Let's play with the Veggies!
Posted by tom | Sep 17, 2009No, this isn't about VeggieTales.
Hayley and I came across the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra which watching YouTube videos on how to play various instruments. Has anyone else come across the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra or spent time making vegetable instruments (such as those strewn across YouTube)? How about this sampling of the Q&A which emerges with those who are pushing the cultural envelope. ...
are you all vegetarians or vegans?
no we are not. don't ask again. we've heard this question 3 million times.
are you serious about your music?
yes we are. this is not a just-for-fun project.
isn't it an ethical problem to play on vegetable instruments while elsewhere people die of starvation?
we have heard this question very often. if you are really concerned about the distribution of wealth then do something about it! read books about the real cause of hunger. change your own life and try to change politics. buy and support the right things. it is not people using vegetables differently than usual that make the world a bad place. it's all of us wanting too much. our own car, a new cellphone, a bigger house with air condition, more money...
actually our instruments cause less problems than traditional instruments, laptops, etc... their production needs much less energy and ressources and they are bio-degradable.
