>Barenaked Ladies recorded their show in Detroit on June 15th. The 2-hour, 24 song set will be edited and shown on PBS sometime in the future. A DVD should be released before the end of the year. BNL is only playing 4 shows this summer.
>The final Harry Potter book arrives in less than 30 days. Keith Olbermann sums it all up and proposes how it will end. An interesting theory.
>The iPhone goes on sale on Friday. The early reviews from two prominent sources are positive.
Walt Mossberg, writing for the Wall Street Journal, says “ ...The iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer.”
David Pogue, writing for The NY Times (e-mail subscription required), says “The phone is so sleek and thin, it maks Treos and BlackBerrys look obese.” “It’s fast, beautiful, menu-free and dead simple to operate.”
>You will activate and manage the iPhone using iTunes. How cool is that? Apple has posted a video showing you how easy it will be to select your plan and get your phone #. No waiting in the store while the clerk fiddles around trying to get you set up!