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Moby

The best cooks do it without measuring, right? Either that or the end product is a horrible mess.

Given the fact Moby has been a vegan for over two decades, it’s safe to say when he whips up his homemade almond milk without following instructions, it’s a success.

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Maroon 5 Mickey Madden Says Band Is Vegan Friendly

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 in Bands, Food & Drink, Male Musicians.

Mickey Madden

VegNews magazine interviewed Maroon 5‘s bassist Mickey Madden and learned about his journey to veganism as he gradually gave up animals products, starting in high school. These days he finds it easy to keep up what he started as he says all the band members are supportive of his diet, making it easy to eat well on the road. Oh, and that Tweet sent by Adam Levine on aiming to be a vegetarian after the steak indulgence–it probably doesn’t happen too often, as Madden says Levine is 85% vegan.

“We’re all extremely health-conscious and everyone is really vegan-friendly. Adam [Levine], the singer in the band, in particular will eat, I’d say, about 85-percent vegan for health reasons. All the band members are meat-eaters, but they’re not close-minded and [they] understand the principles of veganism. It makes a big difference. It’s so strange, I obviously have reasons that relate to the world at large for my veganism, but it’s so much a personal choice and a matter of personal preference that I’ve never understood the reaction to it that some people have.”

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Slice Of Vegan Celebrity Birthday Cake To (Drum Roll)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 in Birthdays, Male Musicians, Male Singers.

Ben Gibbard

A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities.

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CHICAGO, IL - AUGUST 08:  General atmosphere during the 2009 Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park on August 8, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois.  (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

If you’re headed to Grant Park for this year’s Lollapalooza, the last thing you have to worry about is finding good meatless food to eat.

The music festival is known for incorporating both green and charitable gestures to the Chicago community, such as refurbishing city monuments and helping to create parks in the city, including the inner city areas, as founder Perry Farrell told Access Hollywood.

There’s also a farmers market west of the Buckingham Fountain with items such as organic fruit and granola to support local farmers. This year there are numerous vegetarian and even vegan food choices, like vegan ice cream from Temptation Frozen Desserts produced by Chicago Soy Dairy offered at the Chow Down South Food court in the park.

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Michael Franti is the musical creator of Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip-hop with funk, jazz, reggae, folk and rock. Franti’s Say Hey (I Love You) reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was featured on the Showtime series Weeds and during the opening credits of the 2010 film Valentine’s Day. Franti is an outspoken proponent for social justice and will perform a live acoustic version of his upcoming September 21, 2010 album release, The Sound of Sunshine, at the 12th Annual Power to the Peaceful Festival in San Francisco.

In an exclusive interview with Vegetarian Star, Franti addresses the issue of raising children vegetarian, Meatless Monday, John Mayer and more.

You have children. What’s your take on raising children vegetarian/vegan? Should parents force it on them? Or wait until they’re old enough to decide?
I feel when you raise a child, you raise them with whatever circumstances you live in. If you take an Inuit family in Alaska, for example, they eat fish year round and there’s no choice. They don’t have an option so the kids grow up eating fish and never think otherwise. Whatever you choose to feed your kids is your decision and in America we have a lot of choices. You’re not forcing your child, you’re just choosing to eat a certain way. But I do think as kids get older, just as they want to play video games, sports, watch TV or whatever – it’s their own choice and we have to respect the choice of others. My oldest son decided to become vegan when he was 14 and that was on his own accord. He’s now 23 and still predominantly vegan. My 11 year old son eats chicken from time to time but he’s never wanted to have any kind of beef or pork or anything like that.

Between tofu, tempeh and seitan, what’s your favorite?
Tofu. Because it doesn’t give me gas and the others do. I like the flavor of tofu. Some people don’t like the flavor of plain raw tofu, but I love it. I toss it into just about everything – salads, smoothies, shakes, everything.

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Moby

Moby made an appearance at the Wanderlust Festival, a yoga retreat and rock concert held at Lake Tahoe’s Squaw Valley. The rocker discussed his life changing cat Tucker, how consumers should vote with their forks and dollars to end this subsidizing of burger mess and how he wouldn’t even buy free-range eggs if he personally met all the chickens.

Attendees at the event were treated to tea and Evol Burritos, a company that, while not completely vegetarian, offers several vegetarian options and a green story behind its business.

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Mike Love

Mike Love, one of the founding members of the Beach Boys and the only original member that still tours under the band’s name, is getting “Good Vibrations” from a diet mostly without animal products.

Love has cut out all red meat and chicken from his plate.

“I’m 90 per cent vegetarian,” Love said. “I favor vegetables and stuff like that.”

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Adam Levine

Some people mistakenly call eating chicken or fish or only abstaining from red meat vegetarian. Adam Levine calls vegetarian what he promises to do every time he comes home from the steakhouse.

During a recent Tweet, Levine wrote, “Being a vegetarian usually consists of eating a steak and promising that tomorrow I will start being a vegetarian.”

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