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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  || Flying Nun Records New Zealand - Headless Chickens ||
Whatever your taste in Chicken, though, the most important news of all is that New Zealand's finest Headless ones are back to hit new heights of intensity on the long-awaited Greedy.
The end result is what the Headless Chickens have always managed to achieve on record: in today's electrode-up post-grunge world, Greedy still blurs the lines people want to put up around musical styles and -- crooning, sneering, yelling through a megaphone -- Chris Matthews still sounds like the most convincing frontman around.
Putting the Headless Chickens back on track after a spate of line-up changes has consumed much of 1997 but Chris Matthews' confidence is now buoyed by a new band line-up around him and the release of Greedy.
www.flyingnun.co.nz /archive_site/bands/chickens/chooks_greedy.html   (565 words)

  
 HEADLESS MIKE: A TRUE STORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
One copycat headless rooster was named Lucky and he managed to live for eleven days before bashing himself into a stovepipe and dying (Lucky wasn't that lucky after all).
At four-and-a-half years of age (some people disagree on the exact age, but it was without question a long time for a headless chicken), Mike choked to death on a kernel of corn.
Let's not forget the great game of Chicken Bingo in which the numbers were chosen by where chicken droppings fell on a numbered grid.
www.angelfire.com /zine/asdf/headless.html   (665 words)

  
 The Headless Chickens | Artists at muzic.net.nz
The Headless Chickens were formed in 1985, and were originally known as the International Headless Chickens, as a special project to perform at the multi-media event 'The Nitpickers Picnic'.
In 1987 The Headless Chickens won the Rheineck Rock Award.
In the 1995 NZ Music Awards they were voted 'Top International Performer' and vocalist for some of their songs, Fiona McDonald won the 'Top Female Vocalist' category.
www.muzic.net.nz /artists/11.html   (374 words)

  
 Club Bizarre - Headless Chickens
Formed in 1985 (initially as `International Headless Chickens') as a special project to perform at the multi-media event The Nitpickers Picnic.
Headless Chickens had trouble being accepted and promoted because they did not have the `normal' (ie `Dunedin') sound of a NZ band, an attitude they obviously didn't like.
Headless Chickens' contribution to Flying Nun's Abba tribute album, Abbasalutely, was the track Super Trouper, which was also the single release from the album, and featured vocals from Celia Church of Auckland band Nonoxynol 9.
www.clubbizarre.co.nz /display.php?band=1030&sec=14   (1490 words)

  
 Headless, Flying and Featherless Chickens!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The chicken flying contest was held July 8, 2000 in Wayne, NE.
CNN's coverage of a chicken flying contest in Geauga County, Ohio.
A religious explanation as to why chickens have difficulty flying (...had grown too fat and lazy).
www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu /~mlufaso/personal/chickfly.html   (157 words)

  
 The Filamentous Book
The chickens stood in a row, wings and legs protruding from the confinement of their plastic bags.
Packages of chickens wobbled over, wings outstretched, tips touching, to form a semi-circle around her and the broken eggs smashed at her feet.
I'll be fine and I'll join you in a bit." The chickens tightened their ring and he returned to swinging the eggs from side to side, tipping the cartons.
www.vcnet.com /~msisolak/storycp.html   (637 words)

  
 TheStoryGroup.com: Community Viewpoint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As my chicken reached the crest of the ride, it would topple head-over-tail as it began its controlled free-fall.
Then, when the chicken was ready to go, he went straight to the front of the line because without a head, he’s blind, and handicapped chickens go straight to the front of the line.
Fresh, headless chickens were put in their place, pinned in and strapped with strings.
www.the-stories.com /gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid:2229   (585 words)

  
 Backpacking Travel Forum for Backpackers
The chickens, ducks and geese are kept in at night, the killings happen between 1pm and 4pm.
The chickens will remain locked in for a few days as there is now plenty of room.
While up north last week we saw a bunch of chickens inside an electric fence, amazingly the fence was only 2 feet high but they all stayed in, unfortunately there was no one about to ask how successful this method was in keeping foxes at bay.
www.helpx.net /forum.asp?action=replies&forumID=752   (533 words)

  
 Mike the Headless Chicken
Mike, of course, was not your ordinary chicken.
One copycat headless rooster was named Lucky and he managed to live for eleven days before bashing himself into a stovepipe and dying (Lucky wasn't that lucky after all).
Let's not forget the great game of Chicken Bingo in which the numbers were chosen by where chicken droppings fell on a numbered grid.
home.nycap.rr.com /useless/headless_chicken   (1360 words)

  
 Flannelled Clucks: Ideas & Identities of India Pakistan
Chickens were giddily talking in anticipation of a match between Indian in Pakistan after a long time.
The Chickens were clucking for their cricket fix because you see, the Chickens are only interested in a little laughter and a little sunshine to fall in their dreary lives to make them smile.
They are faced with their daily chicken feed problems and they only want a little time out to watch their heroes do magical things with a red cherry and a piece of willow.
www.chowk.com /show_article.cgi?aid=00001985&channel=gymkhana&start=0&end=9&chapter=1&page=1   (2474 words)

