Get rid of Genre and Link to iTunes store

In list mode and using the browser, I want to get rid of the Genre column. Does anyone know how to do this on the new iTunes. I just hate having it there. Also, I'd like to get rid of those arrows that bring me to the iTunes store. On the old iTunes I did this. Any help would be much appreciated

This has been talked about several times.
See:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1701047&tstart=45
You have to open a new Terminal window and type the following:
*defaults write com.apple.itunes show-genre-when-browsing -bool FALSE*

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