Talk about strategic product placement

It's Valentine's day, which means Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue hits the newstands, and this time out, it's a music-centric effort. So we get Beyonce on the cover, photos of musicians with models, and body-painting rock t-shirts on models.

On top of that, though are a couple of other surprises. One is this shot of Marisa Miller with only her Video iPod covering her, which has got to be the product placement of the year. Too bad they didn't go with the new iPod Shuffle, though.

The other surprise is all the models have playlists. Most of them, understandably, aren't very intersting, but couple standout. Featured here is Marisa Miller's playlist, because she's got the visual to go with it.

Playlist: What's on Marisa Miller's iPod

While I'm sure we'd all like to know what's under her iPod, here's a look at what's on it. Her tastes run from The Shins "Caring is Creepy," to The Deftones, and the very appropriate "Pictures of You" from The Cure.

I'll post a couple other ones (with appropriate imagery,) later.

tags: swimsuit issue, marisa miller, swimsuit model, ipod, nude, rhapsody