Starbucks- A reader writes:
An IDEA BLOG reader writes:
Excellent points! In a way, it seems Starbucks is seeking smart ways to
standardize, industrialize and monetarize the connection which has long
existed between local, community gathering/eating places and the creation of art, literature & music. (Think the Algonquin or Elaine's for writers
in New York, or the Austin club scene in earlier days, or even the New Orleans joints where jazz was born—and remember that Starbucks is now promoting books as well as CDs). With (yipes!) some 13,500 locations, they're not so likely to host live music or poetry readings every night; but they seem to working on a pretty reasonable approximation.
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