Poultrygeist

May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Oh. My. God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VXDbUE3Et8

“Here’s a supershort synopsis: A KFC-like fast food joint opens up on an ancient Native American burial ground. A group of college lesbian animal rights activists protest the restaurant, but fail to close it before zombie chickens hatch and reap bloody revenge on everyone in sight, including D-list porn star turned PETA activist Ron Jeremy.”

Official synopsis:

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is cinema’s first chicken-zombie horror-comedy… with musical numbers!

When well-meaning but somewhat dim Arbie (Jason Yachanin) returns to the spot of his first (and only) romantic encounter with his high school sweetheart– the not-so-romantic Ancient Tromahawk Tribe Indian Burial Ground– he is shocked to discover two horrible realities:

Not only has the graveyard been bulldozed to make room for the newest fast-food “American Chicken Bunker” chain restaurant, but after only one semester at college, his girlfriend Wendy (Kate Graham) has been transformed into a left-wing, lipstick-lesbian liberal, and spends her free time protesting the corporate takeover of America.

Reeling from heartbreak and a brutal beating from Micki (Allyson Sereboff), Wendy’s new activist girlfriend, Arbie channels his spite into applying for a job at the very restaurant they are protesting against.

But something else is feeling wronged by all of the construction and commotion… Something not human…

Meanwhile, newly employed Arbie’s new coworkers are a colorful group: the sassy manager Denny (Joshua Olatunde); the burqa-clad Muslim, Humus (Rose Ghavami); the animal-loving yokel Carl, Jr. (Caleb Emerson); the effete Mexican spitfire Paco Bell (Khalid Rivera); and a mysterious 60-year-old man who has been working in fast-food all his life (Lloyd Kaufman).

Together, they slowly uncover the supernatural secret of the American Chicken Bunker, while the owner General Lee Roy (Robin L. Watkins) tries to keep a lid on everything, lest the scandal taint his growing empire. But once workers and customers start dying in bizarre and grotesque ways, it becomes clear that this isn’t just a mild case of salmonella … but something much more FOWL.

Will Arbie and his friends stop the supernatural before they infect all the artificial food stuffs, the customers or even the world? Will Arbie be able to win Wendy back now that he’s making minimum-wage? What’s Carl Jr. doing with that frozen chicken? And what’s with all the singing and dancing?

It’s Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead!

Posted by Elaine Vigneault | Filed Under Animals, Food, Politics, Sexuality, TV and Film, veganism
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“Normal” People

May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The US has 10 million vegetarians and 290 million normal people. (source: FARK)

Argh!

Instead of writing about this, I’ll just refer you to this podcast.

Hat tip: Tony.

Posted by Elaine Vigneault | Filed Under Politics, veganism
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Newest Union Busting Strategy: Call Them Terrorists

May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment

An anonymous anti-union, anti-environmental, anti-animal group paid big bucks for a full page advertisement in the NY Times recently. The ad urges people to go to a website, nysehostage.com, where they say these organizations are terrorist organizations:

The website says:

“Anti-business activism is alive, well, and as radical as ever. Animal ‘rights’ violence and eco-terrorism are just two of the movement’s many bitter flavors.”

That’s right. Those of us in the animal rights movement have been saying, “first they’ll silence us and put us in jail, next it will be you.” Yes, now they’re going after the unions. Who do you think they’ll go after next?

What do they want? They say:

“a properly operating private stock exchange”

Apparently they define “properly operating” as ‘operating without any influence from concerned American citizens.’ Does their idea sound like a good thing to you? And if it’s such a good idea, why are they anonymous?

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Veggie Pride Parade Is Coming Up

May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

parade floats

There will be a Veggie Pride Parade on May 18, 2008 in New York City.

It’s a special parade for vegans, vegetarians, and people in between. (It’s not for omnis, sorry.)

I’ll be attending, probably with Ed and Floyd. I plan to wear a costume.There will be costume contests as well as presentations and parade floats.

You can read more details about it at http://www.veggieprideparade.org/

Or download a poster here >>

veg parade route

Posted by Elaine Vigneault | Filed Under New York, veganism
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Vegans Are Intense

May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Quote of the week:

“they call themselves vegan, which rhymes with ‘tree men.’ These people are intense.”

Intense is better than gray, extreme, or terrorist.

The article is actually pretty good. It’s about vegetarianism and omnivores reactions to vegetarians. For example:

I’ve been vegetarian for a decade, and when it comes up, I still get a look of confused horror that says, “But you seemed so … normal.” The U.S. boasts more than 10 million herbivores today, yet most Americans assume that every last one is a loopy, self-satisfied health fanatic, hellbent on draining all the joy out of life. Those of us who want to avoid the social nightmare have to hide our vegetarianism like an Oxycontin addiction, because admit it, omnivores: You know nothing about us. Do we eat fish? Will we panic if confronted with a hamburger? Are we dying of malnutrition? You have no clue. So read on, my flesh-eating friends—I believe it’s high time we cleared a few things up.

Read the whole thing here >>

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