Hey You: Pick One February 28, 2006
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One of my favorite AR quotes is "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, we'd all be vegetarian." It's true; after witnessing what happens to animals killed for food, you'd have to be pretty damn demented to still think eating meat was morally justifiable. With that in mind, we're designing a new vegetarian ad that puts it all out there in the open. We've narrowed it down to four possible tag-lines, and now we need your input as to which once is best. Take a look.
Comment now and tell me, which one is best? We really want to know which has the biggest impact among meat-eaters, so get your non-vegetarian friends' input as well.
-Noah
Nothing Beats a Good Sign February 27, 2006
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I've been holding onto these photos for a rainy day of sorts. It's not raining, but I'm cleaning out my e-mail inbox, and everyone's always saying "there's no time like the present." Plus I've been protesting Ringling all night and I'm too worn out to write a blog entry with lots of clever puns. So yeah, send me your photos and I'll post 'em, duders.
We've got two new 'boycott KFC' features on the site right now - an interview with stic.man of Dead Prez, and an inspirational video with Casey from Hawthorne Heights. Which one do you like better?
-Noah
PS - I am quoted in this article. What can I say, I'm kind of a big deal.
Why We Protest the Circus February 23, 2006
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Yesterday after work, the entire PETA office emptied out to protest infamous animal abusers Ringling Bros. at their performance here in Norfolk. We flanked all sides of the arena, with protesters covering two blocks on the main street. During our two hours in the freezing cold (seriously, I need to buy some gloves!) we received lots of positive comments, and even got a few people to turn away. One of the best moments of the night was a conversation between Ingrid and a woman who rolled down her window:
Woman: I love Ringling!
Ingrid: Why?
Woman: I don't know.
Ingrid: You know they beat the elephants?
Woman: Oh.
Ingrid: Watch the video online at Circuses.com.
Woman: Thank you. I will. Try to keep warm.
Of all of the issues we campaign about, I think getting animals out of circuses is the one that we can accomplish in our lifetime. Seriously, it's so painfully apparent that these animals are being exploited in the name of profit; you'd have to be just plain heartless to go to the circus after seeing what they go through. Even 5-year old children know that elephants need room to roam. In the wild, they have acres upon acres to graze with their family, but when they're captured and forced to perform for Ringling and other animal circuses, they are kept in chains or crammed in trains for a majority of their lives. If that wasn't bad enough, trainers beat them with sharp metal bullhooks, shock them, whip them ... for what? So they'll do some stupid trick? Are you kidding me? Clowns and carnies should stick to beating and shocking each other rather than animals. I guess they're too busy being pedophiles for that, though.
The good news is that we're making progress. This is my third year protesting the circus in Norfolk, and each year we see a little bit more of the light at the end of the tunnel. More people tearing up their tickets, some even grabbing a sign and standing next to us. This year, for the first time ever, Ringling cancelled their idiotic "elephant walk" through Norfolk. They swear it wasn't because of us. Riiiight. Real believable guys!
Watch this video, and you'll be as fired up as we are.
Go here for a list of ideas on how you can help us fight the circus. As one man said to me last night, "Give 'em hell."
-Noah
Do it for the Chicks! February 21, 2006
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I am pretty lucky that the word "chicks" has this double entendre, otherwise I'd be severely lacking on jokes and clever puns. Lindsay, campaign coordinator for PETA's KFC boycott, and her tour partner Nicole are out on the road protesting KFC with local activists. On this particular tour, Lindsay and Nicole are dressed only in bikinis, white fluffy boots and earmuffs, holding signs reading "KFC Tortures Chicks". Sex sells, especially to the average male KFC customers who are much more likely to listen to someone tell them about chickens being abused on factory farms when the someone telling them is a scantily clad girl.
Nicole has been keeping a tour diary to document their adventures. Check it out at boycottkfc.blogspot.com.
Speaking of good lookin' animal rights activists, the "Cutest Vegetarian Alive" is one of the most successful things that peta2 has ever done. Have you voted yet? If not, contestants Andrea (a.k.a. Piggy) and Kristine have recorded the following videos to try to win you over.
For more info on why you should vote for each of them, check out Piggy and Kristine on myspace.
Links of the day:
Sweet magazine cut-out video
Vegan muzak!
The Quail Speaks
Gotta love Bizarro
Bird flu is coming: Eat meat and die
-Noah
Boy Dances Awkwardly for Chickens February 18, 2006
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Pulin and I tabled today for peta2 at the Junior Statesmen of America conference in DC. Everyone there was super nice, and we gave out a few hundred copies of our "What They Never Told You" booklet, a ton of "Chew On This" DVDs, and even met a handful of Street Teamers. (Did you click on all those hyperlinks?)
Pulin caught me while I was dancing to draw people to the table to sign our KFC petition. Apologies to your eyes for the bright light behind me.
If you haven't already, you should come on over and vote for the "Cutest Vegetarian Alive" contest.
Videos from the contestants coming soon!
-Noah
Just When You Thought You'd Heard the Last of Chick Norris February 17, 2006
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No, my "u" and "i" keys aren't stuck together, I meant to say Chick...
