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There is nothing like sitting at home on a Friday night, searching for news about iTunes that I can write about. Especially when the top 25 iTunes songs are almost all worthless, give or take a few (Paper Planes - M.I.A.). The people downloading this crap should be beaten senseless then hung so they can't procreate and spread their stupity to future generations.

Thankfully, there has been a lot happening in the world of iTunes lately. Some good, some bad...but most of it is fairly interesting. Here is the low down on what is happening in the world of iTunes.

ITunes Looks a Little Pricey (Wired)

120 Dell Engineers Aiming Guns at Apple and Recruiting World to Help (Gizmodo)

Apple users report serious iTunes 7 problems (vnunet.com)

iTunes Tax rears its ugly head (techradar.com)

New iPhone app streams iTunes collections anywhere (Apple Insider)

Imagining a new iTunes (Macworld)

Dell vs. Apple: Why It May Be Personal (Business Week)

Country music star Taylor Swift is making a lot of headlines lately. And not the type we are used to hearing about. She didn't get drunk and drive over anyone. She didn't forget to wear her panties. She didn't club any baby seals, at least that we know of yet. Instead, she is making news in a more positive light.

First, her song Change is number 22 on the iTunes Top 25 and is currently being used by NBC for its daily video highlights from the 2008 Olympic Games. Then, the 18-year-old told People magazine that she was compelled to make a donation after Cedar Rapids, Iowa residents supported her despite the problems brought by this year's flooding.

Wow...hot, and a big heart. Not a bad combination. If you want to help flood victims too, Save Iowa is a sight designed to help people find ways to donate.

Taylor Swift Donates $100,000 to Flood Victims

Swift offers $100,000 Red Cross donation

Taylor Swift's Olympics Song on iTunes Friday

Help donation to Iowa flood victims by visiting Save Iowa

It seems like Apple has been up to alot lately, based on the amount of recent news I have stumbled across. Below is a link dump of iTunes related news to help you all catch up.

Washington Post - Apple Considers Streaming Media from iTunes to iPhone

Wired - iTunes Still Top Music Retailer as Amazon Climbs into Fourth

Rolling Stone - Kid Rock’s Hot Summer; No iTunes Required

Computer World - Apple pushes Windows Safari via iTunes updater

iTunes still wiping the floor with CDs

CD royalties dip but online pay goes up for songwriters

iTunes' Start and Stop Times

Video News Podcasts on iTunes

How To Use Podcasts with iTunes

Driving iTunes Daffy

Apple's biggest innovation for 2008? The App Store

The craze all started when Super Bad first came out on DVD. The hilarious Judd Apatow flick featured a hidden preview for a movie no one had yet to hear about. The plot was difficult to pinpoint from the trailer, but the theme was clear. and potheads across the country have been waiting for the release of what could be one of the most epic stoner flicks of all time. Pineapple Express.

USA Today is giving this movie 3.5 out of 4 stars. Not only is Pineapple Express shaping up to be the biggest grossing, pot-related movie ever, its also sending a song up the iTunes charts faster than Michael Jackson can get a kid out of pajamas. M.I.A. - Paper Planes;

I can't deny it...its a great song. And the fact that Pineapple Express uses it as their trailer music only means its going to spread like wildfire. The song is simple, but very unique. It has a sound that infects you, even though you aren't really sure what the hell she is singing about. Only after a Google search did I put two and two together and realize she is singing about selling weed, hence the connection. I gotta lay off the nugs...that was an obvious one, McFly.

When an actress gets bored in Hollywood, it seems the best way to cure that bored is...make a record so horrible the mere sound of it kills babies instantly. Its not a new trend in Hollywood. Jane Russell has an album, Bette Davis, Patty Duke, Cheryl Ladd, Minnie Driver, Brigitte Bardot and the list goes on. More recently, some names like Paris Hilton, The Olsen Twins and Lindsay Lohan have made this list. Now you can add a new name...Scarlett Johansen.

Scarlett recently released a seven song iTunes Live Session EP. On the EP, Scarlett sings five of her familiar Tom Waits covers including the recent Anywhere I Lay My Head LP and a typically woozy spin on the Cure's immortal "Boys Don't Cry".

Scarlett...if you are listening...give me a call when you are bored and stop making crap CDs. Unless the government has contracted you to write music for the purpose of torturing terrorists, you have no business making music. Stick to looking hot and acting.

There has been a lot happening in the world of iTunes lately. And much of it is actually fairly interesting to read up on. From stories about iTunes music sales topping 5 billion songs, to Starbucks giving away music again, to stories about Radiohead and the Beatles, this LyricShack news wrap up has a little something for everyone.

Starbucks giving away music again Description: Starbucks Corp. said it will give away music again, allowing customers to download one free song a week from Apple Inc.'s iTunes store.

Radiohead releases live video album on iTunes Description: Radiohead has released a live video album exclusively on iTunes to coincide with the band's run of U.K. outdoor concerts.

