Okay, so here's how to reproduce the "various" bug I'm talking about. Go to an existing playlist. (In my case, the already existing artist playlist off of the root playlist.) Click the "New Tune Directory" button. Select the directory to be imported. (In my case, the directory that holds the mp3s for the new album I just ripped.) A new playlist is created. It has "Various" set in its metadata for Artist, Genre, Source, and Year, despite the fact that all of those pieces of data for the included tracks are the same. If I bring up the properties dialog, those fields are colored in yellow (instead of the normal blue-grey), but no text appears there; it shows "Various" in the advanced tab.