Uh oh.  Stuck in loop again.

I originally posted about my problem here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=778234&tstart=0
The posted solution worked. b noir figured out that it was an iTunes preference issue, and linked me to this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=3311049
Unfortunately, it only worked for about 30 minutes. Once I logged back in, bought another song, and then looked around at some more songs, it got stuck in another loop.
So the good news is that I've now got a temporary fix. But I'd love to have a permanent one, if anyone can help me out.
Thanks again to b noir, who certainly seems to know his stuff. Any chance that some brilliant mind can figure out something more permanent, perhaps based on the brilliant b noir's work?
Thanks in advance

All right. I read down in the thread that initially solved my problem (in which b noir provided the procedure to cure my problems) and saw where b noir had suggested that someone's problem might be caused by a Podcast. So I deleted my podcasts, which hadn't been downloading anyway. And that appears to have solved the problem again. At least for the moment.
So once again, it appears that b noir has solved my problem with almost no effort at all.
So thanks again to b noir. I'll update if the problem arises again.
And in case anyone is wondering which podcast to avoid, it's the TeeVee podcast. Which is a dang shame becuase it's a hilarious website.

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