In case there weren’t enough reasons to avoid Starbucks (corporate anonymity, insane prices, questionable charitable policies, etc), Starbucks has signed on with singer Joni Mitchell to release her new album called “Shine” in all of its stores. Fox News is reporting that the album’s title song is a rant attacking all sorts of things that Ms. Mitchell finds objectionable, including the “Catholic Church and all the prisons that it owns.” For a company that is so proud of its “social responsibility,” it seems awfully strange that attacking one of the world’s great religions (to speak in the “religious studies” language of secular academia) would be acceptable. To make a comment to Starbucks, click here. But in the meantime, buy your coffee somewhere else.
September 24, 2007 at 11:10 pm
man with black hat: My “Dear Starbucks” Letter
“[I]s it worth it to risk offending an audience this significant, even potentially, to promote the work of an artist whose… career would likely continue to do very well without your help?
“No offense…”
September 26, 2007 at 7:20 am
IMHO this is the case of a has been artist looking for relevance in a time not her own. She should retire on her royalties and avoid risking further embarassment.