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The commercial MEAT FACTORY is a series of weekly politics/obscure music radio shows. It is our intention to bring our community awareness about human, earth and animal liberation as well as fill your mind with enticing and obscure, yet sometimes absurd music.

The main show airs Fridays from 5-7 pm PST on WPMD 1700 AM and worldwide on the web at www.cerritos.edu/wpmd. WPMD 1700 AM is available to over half a million residents of Cerritos, Artesia, Bellflower, Paramount, Downey, La Mirada, Norwalk,Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood and parts of Long Beach & Whittier, California.

November 15, 2002: Huge show this week for this week: Joel Andreas, author of "Addicted to War" an illustrated expose an America's foreign policy, the International Action Center, participants in the organization of the October 26, 2002 anti-war protests in Washington D.C. and San Francisco where 200,000 true patriots attended, Kartik Sheshadri, India's world renowned sitar player, disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar and one of India's most sought after Tabla players Arup Chattopadhyay. In 1998, Arup was selected by the living legend, Pandit Ravi Shankar to accompany him and has since then, been the maestro’s accompanist of choice in many concerts in the United States, Holland, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, U.K., and India.

"If the power of Indian music seems almost supernatural, then sitar player Kartik Seshadri must be a sorcerer." -The Oberlin Review

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This week's on our cohorts show, Silver Spleens features pt. 1 of their interview with Don and Judy Bustany. Don Bustany hosts a weekly program on KPFK called Middle East in Focus. Plus more music from our new record collection.

Silver Spleens, Saturday at 2:00 PM PST. More info on the Silver Spleens show at www.cerritos.edu/wpmd

Also listen to "The Electric Octospore and his Complex Cultures" with new co-host Taundwei who'll add to the madness and the music , Saturdays @ 1 PM for experimental, kraut rock, rare & strange music from the east, spooky lounge, warfare and more. Check out the playlists http://www.hop-frog.com/thecommercialmeatfactoryPLAYLISTS

GOOD NEWS! OUR SERVER WAS UPGRADED. SO FOR THOSE LISTENING ON THE NET WE CAN NOW HOLD OVER 6 TIMES AS MANY LISTENERS SO YOU SHOULD SEE NO ERROR MESSAGES!