This in. Kinda' interesting i think. Frank -------Original Message------- From: Rev Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping Date: 08/21/05 13:22:02 To: Rev Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping Subject: Open Letter To Bob Dylan Dear Bob Dylan, You sang in the Gaslight and Cafe Bizarre and the Figaro and such places in the early 60s. What would match those fertile coffeehouses nowadays? Is there an empty stage and an open mike waiting for some kid who might change everything? In 2005, daily life is so depoliticized we really don't know how change would come. But even those of us not born when you sang A Hard Rain Is A-Gonna Fall -- remember your anthems. And oh, we wait for that new madflow singer, we need that song of change, with the way things are now. By dealing what you created in the Gaslight Cafe to this transnational chain store Starbucks, you make the revolution that will blast from some dark little stage all the more urgent. Starbucks kills the Gaslights. You should know about their real estate practices. They kill Gaslights and diners and local hang-outs and replace them with their mass-produced fake bohemia. This is A Change Is NOT Gonna Come. Starbucks wants to silence the cafe that features that powerful unknown singer that we're waiting for, using your famous voice like a silencer. Sincerely: Reverend Billy Savitri D Kurt Vonnegut Larry Harvey, Burning Man Laura Flanders Malachy McCourt Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange Sidney Lanier Rosalie Sorrels Alisa Solomon Ricardo Dominguez, Electronic Disturbance Theater Carl Hancock Rux Benjamin Ferguson, Starbucksunion.org William Etundi Frank Morales Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association James Solomon Benn Jonathan Kalb Jill Lane Lafcadio Cortesi, Forest Ethics Johanna Lawrenson, the Abbie Hoffman Activist Foundation Edward Ziter Eileen Clancy Beka Economopoulos, Not An Alternative Florindo Troncelliti Marc Kasky, Kasky Vs. Nike Julie Talen Sean Basinski, Street Vendors Project Bob Fass Ben Shepard, Reclaim the Streets Una Chaudhuri Dee Dee Halleck Jerry Goralnick Stephen Duncombe Kate Crane Elizabeth Chin Robert Cole, Robert Cole Productions Laura Hart Cole Gregory Sholette Patricia Ybarra Joel Kovel Dee Dee Halleck, Deep Dish TV Susan Smulyan Scott Loane John Bell Jo Littler David L. Wilson, Weekly News Update on the Americas Deanna Zandt, Not an Alternative Ron Hayduk Ursula Ruedenberg, Pacifica Network Coco Fusco Tony Perucci Jonathan Moll Amy Gentry Michele Smith Richard E. Lyons Fred Askew, Fred Askew Photography Michael ONeil www.revbilly.com (to stop receiving Church of Stop Shopping emails, reply with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line)
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