Go to this link at BestBuy.com and order 4 $15 iTunes gift cards, and only pay for three of them. Better still, shipping is free and (in CA at least) no tax to pay!

Too bad I don’t know anyone who just bought a new iPod and has a birthday coming up.

A few things out today you might want to spend some pennies on:

• Casino Royale on Blu-Ray and DVD
• Amy Winehouse’s new CD, Back to Black
• God of War 2 for PS2, the followup to last year’s game of the year

See you at Fry’s?

Props go out to the following artists who I am currently jones-ing on majorly. Ouch, my iTunes balance!

• The Gotan Project Funky, hip hop, ambient, who-knows-what-else styled Tango. If this music doesn’t make you want to put a rose in your hair or between your teeth and get a groove on then you are officially dead. Check out Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre) (iTunes link) for a taste.
• Amy Winehouse Now my UK readers are saying whatever because she has been huge back at home for a while now. Here in the US I think she’s virtually unknown (only one track on iTunes), but her latest album is released in a week or two and you should check her out. You Know I’m No Good (iTunes).

Hmm… so I’m typing all this out for you good people when I had a sudden thought that I’d heard some of the Gotan Project before…. a little digging around and voila! Way back in Dec 2005, the honourable jschwa had them as a single of the week. All the more reason to add him to your RSS feed, the man got some style.

An absolute classic from the 80s, grab the full 12″ version if you can find it - Venceremos by Working Week. Great latin club beat and a protest song to boot so you can feel double good getting your groove on. The following video is not super quality but any time Tracy Thorn sings live is ok by me.

P.S. Watch out for Tracy’s new album at the end of Feb. Yeah, probably only in the UK but it sounds good from the previews on her myspace page.

Today, Apple announced a whole slew of improvements to the ipod lineup. Just a few of interest:

• New 80Gb model, 30GB now $50 cheaper
• The new shuffle is so small its almost invisible
• iTunes will download the cover art for every album you own, no matter how you obtained it
• Movies now available for download
• and coming Q1…. iTV….