while fuming about starbucks, i stumbled upon starbucks gossip, a blog "monitoring america's favorite drug dealer." while i didn't find anything new or earth shattering related to corporate whoring, i did read about their latest cultural appropriation... hip, indie music.
recently, sonic youth guitarist thurston moore mentioned that the band needed to record a new song for a starbucks compilation, "Hits Are for Squares", a limited-edition CD that features sonic youth songs hand-picked by chloe sevigny, dave eggers, michelle williams and other enthusiasts. thurston recently responded to fans' cries of SELLOUT. i'm not sold on his reasons... but i guess everyone has a price.
but i can celebrate the existence of a wonderful coffee shop (at 3 nyc locations), joe the art of coffee. the baristas are the best, the environment is casual, simple yet cozy and you can sign up for coffee classes or join their running team for folks that want to train and run together for charitable causes.
check out barista erin m's blog about what happens when journalism meets coffeeism, and assistant manager's anne n's blog that documents travels to different coffee destinations around the country.
happy caffeinating!
2 comments:
Salut la francaise,
nobody but you could find this kind of news linking music and starbucks! No other words than sellout. So disapointing to see how globalisation is even perverting the best.
Glad to see you still have a sharp eye for that. Keep on finting the starbuck "ground-gaining" in the neighborhood.
This is all very disturbing. Dave Eggers? Starbucks? Sonic Youth? What the !@$#^!?
The addage that everyone has a price is true. But, how come it is only people who already have lots of money who have a price? And that price is corporate whoring of the worst kind. Starbucks is close to a level with Walmart and we should all be aware of that when we visit the Frappaccino haven of soul sucking burnt coffee.
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