The News Review:

- Pulse | Heavy Metal: Goes With Silk
- Pulse | Heavy Metal: Goes With Silk
- Tuning up your workout
- ur picks of the best new gadgets
- “Gangsta” Rap Targeted By Kansas Legislation

Pulse | Heavy Metal: Goes With Silk
New York Times – Jan 13, 2008
“Finally one came up to me” said Aaron Bondaroff (above) the project’s ringleader “and told me it was about time someone did something cool in the neighborhood again. ”Until the end of February when the building that houses the Wreck Center is torn down Mr. Bondaroff the downtown impresario better known as A-Ron has planned a series of invite-only book signings launch parties art and music shows even a little stand-up comedy; a storefront will sell the wares of all involved. “And as soon as everyone catches on” he said “it’ll be over. ” That is until May when the Playboy channel broadcasts a documentary on the whole affair. Photo: Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times.

Pulse | Heavy Metal: Goes With Silk
New York Times – Jan 13, 2008
Fortunately some of it is for their music. They recorded “U R A Fever” the first single off their new album in the late hours of the night. It’s a stark sexy slow-burner of a tune — “a perfect song” as Ms.

Tuning up your workout
Denver Post – Jan 13, 2008
Commercial dance music and some rock tunes fall in that range. (New York Times | Donna Alberico) if(requestedWidth > 0){ document… ” Much of the research done on music and exercise is geared toward aerobic workouts like jogging and cardio. But as anyone who has heard Metallica blasting from a weight room stereo knows music is a motivator in strength training too. “The vast majority of bodybuilders are fans of heavy metal if not in their personal life at least in the gym” said Shawn Perine a senior writer at Flex magazine. Loud aggressive music he said “keeps you elevated especially in between sets. ” Perine prefers to work out to hip-hop. But is there a perfect workout track a song that transcends exercise forms and personal preferences? ne comes up repeatedly: “Gonna Fly Now” the theme from “Rocky. ” In a forthcoming book on music and sport that he contributed to Karageorghis writes that the song “evokes a state of optimism and excitement in the listener” and Goldberg said it helped her get through her first marathon.

ur picks of the best new gadgets
San Francisco Chronicle – Jan 13, 2008
The idea is that you attach a thin adapter to the back of your cell phone or media device and when you get home you just drop it on the WildCharger pad. It takes the same amount of time as plug-in chargers but there are no wires. The adapter has four metal contact points that connect to the pad. As long as the adapter is there the pad will charge the device regardless of how you plop the thing down. It can charge five devices at the same time and there’s no danger to you because it’s a low-power device. The adapters are available for Motorola Razr phones and are coming soon for iPods iPhones and certain BlackBerry devices. It would be cool if cell phone and MP3 player manufacturers would just build this technology into the backs of their devices… It’s connected to the Internet wirelessly so it can stream videos and access e-mails. Sony’s RollyWe’re still trying to make sense of the Sony Rolly. It’s an egg-shaped MP3 player that dances to its own music. Watching it live you get a sense that it’s actually pretty cool just a fun device that makes listening to music entertaining. But then you think will I really want this more than an iPod? Is life so much worse when my MP3 player doesn’t dance?Sony has been selling the Rolly in Japan since September but it hasn’t released sales numbers yet. But it says the Rolly has sold surprisingly well with males defying some early internal predictions. The Rolly dances and flashes lights in sequence to music it plays.

“Gangsta” Rap Targeted By Kansas Legislation
KAKE – Jan 13, 2008
Do they even know what type of music they are talking about?Posted by: JACK Location: Wichita on Jan 14 2008 at 11:37 AMI am a musician and am not a real fan of rap. The last 10 years there has been alot of garbage passed off as rap. Unlike other types of music that go away when oversaturated like hair metaldiscogrungeboy bands rap will not die. When you are rapping in burger king and pepto bismo commercials its over. That being said this is stupid. I just dont buy the music or listen to it and I am fine.