ten (ok...twenty-one because it's been so long) songs on the current playlist...

talking heads - this must be the place
violent femmes - kiss off
the dears - c'etait pour la passion
franz ferdinand - this boy
violent femmes - gone daddy gone
the 5.6.7.8.'s - woo hoo
arcade fire - this must be the place
elliott smith - miss misery
the white stripes - hotel yorba
stone roses - i want to be adored
the cure - boys don't cry
isaac hayes - run fay run
frank black - don't ya rile em
the dears - heartless romantic
the white stripes - fell in love with a girl
violent femmes - look like that
billie holiday - big stuff
radiohead - go to sleep
violent femmes - out of the window
the dears - this is a broadcast
frank black - selkie bride

everyone likes a nice expose

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Originally uploaded by jessalauren.

Thursday October 27 at 9pm on CBC-TV
repeating Monday October 31 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld

Frankensteer is a disturbing documentary that reveals how the ordinary cow has been turned into an antibiotic-dependent, hormone-laced potential carrier of toxic bacteria, all in the name of cheaper food. Frankensteer exposes the harsh and sometimes frightening realities of how our beef gets to our tables.

According to this compelling documentary, the beef industry, supported by North American government agencies and pharmaceutical companies, has engaged in an on-going experiment to create the perfect food machine. Their goal is to increase the speed of production and reduce the cost of manufacture. But there is a price in producing a cheap industrial product. This benign, grazing herbivore has undergone a transformation in how it’s raised, fed and slaughtered. Consumers are unaware of the dangers lurking in their beloved steaks, ribs and, especially, hamburgers.

According to Mike McBane of the Canadian Health Coalition, "When you bring a package of hamburger home from a supermarket, you have to treat it as toxic material…"

Frankensteer reveals some startling facts. Every year, fifty per cent of the total tonnage of antibiotics used in Canada ends up in livestock. Cattle raised in massive feedlots are routinely dosed with antibiotics even if they are not sick for public health safety reasons. During the current BSE (Mad Cow) crisis, North American health officials labeled parts of the cow as bio-hazardous products and ordered that they be handled accordingly. Recent changes in inspection rules have shifted the responsibility for food safety from government inspectors to the people on the floor who do the slaughtering and packing.

Frankensteer is written and narrated by Ted Remerowski and produced and directed by Marrin Canell and Ted Remerowski. It is a production of Paradigm Pictures.

CBC

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