You know what's awesome? Free cupcakes. You know what else is awesome? Free music for your Zune. Ready? First up this week, Dodge at MOKB posts an MP3 from Spoon and one from Galactic feat. Lyrics Born. Forepac Sam has a track by Sam Cooke (one of my favorite artists). If you're in a dancing mood, like remixes, and like awesome, you're in luck: Stereogum has a remix of D.A.N.C.E . Music for Robots has a cool remix of the Rapture . And Chromewaves has a Johnossi MP3 and one from Shout Out Louds ....

Podcasters can now plan to display a Zune icon or chicklet graphic on their websites to enable an easy “ 1-Click Podcast Subscription ” or offer a better link called a deep-link , if your podcast is already in the Zune Marketplace directory . To generate your Deep-Link to your podcast that you can place on your website or blog go here . Both of these link processes will launch the new Zune Marketplace software and the deep-link also check to see if you have the Zune software installed...

On Monday we had about 30 people come to Family , a bookstore in LA. Just like the community event in NYC , we had local Zune community folks and some local bloggers come and check out the new Zune lineup. A quick photo: Thanks to everybody who came out and checked it out!

We recently partnered with Reggaeton duo Wisin y Yandel , and as part of the partnership, we'll be releasing a custom Zune 30 GB. The custom Zune 30 GB goes on sale October 29, and comes preloaded with the new album Wisin vs. Yandel Los Extraterrestres , plus exclusive music, videos, and live concert footage from their international tour. They're quite a group: they've sold over 3 million albums, and they're the first Reggaeton artist to sell out Radio City Music Hall, New York City. Plus they've...