The wonderfully artistic folks in our Production department designed a new ad featuring everyone's favorite cartoon chicken doing his part for the KFC boycott. Joel got in on the designing fun and made his own rendition. Can you guess which is which?
Get it, Chick Norris? It seemed a lot more clever before I actually typed it.
New shirts at cafepress.com/PETAStore for your wearing pleasure.
Speaking of the hunting accident of the year, check out what Margaret Cho, the funniest woman in the world, had to say about it on her blog:
I am sure that Dick Cheney gave that 78 year old man a running start. I am just disturbed that the vice president was out hunting. I think hunting is wrong. They should give the animals guns. But if it is between humans, it is all well and good.
Taste of Chaos started last night. Thanks to everyone who signed up to table with Jason at each of the shows. The first ten winners of the TOC ticket giveaway are:
Alicia Parker
Rachel Bowen
Daniel Hernandez
Jeremy Snider
David Flores
Rebeckah Lawson
Lynda Roberts
Hannah Moore
Holly Denton
Joshua Davies
If you haven't entered yet, hurry up duder.
-Noah
When's the Last Time YOU Made Front Page News? February 15, 2006
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Animal rights activists in London are making headlines for hitting fur scum Julien Macdonald and everyone's least favorite Hilton, Paris, with flour bombs. Amazing, right?
Almost as good as the time Jack got floured.
-Noah
hellogoodbye! hellogoodbye! February 14, 2006
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As you may recall, peta2 did an interview with hellogoodbye's vegan singer Forrest Kline a little while back. It was such a smash hit that we were what the kids call "ecstatic" when Forrest agreed to work with us on a new veg ad for peta2. He came by the office today before hellogoodbye's show here in Norfolk to shoot the ad and eat some vegan pizza (yum!) from an amazing local restuarant called Amalfi. Here's one of the pictures from the shoot. Look out for the ad in April or May! Are you as excited as we are?
Also, be sure to check out hellogoodbye.net for more on the band, including info on their tour with Panic! at the Disco and The Academy Is.
I leave you with a clip from one of the best television shows ever. Foreva eva, foreva eva?
Thank you Matt Groening for making life worth living.
-Noah
OMG Save Curious George! February 13, 2006
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CovanceKillsCuriousGeorge.com is probably one of the funniest Web sites I have seen in a long time. Covance (the billion-dollar drug testing company) has apparently sunk to an all time low. How cruel do you have to be to experiment on frickin' Curious George?
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This video that Pulin made is almost as funny, but not quite. At least it's funnier than The Son of the Mask. If you know Pulin, you should get this joke.
Speaking of videos you should watch and enjoy, our buddies Rise Against have a new documentary video on their site. Check out "A Year In the Life Of..." at RiseAgainst.com.
Links of the day:
Dick Cheney goes hunting!
Did you know Beyonce is short for "filthy ho bag"? It's true.
STFU TY. JK, JK.
This woman is my hero, dadgumit.
Bird flu: coming soon to a city near you.
That's all. Happy Valentines Eve!
-Noah
Laguna Beach is Better Than Real Life February 11, 2006
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I tend to really despise reality tv with a passion, but Laguna Beach is the exception to the rule. Shut up, you love it too. LB's Kristin Cavallari is in a brand new anti-fur ad for peta2, and it is the very definition of the word darling. Go here to see the ad and exclusive b-roll video from the photo shoot.
Also, check it out on MTV news and Pink is the New Blog.
New merch up now at CafePress.com/PETAStore. Buy some!
Cannibalism is so last year.
Links of the day:
"There are empty KFC boxes all over her house" - Britney Spears makes me vomit
Cute Overload!
Fun flash game
ROFLMAO at hunters shooting each other
PETA videos you can put on your iPod!
peta2 on CMJ
-Noah
Tuck is F-A-M-O-U-S February 8, 2006
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In case you aren't a regular reader of Teen People, check this out. Tuck is in the most recent issue of the magazine for his name change.
The real question is, who would win in a fight: Tuck or Huck? I don't know, that Renfro does look kinda feisty, and he'd probably get JTT in on some double team action. Get your mind out of the gutter, geez.
Want an iPod nano? Of course you do! We have a new interview with the guys in Dropping Daylight, and to get you to read it and get pumped the eff up, we're also giving away a nano with the band's songs already loaded into it. CAN YOU DIG IT? Enter to win by February 21 ... or die trying!
Speaking of contests, the CDs and poster from attractive are outta here. The band rules at life in a major way, so please send your love/vegan cookies at myspace.com/attractivemusic (or just add them as your interweb friend).
Lastly, here's a photo from a recent "Leather is Murder" demo. A wise man once said that people who wear leather need to be punched square in the lungs and thrown in a deep ravine with spikes and man-eating plants at the bottom.
If you'd like some "Leather is Dead Skin" stickers for your uses, e-mail me and I'll send 'em to you.
-Noah
The Best Cookbook February 7, 2006
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In my opinion Vegan With A Vengence is probably the best vegan cookbook out there. It's seriously fun to read and the recipes are delicious. I like it so much, that I decided it would only be proper to promote it here. Isa, the author of the book, also has a vegan cooking show called The Post Punk Kitchen. You can check out the site at ThePPK.com.
