ITunes won't take songs OFF of the iPod (iTunes 7, vid)

Hello!
Well, I"m loving the new stuff - mostly. However, I've noticed the "Purchased music transfer" is keeping around 400 MB of music on the iPod, after I've deleted it from the iTunes library.
Why would I delete 400 mb of songs (around 100) that I 'bought'? They were freebies and promotions over several months. I dropped them on an external drive and removed them from iTunes. When I sync either of my iPods (9-month old Vid/2 year old clickwheel), it prompts "There is purchased music on this iPod that is not in your iTunes library. Would you like to transfer?" No, I would not, I say. You see, I have only 900 MB free on my clickwheel, and I'd like to use those extra 400 MB for transfering files between my Macs (via FW Disk Mode).
In any case, I'm essentially looking for a way to restore the default iTunes 6-style iPod Syncing - that is, exactly the same on the iPod that it is on the iTunes library.
Tips?
-Dan
15" 1.67 Powerbook G4 (Early 2005), Slot loading 400mhz iMac DV SE Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1G RAM on PB, 512 MB iMac.

Use the instructions in this article to set the iPod to manage music manually and then delete the songs from the iPod.
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