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June 30, 2005
bob dylan CD available exclusively through starbucks *gag*
It's been a while since I crawled up on to the old high horse. And god know's there's shitloads of other awful stuff going on in the world.
But is anyone else more than a little digusted with this? Bob Dylan and his record label have a deal going on with Starbucks, they get an exclusive right to sell a live recording through their chain, bolstering sales of their repugnant tar and also adding a dollar or two to their bottom line. Nice.
That disenfranchised customer is very much a part of the Starbucks customer base," Ken Lombard, president of the chain's entertainment division, said in an interview."
Not even a touch of irony here? My brain is a about to explode.
And as a momentary before the jump diversion - Minor Threat vs. Nike
To paraphrase Bill Hicks - "By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing, kill yourself. No, this is not a joke: kill yourself . . . I know what the marketing people are thinking now too: 'Oh. He's going for that anti-marketing dollar. That's a good market.' Oh man, I am not doing that, you fucking evil scumbags."
I cannot countenance what part of Dylan's original reportoire or meaning Starbucks think they can graft onto their goliath franchise corporation, apart from the message "the times, they are changing" I vomit on on the whole thing. It's not the first time Bob has shilled, but at least you could sort of understand maybe, just maybe last time. At least if you phrase it in the terms that Dylan is a very ugly man.
Like everything else, it seems the symbols of the baby boomer's revolution are up for sale, and the older folks get the more likely they are to stab you in the heart with a giant fucking pitchfork and say with a great big grin on their face - it's going to be good for the economy or business or whatever. Some people stop fighting for their dreams, stop trying to achieve anything with their lives and in the ultimate evil, then drag other people down with their greed and lack of spirit. This shit just stinks.
Once again Bill says it best...
"You know what Bill's doing now, he's going for the righteous indignation dollar, that's a big dollar, a lot of people are feeling that indignation, we've done research, huge market. He's doing a good thing." Godammit, I'm not doing that, you scumbags, quit putting a godamn dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet."
Love,
Funnel.
Posted by funnelbc at June 30, 2005 10:11 PM
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