For those of you iPod carrying vegans, you might want to check out this. It's a handy A to Z list of animal ingredients that you can carry in your iPod and reference whenever you're not sure if an ingredient came from an animal or not. The list also provides alternatives to animal ingrdients. So convenient.
I'm heading home to make dinner.
Take care!
Puppy Bowl! February 6, 2006
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My friend told me about the Puppy Bowl yesterday so I checked it out. The music is amazing. If you have not seen it yet, watch it now here. I'm partial to the Kitten Half-Time Show.
Pulin is keeping it real on the road as usual. These are the latest pictures he sent us.
Intern Dean showing off his "fangs".
Vegan pizza in Tallahassee.
Vegan Arm Wrestling with Amy from University of Florida.
See how fun being with Pulin is? After the Silverstein tour in February, Pulin is going to be on the road with Alkaline Trio and Against Me!. If you want to table at a show with Pulin head over to our "On The Road" feature and fill out the form here. Perfect.
Noah is out sick today, but in keeping with recent tradition, here are LINKS OF THE DAY:
Circus Jerk Dies.
Food Fight!
Is that a wool sweater?<--You can't really hear intern Marta, but she asks "Is that a wool sweater". Send us your AR videos and maybe we can put them on our blog.
Time to read more of The Trouble With Music. It's really good so far.
Goodnight!
Fur Hags, Propagandhi, and Spanky, Oh My! February 2, 2006
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It makes our hearts melt when we see our materials being put to good use. The Street Team reports for the "I'm An Asshole, I Wear Fur" stickering mission have started to roll in, and they're pretty much really awesome. If you haven't gotten your stickers yet, order some before it's too late.
If you've already gotten your stickers, please be sure to send your photos and info from your stickering adventure to StreetTeam@peta2.com.
After long last, we finally got a chance to interview Propagandhi. Exciting, eh? CLICK HERE to watch the interview and some footage from one of only a few shows the band played in 2005.
In other veg band news, members of Snapcase and Six Going on Seven have come together to form a new band, Attractive. Frontman Josh English and drummer Benjamin Lythberg are both long-time vegetarians (Josh has actually been vegan for over 12 years). Check 'em out at attractive.cc. If you're in the Buffalo area, you can catch them at Kitchen Distribution on February 11. Also, we've got autographed CDs and a poster to giveaway - first two people to e-mail us will get 'em.
Links of the day:
The CCF is full of shit, plain and simple
Bird flu is now in Iraq ... Ut oh!
Vegan pirates?
Give your opinion on primate experimentation
RIngling Bros. clown "Spanky" charged for child porn ... a classic
I'm sleepy.
-Noah
At a Glance: Jesse February 1, 2006
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Thanks to Jason for being more artistic than us. Send your original Jesse art, including buddy icons, songs, and flash animations to NoahC@peta2.com.
Speaking of which, we have some new Web banners on the site. Use them! Give their lives purpose.
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Links of the day:
Pancakes are people too!
We found the Silverstein kid on myspace
Fighting bulls makes you a dumbass
I'll bring the vegan marshmallows and graham crackers
Meat-eating parents arrested for starving their kids
One final note: Friday is the last day to enter yourself or a friend in the "Cutest Vegetarian Alive" contest. If you haven't already done so, enter now! While you're at it, be sure to vote for the "Fugliest Fur Hag". My vote is for Paris Hilton.
-Noah
Look at Them Fangs! February 1, 2006
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Sorry for not updating yesterday - the blog is finnicky at times.
It's so great when we get e-mails from people about how they went vegetarian after watching "Free Me" or how the Chinese fur investigation had a huge impact on them. What's equally exciting, though, is receiving e-mails from the other half. You know the type; "MEAT IS GOOD LOL". They think that they're offending us, but really we just laugh profusely at their stupidity. Someone needs to learn this kid some of that there book learnin'...
If only we could prove his "factors" wrong. Well played Jesse, well played.
Want some free stuff? Yellowcard has an incredible giveaway going on in celebration of their latest release Lights and Sounds, out now on Capitol Records. As you may recall, bassist Pete Mosely did an interview with peta2 not too long ago about why he became vegetarian. Here's what Pete and pals want to give you:
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One second prize winner will receive an Epiphone guitar with a Coffin Case, a pair of Etnies shoes, a copy of EA Burnout, a subscription to Transworld Skateboarding, a Freestyle watch, and a copy of Lights and Sounds
Three third prize winners will receive a pair of Etnies Shoes, a copy of EA Burnout, a subscription to Transworld Skateboarding, a Freestyle watch, and (you guessed it) a copy of Lights and Sounds
One bonus prize winner will receive a folding 4 ft quarter pipe from Freshpark
To enter, head over to Yellowcard.ripe.tv. Yellowcard will be touring all spring, so keep an eye out for them and check out YellowcardRock.com for more info!
Speaking of name-dropping bands that we're friends with, we'd like to send condolences to our buddies Silverstein. Last night on American Idol, some dude from Vegas totally massacred "Smashed to Pieces".
I think my ears are bleeding.
-Noah
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