{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"8. We need merch, a phone call with Aby, and our jingle for Maurice Harris of Bloom and Plume","description":"In This Episode:  Another bourbon and coffee or \u201cbourbee and coffee,\u201d I slur. We have come to a crossroads and we need your help. Firstly, we need to up our cocktail game during taping. We can\u2019t drink bourbon and coffee forever. Plus, we ran out of John\u2019s bourbon anyway. We are on it. JUST YOU WAIT FOR SEASON TWO, FRIENDS. Secondly, merch. We are thinking stickers and coasters. Would you stick us to your stuff? Would you sit your glass on our faces and then drink from it and then put it back? Would you smile every time you looked down as you did it? These are the things we ask ourselves, on your behalf, multiple times a day. We get a phone call from Abigail Figueroa-Vera of Aby\u2019s Upholstery!!! Gosh, we love her to death. She is the best and we feel beyond warm and fuzzies knowing we are reaching people. We then pivot to a discussion about art and the price of art as we enter the realm of Maurice Harris, a luxury florist, community coffee shop operator and performance artist, of Bloom & Plume in Los Angeles. My sister has visited his space in L.A. and I recently stumbled upon a New York Times article entitled: \u201cMaurice Harris is a Superstar. Can He Bend Capitalism to His Talents?\u201d What is it like to finally arrive at a place in your career when what you are making is something you could never afford? (Mind explosion). We see it as performing artists all the time in NYC. The price of a ticket to a Broadway show is more than three of my utilities in a month. Well, maybe not my summer ConEd bill, but you understand. The power of beauty. Capitalism. Creativity. Who Owns it? Can you bloom? Will you, even? Enjoy!   This Week\u2019s Business: Maurice Harris of Bloom and Plume @bloomandplume https:\/\/shop.bloomandplume.com Bloom & Plume Coffee 213-908-5808 (Call in Orders ONLY - NOT for Merch or Customer Service) 1638 W. Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 General Inquiries - hello@bloomandplumecoffee.com Merch Inquiries - merch@bloomandplumecoffee.com @bloomandplumecoffee https:\/\/shop.bloomandplume.com ","author_name":"Pod Help the Outcasts","author_url":"http:\/\/podhelptheoutcasts.com","html":"