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>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.
 
>’Tears Dry On Their Own’, the latest Amy Winehouse video, hits YouTube.
 
>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.”
 
>Apple & AT&T have posted the rate plans for the iPhone.
>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!