (Last year's was fun.) Oh, and former Danity Kane front-chick Aubrey O'Day appears on the cover, if you're into that sort of thing.Here's some more of the SFW graphic goodness that this year's crop of artists have bestowed upon Playboy:read more
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