tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29943262.post115809475381708930..comments2023-11-02T08:27:07.028-07:00Comments on nonsense: go figure.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746675331837392096noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29943262.post-1161956579670345012006-10-27T06:42:00.000-07:002006-10-27T06:42:00.000-07:00Funny you should mention that. Chcek this out. (...Funny you should mention that. Chcek this out. (It's from Brewing Culture.) <BR/><BR/>Starbucks Culture<BR/>“There’s the faintest whiff of discriminating good taste around everything Starbucks sells, a range of products designed, on some level, to flatter the buyer’s self regard,” writes Susan Dominus in The New York Times (10/21/06). Indeed, as noted by Timothy Jones, who puts together those Starbucks compilations CDs that sell so well: “We do our best with a new artist when there’s sort of an NPR buzz going on around them.” Like the Decemberists or Madeleine Peyroux, for instance. It’s a pretty neat hipster trick; the more mainstream Starbucks becomes, the more robust its ability to project a certain countercultural cred that appeals to wealthy, hippy-dippy, baby boomers. Novelist Jonathan Lethem compares the illusion to Apple’s: “It’s the faint affect of a counterculture shackled to the most ordinary, slightly upscale product.” Jonathan calls this a “faux alternative” aesthetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29943262.post-1158125585926819682006-09-12T22:33:00.000-07:002006-09-12T22:33:00.000-07:00did you know the starbucks lady is a two-tailed me...did you know the starbucks lady is a two-tailed mermaid? and you know how much i like mermaids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29943262.post-1158106134808453422006-09-12T17:08:00.000-07:002006-09-12T17:08:00.000-07:00they are on the soundtrack for the movie Wedding C...they are on the soundtrack for the movie Wedding Crashers too.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10441426847271379652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29943262.post-1158095916632777682006-09-12T14:18:00.000-07:002006-09-12T14:18:00.000-07:00mmm.mmm.katelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278421213084826063noreply@blogger.com