  
 Mediawatch | 9:06am Sundays National Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Almost certainly a direct translation of the front page headline on the previous evening's Northern Alliance Gazette, The Dominion's announcement of the fall of Kabul, was echoed in all media, including public and commercial radio.
Headless chickens there, coming home to roost on that reporter.
If they ever make a movie of New Zealand's part in the first big war of the twenty-first century, it'll have to be a sequel to Dad's Army with the editor of The Dominion playing Captain Mainwaring.
www.mediawatch.co.nz /default,227.sm   (921 words)

  
 Mike the Headless Chicken
Mike the Headless Chicken more popular than Clinton can be found in the May 12, 1999 issue of the online magazine Salon.
Mike, of course, was not your ordinary chicken.
In fact, he was born 100% normal, complete with a head (most normal chickens have one of these) in Fruita, Colorado.
members.tripod.com /earthdude1/headless_chicken/mike.html   (1004 words)

  
 rathergood.com :: View topic - Why do headless chickens run?
Chickens and other avians will "run" for a short sprint if they are
Because the farmer didn't cut off the brain stem, and the chicken can still function quite normally without a head.
A pickled chicken head was also on display with Mike, but it was not Mike's original head as a cat had already eaten it.
www.rathergood.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=2663   (607 words)

  
 UPC Winter/Spring 1998 Poultry Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The message: Humans are clever, neat and superior; chickens and turkeys are dirty, stupid, and pathetic.
The chicken starts to "explode and spaz out." The headless chickens would do evasive maneuvers, as if they could tell you were there.
When my father swung a chicken around his head to kill it he got a line of chicken shit across his glasses.
www.upc-online.org /winter98/PoultrySlam.html   (382 words)

  
 Quite Interesting - headless chickens    (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Apparently, the chicken in question - called Mike - (rather spookily) had enough of it's jugular and brain stem etc to remain alive.
What's even more amusing is that the Chicken With No Head ended up growing from 2 1/2lbs to 8lbs.
In addition, the chicken (despite being dead) was running for President.
homepage.mac.com /michaelfraser/iblog/C1328058968/E1947322955   (141 words)

  
 THE FIRST GAME! (well the first one online)
One day, at the Association to Protect the Rights of Headless Chickens, a debate rage on to whether or not the commune of nude chickens should be funded by taxes given by the entire population of chickens.
Following the wolf's second wish, a beatiful wolf appeared, and to the dismay of the wolf, she began to consume the chickens.
The chickens all ran to a nude chicken beach to escape.
creambprez.tripod.com /game1.html   (329 words)

  
 - -=[ NZ Music Interviews @ ReAction ]=-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
However in the case of 'Greedy', the new Headless Chickens' album to be released in late December, it's something of an understatement.
Once again Fiona-less (sort of, her backing vocals still feature on Magnet and Chicken Little, and the George single has been tacked on at the end), it marks a return to the darker landscapes Chris and his until recently faithful lieutenants were exploring prior to Cruise Control.
I mention to Chris my pool hall encounter with Smoking Big Ted and ask him whether he agrees that no matter how great are the records they put out, the Headless Chickens tend to be taken for granted in their home country, simply because they've been on the scene for a long time.
www.reaction.co.nz /nzmusic/interviews/1997/chickens97.htm   (1701 words)

  
 Mike the Headless Chicken
Now I know what you are thinking - it isn't well known that chickens will run around frantically when their heads are chopped off.
This little white lie is the reason that many of the stories printed about Mike claimed that he was still touring the country as late as 1949.
Some of the events included the 5K Run Like a Headless Chicken Race, egg tosses, Pin the Head on the Chicken, the Chicken Cluck-Off, and the classic Chicken Dance.
www.geocities.com /fredo8605/Story1.htm   (920 words)

  
 Making a Movement Machine4
The fish skin cells are so fast that they can be made into headless chickens.
The headless chickens prove that there is an independent motor in the front of the cell.
The fragments’ remarkable self-sufficiency, coupled with their small size and simplicity, mean they are a great place to start understanding how movement is generated.
www.accessexcellence.org /RC/AB/BA/movement/move4.html   (268 words)

  
 05/15/00: Woo-hoo!
Las Vegas isn't exactly famous for it's wild chicken population, although we do have wild desert tortoses that you're not allowed to breathe on unless you want the local sherriff to publicly hang you in Town Square.
My theory about how the chickens get on to the tracks is that the trains have a magic trap door in the bottom of them that drop the chickens down on to the track.
The other thing about these dead chickens, by the way, is that they're rumored to be the meals of the scary, hermit-bums who live by the tracks.
www.mrcranky.com /movies/urbanlegend/63.html   (1207 words)

