INTERVIEW: Matt Forger speaks out to Scott G about everything from working with Michael Jackson to producing new artists like Mutant Radio. According to Matt, a pop song is a three minute fix of an emotional drug. We are connected through our humanity, and most successful songs speak to this.

OWENSBORO, Ky. — The Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn, a Kentucky tradition in Owensboro since 1963, was voted the best Barbecue in Kentucky by Kentucky Monthly for the third straight year and the fifth out of the last seven years.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Gen-9, Inc. (www.gen-9.net) announced today the Beta release of a new personal information management (PIM) software application called NOAH. NOAH integrates the management of email, Web pages, RSS feeds, contacts, scheduling, application files and other data into a single, customizable, easy to use client interface. The product will initially be available in a limited Beta release, to be followed by a general release by the end of the year.

THORNWOOD, N.Y. and NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, U.K. — IT Response launches a UK-wide online computer support service for home and business computer users. Striving to provide computer users with high quality online repair and affordable remote helpdesk services regardless of location, IT Response was looking for a long-term, reliable partner who would provide affordable technical assistance.

KANSAS CITY, Kans. — 176 million people around the world have diabetes. Diabetes affects multiple body systems and often times the feet and legs are at a high risk of loss of sensation (neuropathy), reduced circulation, foot ulcers, delayed wound healing, and infection. In fact, more amputations result from diabetes complications than accidents. In order to help prevent such complications from occurring, a daily foot care routine and a properly fitting pair of seamless diabetic socks are essential, says the Diabetic Sock Store.

BOTHELL, Wash. — Victor Cox, CEO of Never Check It, has formed a strategic affiliation with Minimus, the world leader in all things travel-sized, to offer travelers the ability to purchase approved toiletries and other banned items before they fly in the wake of today’s TSA announcement. This will ensure that travelers will be able to carry-on luggage, which will save valuable time, money, and help alleviate the stress associated with travel.

FREMONT, Calif — TeamF1, Inc., the leader in embedded security, continues a long tradition of bringing enterprise-level security to embedded devices with today’s release of its latest offering: SecureAire Supplicant, a complete, secure 802.11 supplicant software solution for wireless LAN (WLAN) client devices. It is one of the industry’s first middleware products specifically designed from the ground-up to seamlessly offer secure WLAN access to traditionally wired devices such as medical equipment, printers, projectors, phone handsets and other networked embedded devices.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — After a successful seven-month test launch with Clive Ranger, an upscale jewelry retailer in South West England, Marjan Diamonds NV announces a roll-out of distribution of its CanadaMark(TM) diamond brand NENOIR(TM) to several other select UK retailers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — ElectionMall Technologies, Inc., a non-partisan provider of technology to campaigns and elections, has re-launched one of its popular online political products, Eyardsigns.com, with a new on-demand print feature that allows campaigns and voters to produce professional quality postcards, invitations, and greeting cards all at their computer keyboard.

COLUMN: Following the announcement of a patent for the video enhanced gravemarker, Scott G ponders the next phase of cemetery chic. Might there be an iTomb in your future? Hats off and a twenty-one gun salute to television commercial producer Robert Barrows, recent recipient of U.S. Patent 7089495 for an invention called the Video Enhanced Gravemarker (VEG).

WHIPPANY, N.J. — A new family of orthopedic products now available from foot care innovator GEL SMART explodes the myth that one size fits all for bunion relief. GEL SMART has introduced a new Comfort Gel Skin(TM) bunion relief sleeve in four models featuring various gel thicknesses and cover options to ensure best fit and comfort in a variety of footwear styles.

CLIFTON, N.J. — Internet casino GoldenPalace.com expanded their collection of weird and wacky pop-culture items this weekend when they bought the first T.M.X. Elmo doll off the production line for $4200. Proceeds going to charity.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Beauty at the speed of light! The tools of the Martel Beauty System for natural results. Gloria Martel, author and speaker, as well as a licensed cosmetician and esthetician and the creator of the innovative “Gloria Martel Beauty System,” is lecturing at The Learning Annex Health, Beauty and Wellness Day, September 30th.

