From Yahoo News...
The Boss is paying the cost for some racy lyrics and anti-corporate politics.

Starbucks says it will not stock Bruce Springsteen's just-released Devils & Dust, in part because of one track's graphic imagery.

The song in question, "Reno," depicts an encounter at a Nevada brothel, including a reference to oral sex and the line: "Two hundred dollars straight in, two-fifty in the a--."

But that alone didn't trigger the barrista's Boss ban.

"There were a number of factors involved...[Lyrics] was one of the factors, but not the only reason," Ken Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment, tells Reuters.

According to Newsweek, Starbucks decided to dust Devils after a deal fell through for a cobranded disc and promotional deal that prominently featured the Starbucks name. Springsteen's label, Columbia Records, balked when the idea was floated, citing the blue-collar champion's well-known opposition to merchandising his music.

Springsteen is doing just fine without Starbucks' help -- Dust debuted atop Billboard's Hot 200 last week, selling more than 222,000 copies.

I've only been to SBs ONCE. I LOVE coffee, and my son bought me coupons for Starbucks. I went there, got a "French Vanilla", and it was the WORST tasting cup of SHIT I ever drank...actually, I only drank half a cup and told my wife I would puke if I had to drink the rest.

It was Sooooooooo horrible, I just tossed the rest of the coupons and have never been to another SB since then.

So, since their product is so shitttttty, one might expect this kind of crap from this fecal residue of a company, WIFI hotspots and all.

Starbucks Jo...just say NO!

A 7-11 is better, particularly one that carries the 23.5 ounce can of Jolt, in Classic, Cherrybomb and Ultra.

I went to a Starbucks in Houston once to get a cup of coffee for the long ride back to the Rio Grande Valley. The first thing I found strange for a coffee shop, after getting over the weirdo helping me, was a tip jar on the counter. What was more amazing was I could see 5 and 10 dollar bills in it! Like Code, all I wanted was a normal cup of coffee and all I got was some kind of sludge that even New York City wouldn't put in their garbage barges. I took two or three sips and wondered how this dump got it's famous name. I come from Canada and back in St. John's there's practically a Tim Horton's on every block. Unless they've changed it very much since I was last home, they only had three types of coffee...small, medium and large. After leaving the Starbucks crud in a gas station garbage can and feeling guilty about dumping hazardous waste, I simply stopped into a Whataburger (loads of them in Texas) and had a nice large cup of proper coffee...smooth and tasted just perfect. Mmmm, even though it's late, I could go for a cup right about now.

It looks like cartel coffee sucks just as much as cartel music. Different cartel but same business practices. I wonder when we'll start getting sued for buying coffee at the supermarket?

"after getting over the weirdo helping me, was a tip jar on the counter. What was more amazing was I could see 5 and 10 dollar bills in it!"

Maybe they pay like walmart. He probably put the 5 dollar bill in himself. My wife worked at a casino and that's what they would do with their tip jars. like primining the pump

Back to the Springsteen issue. all the articles I've read say it was starbucks who spurned The Boss not the other way around. is there an article that says different?

"all the articles I've read say it was starbucks who spurned The Boss not the other way around"

According to Newsweek, Starbucks decided to dust Devils AFTER a deal fell through for a cobranded disc and promotional deal that prominently featured the Starbucks name.

They decided not to sell it because they couldn't put their logo on it. Period.

Bruce spurned first. Starbucks was insulted. Now they're going to pretend they never wanted it in the first place because Bruce said "ass." They'd have to dump 80% of the current charts if they suddenly became so concerned about content.