The hand is quicker than the eye! Tabla drum prodigy Abhishek Basu of Calcutta, in WYPR’s Studio B.

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• Contributor Geoff Brown reports on a mysterious flier about a dog, and the series of amazing coincidences that turned it into an underground Internet sensation.
• Horror movie maven and self-proclaimed “zombie expert” Davida Breier stops by to preview “Rigor Mortis,” a zine that celebrates the horror genre and offers some practical survival tips to use in the event of a “zombie outbreak.”
• And Indian percussion virtuoso Abhishek Basu joins the program to talk about his path as a lifelong student of the tabla drums and his evolving musical horizons.

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Here’s a link to more about the legendary Xerxes flier.

Curious about the finer points of zombie-ology? Check out: www.livingdeadzine.blogspot.com

Abhishek Basu’s website is: www.abhishekbasu.com/profile.html