LONDON, U.K. — The Internet Content production-company known as the Content Lab launch four, audio city guides for tourists visiting Europe. SoundGuides provide the tourist with a complete solution for exploring Rome, Paris, London and Venice. Each audio guide can be downloaded on to an ipod or mobile phone and serves to replace the need for guidebooks completely. This allows the tourist free reign to design their own tour of these amazing cities.

HOUSTON, Tex. — On Friday, September 15, 12 Nobel Peace Prize winners gathered in Denver, Colorado to voice their desire for the building of education and peace in impoverished and war-torn areas of the world. This was the largest-ever gathering of Nobel Laureates on US soil. Luminaries such as the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu attended to speak out against global conflicts and increased military spending at the expense of human health and welfare

OWENSBORO, Ky. — Straight from the horse’s mouth, or nose to be exact, Governor Ernie Fletcher recently unveiled a unique land maize in the shape of the Kentucky Unbridled Spirit logo on a farm near Owensboro, it was announced today by Lambert Land Maize and Pumpkin Patch.

BOSTON, Mass. — Boston-based alternative marketing agency Street Attack and YFonGlobal of Washington, DC are excited to announce a strategic partnership that will utilize Street Attack’s concept and YFonGlobal’s technology to launch PromoNet, a network platform that will act as an online community management system. PromoNet will offer MySpace-like features while focusing on the management of specialized online grassroots communities that cater to specific interests.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — ES Interactive announces that it has teamed up with Wiggle Wireless to offer fans personal access to their favorite pros with the Kona Secret Cell Phone Diaries. The athletes’ diaries include training tips, insider secrets, personal stories and some spicy gossip. The concept of the Kona Secret Cell Phone Diaries came from ES Interactive’s CEO, Carri Bennet’s desire to make professional athletes more accessible to their fans and to increase the spectator-friendliness of endurance sports like triathlon.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Is it frustrating trying to squeeze lots of information on an average size sticky notepad? Well no longer. Genius Pads(R) a new product by Arash & Kelly that was previously only available in the UK, is now being distributed by Purple Street Marketing in the US.

NEWTON, N.J. — The Committee for the Responsible Use of Silver in Health (CRUSH) announces an extensive web site, www.SilverFacts.com, containing factual information on medical, biotech and industrial uses of silver in health.

DALLAS, Tex. — Tea Body’s, Inc. (www.teabodys.com) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Bert Concessions to serve Tea Body’s all natural teas at all of its booths in this year’s State Fair of Texas, September 29th - October 22, 2006.

COLUMBIA, Md. — Maryland based Peralynna Properties are expanding the list of luxurious suites and villas they own and manage. The Bentley South Beach, 510 Ocean Drive, Miami, Florida, is the latest location offered by Peralynna owners, David and Cynthia Lynn of The Inn at Peralynna Manor, in Columbia Maryland.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In his new book, “The New Income Tax Scandal: How Congress Hijacked the Sixteenth Amendment” (ISBN 1413495443, Xlibris) John C. Garrison, who has served honorably on the legal staff of a major State of Florida law enforcement agency, and who has been active for over two decades in tax history research and tax reform activism, has delved into the history of those questionable events in Congress that led to the establishment of our modern income tax, fearlessly revealing in his book the legislative corruption that went into the system at its inception.

BOSTON, Mass. — What do nearly 70 million Americans have in common? Can eating habits affect joint cartilage? What makes one joint supplement better than the next? Two experts in the field of nutrition and sports medicine, Kristine Clark, PhD and Leslie Bonci, MPH, will tackle these and other issues at the upcoming Boston Women’s Show at the World Trade Center, September 22 - 24, 2006. Their presentation is sponsored by GELITA Health Products, USA.

TROIS-RIVIERES, Canada — According to Narconon Trois-Rivieres, a drug addict is a ticking time bomb, gambling with his life. When will that deadly overdose finally come? Another deception, and who knows how numb he wishes to become? Problems escalate at an alarming rate in the lives of drug addicts, and they return to the only solution they have found in years, drugs.

HONOLULU, Hawaii — Ask any baby boomer why they have not gotten help with hearing aids and they will usually say “price.” HearPod, Inc. is lessening these financial fears. By providing quality, 100% digital aids at a fraction of the cost.