Can't delete folder I created in Home directory

I created a music folder as an alternate to iTunes in my Home directory. Recently it started acting funny: wouldn't open in finder, wouldn't allow me to rename it, and now won't let me move or delete it. I tried unlocking it and checked that I have read and write priveleges. Any suggestions?

I'm guessing that Finder keeps .trash open to know wether or not files have been added to it and update the Dock icon, right?No.
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Your "123 bytes .. /Users/name/.Trash" is not empty, however, because of the size. "123" is not a valid size, either (must be a multiple of 34). So you have directory problems on your hard disk—you need to fix that with Disk Repair, from Disk Utility while booted from your Install disk: see Using Disk Utility and fsck to resolve startup issues or perform disk maintenance.
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