  
 Metroactive News & Issues | Headless Animals at Hellyer Park
The last sack was filled with the headless bodies of a dozen chickens.
Fortino also went to the animal shelter--where the remains were sent for disposal--to take a look at the dozens of headless chickens and pigeons found in November.
Goats, sheep, chickens and doves have all been associated with both satanic and Santeria rituals in the past, according to Humane Society officials.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/01.04.01/headless-0101.html   (2125 words)

  
 Headless Chickens - Chickens Hits (+bonus) - Buy Music at Real Groovy New Zealand NZ
Headless Chickens - Chickens Hits (+bonus) - Buy Music at Real Groovy New Zealand NZ Login
The band were given free-range to pick 17 tracks to release on Chickens Hits.
Word had quickly spread throughout the dance community of an impending compilation of the Chickens material – requests to remix the songs flowed in and were accepted.
www.realgroovy.co.nz /music/id/2409026?afid=243   (634 words)

  
 RoboCup Swedish Championship 2000
The winners are: Headless Chickens IV The first Swedish Championship in RoboCup Simulation was held in Linköping on May 9th 2000.
The first price was 5000 SEK in travel funds, which we hope they will use to defend the Swedish colours at some international competition.
Headless Chickens IV Semi-final 1: Rose - EOL 4 - 1
www.ida.liu.se /~frehe/RoboCup/SM2000   (285 words)

  
 Headless Chickens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Eventually the Headless Chickens recorded the track "i don't want to go to woodstock" at daylight studios in 1989.
After the Headless Chickens disbanded Thom Yorke eventually went on to front RADIOHEAD (obviously), violinist John Mathias has sessioned on various RADIOHEAD recordings, such as The Bends, while vocalist Shack had a track included on the soundtrack of the film 'The Matrix' with his most recent band.
At the request of Thom Yorke, Hometown Atrocities have made a contribution for the use of the Headless Chickens track on 'Year Zero' to Friends Of The Earth.
s93609871.onlinehome.us /tired/headless_chickens.htm   (224 words)

  
 Capitol Hill Blue: A Bunch of Headless Chickens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
That, as best I recall, was the fowl-finishing technique my farm-bred maternal grandmother used when preparing Sunday dinner for her visiting daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.
Instead of flopping over dead, those headless chickens would dash briefly about the yard, their blood spurting everywhere.
Much of what we are seeing is less an exercise in democratic discussion than a display of human beings acting like chickens whose brains are gone, but not their capacity for putting on a blood-spouting show.
www.capitolhillblue.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=28&num=4085   (743 words)

  
 Five Fold Today for January 19, 2002
I saw many headless chickens running around getting into a bigger and bigger mess.
They are wolves in sheep's clothing - Wolves with doctrines of demons — Preaching a gospel other than Christ — Leading those that run after them like headless chickens to the slaughter - As sheep without a shepherd with no peace in their hearts.
Be not like the headless chickens in the vision running from place to place — But be settled in Christ.
latter-rain.com /archive2/1-19-2002.htm   (5838 words)

  
 Television |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
When first unto this country the chicken came, a feathered stranger among alien eggs, which had clearly preceded it, it was seen as a source of endless comic relief.
Seriously: none of that stuff is true except the bingo and the headless chicken, but this is a great documentary.
No chickens, but there really was a Disco Duck.
www.providencephoenix.com /television/hotdots/documents/04425986.asp   (1233 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Headless Chickens, Laidback Bears: Use Scientific Techniques to Create More Time and Revolutionise Your ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It provides a set of techniques for doing things in time-saving ways and will change your life for the better if you put it into practice.
You will cease to be one of life's headless chickens who dash around looking busy but achieving little, and become one of its laidback bears who really gets things done and enjoys life at the same time.
This book will enable you to speed up those activities that can sensibly be speeded up, and to identify ways of saving time in those that cannot.
amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1857039734   (721 words)

  
 Pretentious: Headless Chickens
The last two weeks have found Wifey and I running around like headless chickens.
I know I'm always complaining of being busier then a small god so I'll spare most of the details, but we were off to Rhode Island...
I know I'm always complaining of being busier then a small god so I'll spare most of the details, but we were off to Rhode Island for a long weekend of sorts for the wedding of our friends Maura & Jon.
prete.ntio.us /archives/2005/09/headless_chickens.html   (1008 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Scotland: News - Mjallby: We were headless chickens
John Mjallby has delivered the most damning verdict yet on the Celtic shambles of last season, by claiming Martin O'Neill's first job was to fix a defence which played without tactics and like 'headless chickens'.
He said: 'I always believed that we had a good place here but the tactics weren't there last season, especially defensively.
We were not strong enough and were running around like headless chickens.
www.soccernet.com /scotland/news/2001/0408/20010408cfcsmjallby.html   (573 words)

  
 Why are headless chickens able to maintain balance
Subject: Why are headless chickens able to maintain balance
This question came up at work after I mentioned my family had slaughtered chickens when I was a kid, and how funny it was that headless chickens run around for a few seconds.
Re: Why are headless chickens able to maintain balance
www.madsci.org /posts/archives/mar2001/985817177.An.q.html   (124 words)

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