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Sure, Justin Bieber has some eco-friendly nail polishes to his name, but if he wants to stay ahead in the barely pubescent, teen idol category, he’s going to have to at least produce some organic granola.
Teen star Cody Simpson has launched his own brand of cereal containing less sugar than traditional kids’ cereals and made with natural and organic ingredients, Cody Crunch.
Comments Off on Jonathan Mann, The “Song-A-Day” Guy, Exclusive Interview With Vegetarian Star
A few weeks ago, we featured a catchy little song about vegan protein by Jonathan Mann, the guy who’s gained national attention for writing a song every day since 2009. Best of all, he gets PAID to do it, and his written jingles for the likes of people like Steve Jobs.
When he doesn’t have his hand in the vegan cookie jar, Mann is either writing, singing or uploading his creations to YouTube and his site, Songatron.com. Vegetarian Star was lucky enough to catch him when was wasn’t doing either! Here’s the exclusive interview.
Why did you decide to start writing a new song daily?
It started in 2009. I got a flyer for Fun-A-Day, which is a project where folks are invited to make one piece of art for everyday in the month of January. I decided to keep going because it’s been a great exercise for revealing the “good” songs that are inside of me, and it’s also been a nice, media friendly calling card. Also, I really enjoy the back and forth with my YouTube based audience.
A little technical question: RockCookieBottom.com and songatron.com have pretty much the same content. Can you explain more behind the two website names?
Rock Cookie Bottom was a tumblr blog that I had had just laying around for a while, and when I started Song-A-Day, I used it to post all the videos. It had a bunch of things lacking, however, so eventually I got songatron up and running. Which is better, but still lacks, I think!
I read you named the first site “rockcookiebottom” because you have a love for baking cookies. I’m assuming these are vegan cookies. Tells us your favorite vegan cookies to bake and eat.
Do. Bake. Too. Many. Cookies. Ivory said something like, “You’re going to reach the rock cookie bottom of your cookie making!” in reference to how often I make them. It’s a very emotion based thing for me, cookies are tied to being a kid and baking with my mom. I mostly go off of Colleen’s [Colleen Patrick-Goudreau] recipe in “The Joy of Vegan Baking”, though I’ve tried a bunch of others and have been known to…ahem…experiment.
Obviously, we really love the vegan song you sing with your girlfriend Ivory King, “Vegan Myths Debunked.” What was your motivation for writing this?
You know, I think it just kind of happened. We always get asked all these questions, so it seemed natural to turn them into a song.
Those three finalists starred in their own commercials that were aired during ITV1’s This Morning Show, cooking their dishes and asking viewers to vote for them.
In the end, between Kate Ford’s hearty mushroom, ale and puy lentil pie, Susan Edward’s butternut squash and spinach lasagne and Robert Stordy’s vegetarian moussaka, only one was chosen to be included in the food line.
Watch Paul McCartney himself announce the winning dish, which will hit the stores in August, below.
Comments Off on Prince Swears Against The Hot Dog On George Lopez (Video)
One Sexy MF named Prince was a guest on George Lopez where he talked about the effect of the Internet on the music industry, the middle man in concert ticket prices and of course, his vegetarian diet.
Prince thinks a hot dog is one of the worst foods out there and the ingredients in them are so obscene, Prince can’t even say them on television, given the fact he tries to abstain from cursing, which adhering to a plant-based diet may also help him do.
The new word for anything 4-letter is now “artichoke.”
“If I can stop swearing, everybody can stop swearing,” Prince said.
Comments Off on Iggy Pop Anti Seal Hunt Ad Shows He’s Not Performing In Canada’s Club Scene (Video)
Another pop star has decided he’s not into Canada’s club scene.
Yesterday, we revealed Ke$sha‘s anti seal hunt ad and today we bring you the message from a legend in rock and roll, Iggy Pop.
[T]he screams of horror from the animals that watch the first other ones be bludgeoned—they don’t even try to run,” Iggy said in an interview with PETA. “They don’t know what’s gonna hit ’em. I don’t think anyone who’d seen that would want to wear fur.”
The behind the scenes video component to Iggy’s ad shoot can be viewed below.
Comments Off on Michael Franti On Endangered Animals And Humans
Michael Franti, who mostly follows a vegan diet, is very outspoken on humanitarian and environmental issues, and uses his platform as a well-liked musician to bring about change.
For over a decade, he’s helped organize the Power To The Peaceful Festival, a concert held in San Francisco annually that raises funds for good causes.
He’s also helped collect shoes at his concerts for the charity, Soles4Souls.
Franti interviewed with Global Grind, where he touched on the topics of endangered species, both animals and humans living in poverty.
