Vegetarian Star

The Pretenders have just released a CD and DVD package, Pretenders:Live in London, which was filmed at Shepherds Bush Empire in 2009 by Pierre and Francois Lamoureux.

Chrissie Hynde interviewed with Stuff.co.nz about The Pretenders upcoming tour in Australia and New Zealand, where she confirmed that it only takes the smell of a sirloin to get her out of the mood during a concert.

“I start getting in a really bad mood and start thinking about slaughterhouses and I can’t concentrate,” Hynde said.

This unfortunately leads to a little abuse on the fans from Chrissie.

“And then I start berating the audience and calling them meat-eaters and when someone pays to come and see you they don’t really want you to tell them to f**k off.”

In the past, Chrissie has prevented both becoming nauseous from meat smells and giving her fans verbal tirades by asking the concession stands not to serve meat at her concerts, even offering fake versions of traditional sandwiches made with plant protein such as seitan.

Here’s hoping for Chrissie and everyone else’s sake that any supporting or opening act on the upcoming tour will respect her beliefs and nose.

“As much as I might like the band we’re supporting, if I don’t like their catering … it ruins my show if I can smell a burger van from the stage, the show’s over for me.”

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Ellen DeGeneres invited Postmaster General John Potter to unveil a new line of stamps by the United States Postal Service that encourages pet adoption.

“Each year we have a social awareness stamp and this year it’s all about animal rescue,” Potter said.

“We want people to adopt pets from shelters.”

The stamps, which can be seen in the video, feature 10 pets that have been adopted and go on sale April 30.

To learn more about the stamps and order the set, visit USPS.

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Planet Green is debuting a new show that explores creating food using both science and creativity.

Future Food premiers on March 30 at 10 PM and follows the adventures of chefs Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche as they are given the challenges of creating food that is healthier on both humans and the planet.

Future episodes show Cantu and Roche creating seafood without the fish using watermelon and chicken nuggets made from corn.

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The only animal Tony Denison from TNT‘s The Closer eats is fish, but he used to be a vegan before succumbing to cheese.

“I like Parmesan cheese too much,” Denison told Mother Nature Network.

Of all the cheeses to have a culinary affection for, Parmesan may be one of the worst.

As a hard cheese, manufacturers often use an animal based enzyme obtained from a calf’s stomach called rennet, while some soft cheeses may be used with a vegetable based one.

But if Parmesan is your thing, you’re not out of luck.

Several vegan recipes exists, most of which use either 1/2 cup of almonds or walnuts, 1 cup of nutritional yeast and a pinch of optional salt, blended in a food processor or blender.

Try it out on pasta, popcorn or bread and you’ll be one less excuse away from keeping your vegan vow.

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“This is a great way to clean up the air in our cities, get us off foreign oil and put money in our pockets”

—Ed Begley Jr., to Cloe Whittaker and Tyson Jerry, the Canadian pair who recently broke the Guinness Book of World Records for most miles traveled in a vegetable oil powered vehicle.

The duo met with Begley at his solar powered home in Los Angeles during their trip.

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Subway restaurants in the U.S. will begin phasing in cage-free eggs, a practice already adopted by its UK franchises.

As part of its new animal welfare policy, Subway will first ensure that 4% of the eggs used in its breakfast menus are sourced from cage-free suppliers, with the goal of eventually having 100% of eggs obtained from hens that are not confined in battery cages.

“Subway’s new animal welfare policy will help improve conditions for animals within its supply chain and throughout the nation,” stated Matthew Prescott, corporate outreach director for The Humane Society of the United States’ factory farming campaign. “The Humane Society of the United States applauds Subway for beginning to phase out its use of eggs from hens confined in cages.

Subway has also taken steps to use meat obtained from more humane methods, and more than 5% of its turkey comes from suppliers that used controlled atmosphere killing, a process said to reduce suffering of slaughtered birds.

Subway is part of a group of fast food franchises pledging to make similar changes related to animal welfare, including Denny’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and IHOP.

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Moby is a reformed vegan.

Although in the past, he sometimes refused to speak to non vegans, he confessed at the Genesis Awards that he used to have a holier than thou attitude towards the non vegans until he realized that being a jerk didn’t do much for converting or saving any creature other than his ego.

During an interview with Grant Butler of the Oregonian, the musician said, “There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement who can be very passionate and aggressive, and I applaud people’s passion, but when people are judgmental and aggressive, all you end up doing is getting other people to turn away in irritation. To change people’s minds, you have to respect the people you’re talking to. Part of that is presenting the facts available, and not being pedantic or judgmental.”

So expect to see a passionate, but respectful character if you catch him on his Gristle book tour.

And if you accidentally wear your old pair of leather shoes you bought before you changed, rest assured you won’t be crucified.

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Louis CK, Dave Attell, Gary Gulman, Wyatt Cenac, Lizz Winstead and Dan Piraro will be performing at NYC’s Gotham Comedy Club at 208 w 23rd b/t 7th & 8th Aves on April 1 at 8pm.

This event is no April Fool’s joke and neither is the cause these comedians are coming together for.

Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary‘s third annual Comedy for Karma benefits the dozens of rescued animals that call the sanctuary home.

Visit the organization’s site for more information.

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