ITunes Freezes On Launch Over and Over and Over...

For a week or so now, iTunes has been freezing the second I launch it on my Macbook Pro, and it's driving me completely nuts. Yesterday, I uninstalled the program using CleanApp, which deleted every last library file, and then reinstalled it. The first launch went fine, but this morning it froze up on me again. I have a Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro that I purchased as a factory refurb from Apple in April, and I brought over all my apps and system settings from my old Macbook via the transfer utility. Is this the kind of problem that would require a full OS reinstall to fix? I'm not crazy about doing that, but I will if I have to. The only other X factor I can think of is that my iTunes library isn't on the MBP but is rather on an external HD connected to my 802.11n Airport Extreme...could that have something to do with this? No matter what, it's brutally annoying and I'd greatly appreciate any help you guys could provide...

Wow.
I almost freaked out today when I was playing some really badly done music-- okay, that's just my opinion-- and both iTunes and OSX started making a popping sound and then froze, requiring a "hold the power button down deliberate crash" to get out of it.
The song is Hardcore by the group Machet-T, the album name is *Dual-Edge Blade*.
(And no, I do NOT make up these names.)
Does anyone else have this song, and if so, can you duplicate the behavior?
\thanks/

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When this happens iTunes is spitting out sequential numbers into console log:
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