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This past Saturday was the Mississippi St. Fair. I wandered down around 2pm and it was crazy busy. Honestly, I was in a hurry to get to Amnesia and the crowd was so thick, I had to relax and just go with the flow. I am glad North Portland continues to get such love these days.

Now for the second year in a row, Mississippi Records, a store that has been on the street for a few years now, decided to close and make a statement instead of enjoying this great event. Last year, they chose to put up handmade cardboard signs stating “Fuck you Progress” and I took them to task over on Metblogs for being such douche’s. The Mississippi St. Fair is a family event and I felt that was inappropriate. Further, the only reason Mississippi Records is on Mississippi and succeeding is because of the progress the owner hates so much.

This year though, they chose to go the tongue and cheek route. Instead of getting all political, they put up signs that a Starbucks would soon be opening. This got a lot of attention and many even wrote on the butcher paper how much they despise Starbucks. If one stood back and thought about it, Starbucks is actually closing 600 stores, so why open here.

I appreciate the joke even though it is played out. I remember seeing this stunt on NE Alberta about 6 years ago with signs like “Future home of GAP” or “Abercrombie and Fitch coming soon.” People actually freaked out. It is too bad the owners of Mississippi Records can’t just accept that they made a great decision opening on N Mississippi and embrace the love of the great American dollar when you have 20,000+ people wandering by on a Saturday afternoon.

Last year’s photo:

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