Vegetarian Star

“For me it’s about their [the animals] health. If I get any (nutritional) benefits from not killing them, I guess that’s a bonus.”
—-Pretenders’ singer Chrissie Hynde, in an interview, on the health benefits of being a vegan. Chrissie’s reason sounds a lot like the late Isaac Bashevis Singer, who said he went vegetarian for the health of the chickens.

What health benefits did you receive as a bonus for going vegetarian or vegan?

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Patrick Carney, drummer for the blues-rock band The Black Keys, grew up in the same city and attended the same school as The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde.

The two have collaborated on a fundraiser and he takes people to eat at her Vegiterranean vegan restaurant frequently. He thinks the food is great, but he’s not too keen on the music.

“It’s an awesome restaurant, but it’s surprising how bad the music is that they play there. It’s straight-up new age jazz. As my uncle [saxophonist] Ralph [Carney] would say, “It’s late jazz.”

Well now…Could he be mad that he doesn’t get the hometown discount?

So if you’re not into new age jazz, bring a set a earplugs with you before you go.

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Uh-uh. No real meat’s getting in my concert area. 

When we told you Chrissie Hynde performed in the outdoor area of a barbecue joint in Texas, we mentioned there were vegetarian tamales for sale.

Now, we are finding out a little more about the food situation. Apparently, the restaurant managers respected Chrissie’s wishes and only served roasted “wheat” sandwiches (sounds like seitan) and vegetarian tamales outside where the concert took place.

Awesome that Chrissie was able to spread the news both by word of mouth and what people put in their mouth. Of course, not everyone was happy.

“You know, I don’t know,” said one concert goer named Debbie, when asked what a wheat roast sandwich was. “I’m grateful that it was dark enough that I didn’t have to inspect it too carefully. It tasted so bad. In fact, I thought today (Monday) I’d get on the Internet and see what the hell I put in my mouth last night (Sunday night).”

Some might tell Debbie that any meat she eats should probably be inspected a heck of a lot more than any wheat sandwich, considering the hormones pumped into animals, the sickly condition of some animals that are still slaughtered, and the number of e.coli cases occurring every year from tainted product.

“We told the people that if they prefer to have barbecue they had a full line of barbecue in the restaurant, if that’s why they so chose,” said Ryan Garrett, Stubb’s venue manager. “We love the Pretenders and we want to have them back. We can’t have a negative spin on this.”

“We just respected her because we want her to come back, and at the same time offered our patrons barbecue items in bulk in our restaurant,” he added.

Source: Statesman.com

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Chrissie Hynde’s sarcasm may be just as entertaining as her musical performances.

The rock musician recently performed in Austin, Texas in the backyard of a barbecue eatery.

Yes, the VEGAN Chrissie Hynde performed in the backyard of a barbecue eatery.

Known for her outspokenness on her diet and lifestyle even on stage, she made a crack that, “I’m glad to see that Austin may become the first vegetarian city in Texas.”

She also asked people to stop killing cows “because change is possible.” 

Hey, while performing at a place known as a flesh fest, you know she had to say something.

Even if veggie tamales were served.

As hard as it may be for her, she tries to keep her composure on stage. Once while performing with Neil Young, she remarked, “I’m trying very hard not to say anything about the fact that all I can smell is burning flesh.” 

Hynde once said that she didn’t care if she headlined a tour or not as long as she didn’t have to share the catering with meat eaters.

But even megastars have to share a performing venue with them.

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“There were no vegetarian restaurants in Akron. Plus, I wanted to do something to help destroy the mall culture of downtown.”
—-Chrissie Hynde, singer and musician of The Pretenders, on why she opened a vegan restaurant, The Vegiterranean, in her hometown of Akron, Ohio.

Guess Chrissie got tired of looking at all the corporate fast food chain restaurants that lined the streets of Akron. But hey, Chrissie, not all malls are bad. Some have veg offering Subway Restaurants, for instance.

Hynde recently made news after she participated in a protest against McDonald’s as part of the McCruelty campaign launched against the company due to how it treats its chickens before and during slaughter.

She has said she would like to remain on earth until all McDonald’s have burned to the ground.

She’ll have to work a little harder if she’s trying to demolish the malls at the same time.

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