Apple's Complete My Album emerges as marketing tool Description: In the past few months, labels and artists have begun releasing multiple tracks in advance of an album's street date to promote new releases, relying in no small degree on Apple's iTunes Music Store's Complete My Album feature to convert them into full-album sales; in some cases with striking effectiveness.

Check out free travel videos online Description: Free videos of all types of destinations are just a click or two away. You can watch them on your computer or download to a Web-enabled phone or video iPod. Many are available for free at Apple's iTunes store. Click on podcasts and then on the category "Society & Culture." Scroll down the category list on the left to further limit your choices to the "Places & Travel" subcategory.

Apple iTunes Music Sales Top 5 Billion Songs Description: The U.S. iTunes Store’s music catalog stretches to over eight million songs

Preview: iTunes Live Festival Description: iTunes Live kicks off in the centre of the indie mecca that is London's Camden Town for 31 fun-filled nights of music on July 1st.

Monkey CD, monkey do Description: iTunes is cool enough, but it's a bit like that kid from down the street, the one you remember in childhood, who owned the large lot behind his house and wouldn't let you play on it unless he was there and you played by his rules. Eventually, you cut him from your team.

Will Activision Beat iTunes to the Beatles? Description: The rumor mill has a funny way of repeating itself and moving in circles until gossip eventually transitions toward fact. Back in March, the airwaves were abuzz with the prospect that the Beatles' digital debut might come by way of Activision’s (ATVI) Guitar Hero video game and not, as widely expected, iTunes' music store.

Free iTunes music lessons Description: Some enterprising instructors and companies have taken advantage of iTunes’ podcast powers to post instrument-specific instructional video podcasts.

Bonnaroo is a cajun slang term for "a really good time". If that is the case then why was Metallica invited to play at the festival this year? In the entire world of music there might not be a bigger buzzkill than James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. For a festival built on bands known for creating high quality live music and most even allowing their fans to record and freely distribute the recordings, having Metallica a part of this great event really stinks. I wish they would go away, far away - long live Napster (the original).

Lyrics:
Metallica - The Unforgiven



And what about Kanye West, I guess they are really trying to broaden their focus to more crappy artists. I mean don't get me wrong he writes great songs about his Ma Ma but that's about it. Bye Kanye.

Ok, so I've developed a little bit of a crush on Katy Perry, now that the law requires me to stay 4 states away from Megan Fox. And by "a little bit of a crush", I really mean "in full-out stalker mode crush". So its not surprising that I have been listening to her song 'I Kissed a Girl' non-stop while waiting for it to overtake ColdPlay for the number one spot on the iTunes Top 25. But come on people! I have been waiting over a week for my precious Katy to hit the number one spot on iTunes, and these whiny no-talent ass clowns keep sitting at the top of the charts.

Are we listening to the same song here people?!?! Don't let my calling them no-talent ass clowns fool you into thinking I don't like ColdPlay, because I do. But this song can only be compared to the sounds a pig makes when crapping out broken glass. Viva la Vida is just plain awful. But don't take my word for it...you be the judge.

Lyrics:
Katy Pery - I kissed a girl
Coldplay - Viva la Vida

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At LyricShack, we realize that in today's news its hard to hear about anything other than how the iPhone is about to take over the world. The Apple iPhone delivers babies, it cures the ebola virus, it teaches deaf people how to hear again and oh ya you can call people on it. As you can see, I kind of want to punch Steve Jobs in the face right now.

Here are links to iTunes related news, to distract you from Mr. Jobs and his never changing outfit:

How To Launch an Apple Product in 5 Easy Steps

Radiohead Changes Tack, Joins iTunes

iTunes U adds Phoenix Mars Mission movies

Apple Back-to-School promo to offer free 8GB iPod touch

Can anyone explain to me where Katy Perry came from? Unless I am mistaken, she just began to appear on the iTunes Top 25 chart over the weekend and is currently sitting at the #2 position. Katy made an appearance on Spike TV's Guys Choice Awards in LA on May 30th and the next day she was being downloaded off iTunes like free kiddie porn in a registered sex offender's apartment.

Apparently, hot punk-like female + song about kissing girls = gold record. So, since Megan Fox filed that restrai...I mean since I had some free time, I started daydreaming (no, not 'napping') about where I might like to take Katy Perry on a date if she actually returned one of my calls for a change. And surprisingly, only one of them is my bedroom.

5. My bedroom: Just getting the obvious out of the way right off the bat. And really, I don't even have the 4 other places thought out yet because I am pretty sure this is where my date with her would begin and end.





4. Any random strip club: Why not use a hot punk-like chick who is in to other hot chicks to leverage more hot chicks for myself? Duh.






3. Benihana: Who doesn't like Benihana?







2. The Beach: No, not the one in the DiCapro movie. Wait, ya...the one in the DiCapro movie. That sounds much better than a normal beach. This way, I get to see her in a bikini AND get high. Stay back, Leo...I'm not like that French dude...I'll beat your ass if you try to take my woman.




1. Bill Gates' House: If I can convince her I own that place, she is sure to put out on the date. Now, I just need to figure out what to tell her when his security team gang tackles me on my way through the front door...assuming we make it that far.

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