guest blogger Jason Trachtenburg | on Cell Phones and such

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You know him as a solo artist and 1/3 of “indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock pop band” The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. He’s Jason Trachtenburg, and unlike Jackson, he IS Vegan. In honor of the Trachtenburg’s new DVD, Jason will be bringing us some guest posts right here on BrooklynVegan.com. Here’s his first one – written from the road – all the way in Ireland….

I’m staying positive here.
I have to keep saying that,
so with that in mind, the parameters have been set off.
It’s a pleasure and an honor to be guest blogging for Brooklyn Vegan.
I don’t generally blog, but I am an obsessive-compulsive vegan to the highest degree so I think I may actually like this.

My thoughts on vegetarianism are as widely known as my music and I am grateful that people like what we are about.

Apparently I am listed in Wikipedia as one of the world’s most renowned vegetarians (just after Tolstoy) and I was nominated as one of PETA2’s Sexiest Vegetarians of the Year, 2005.

Those are some of my credentials. Credentials make this serious business.

Our music is about fun but it is also about serious issues. Like these. The issues that need addressing immediately concern the over saturation, mental and physical, of exposure to cellular phone radiation frequencies. These telephonic devices were designed for the military and introduced to the public as a means to avoid or solve emergencies, and were initially sold to us touting that benefit. Life-style and convenience matter more to most than the obvious (and the unknown) health risk factors contained within these highly powerful radioactive devices.

Cellular phone antenna towers and the frequencies themselves are proven to be radioactive. Frequent headaches and microwave ear drip are commonly reported side effects. These devices affect the cellular structure and rapid mutation of brain cells. Many people are living in denial, and are trying to forego the obvious;

cellular phones are a major health hazard, and are part of the greatest and riskiest self inflicted experiment in the history of mankind. Cancer rates have never been higher, and people are now living life with the thought that such cancers and diseases are inescapable and inexplicable.

People must be consciously aware that their lifestyle can be deadly. I welcome any responses to these comments, and I will further expound about the social ramifications of cellular phones as well as i-pods.

Of course I am typing this on a computer right now. I am staying positive here.

With meaning,
Jason Trachtenburg