is your pumpkin caramel decaf latte endangered?

Starbucks is closing around 600 locations, and the Huffington Post has listed them all here. Alas, the one that opened recently in my neighborhood is not on the chopping block—nor, apparently, are either of the two Astor Place stores, which are a block apart. Of course, the loss of thousands of barista jobs isn't good news, for the economy or the underpaid espresso slingers, but I can only hope that better, non-chain shops will fill the caffeine voids left behind. Here's Reverend Billy on the subject.