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Music critic Milo Miles has a review of "My Soul Looks Back", a new collection of the music of gospel singer MARION WILLIAMS.

Rock musician BEN VAUGHN. He's been a cult staple for years in the Philadelphia/New Jersey area, where he's become known for his tongue-in-cheek lyrics and tunes that draw from rocks early influences. He's had several album; his fourth, "Dressed in Black," was released in 1990. He's got a new one that is basically his own greatest hits. In this first half hour, VAUGHN will play some of his favorite Christmas recordings from a variety of music influences.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new recording of Charles Mingus''s infamous New York Town Hall concert from October 12, 1962. It''s the first time a complete recording of the concert has been available. "Charles Mingus: The Complete Town Hall Concert," (Blue Note).

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Inventor GARRETT BROWN. He revolutionized cinematography with the the steadicam, skycam, and the mobicam. The steadicam is a camera-suspension system that eliminates the jiggle in hand-held shots. BROWN's work with the steadicam can be seen in "Rocky," "The Shining," and "Return of the Jedi," and in many other films. The skycam is a suspended remote-controlled aerial camera, which gives the affect of putting the viewer in an airplane. It's been used alot in sports coverage and in complicated film shots. The mobicam, is for underwater shots, and has been used in the Olympics. BROWN is being honored at the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, where a film of his work has been shown.

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Bioethicist GEORGE ANNAS and Director of the Law, Medicine & Ethics Program, Boston University Schools of Medicine, Public Health and Law. "Standard of Practice," (Oxford University Press) is his new book which examines how the law has shaped medical practice. ANNAS believes the law has a bigger impact on medical ethics than does philosophy or medicine. For instance, he says because doctors are afraid of litigation, they often don't use sound medical judgement.

2: Singer/songwriter IRIS DeMENT. In her music, which is a combination of country and folk, she mainly uses just her voice and guitar. Her latest album is called "My Life." (Warner Bros. Recrods). On the album, she draws from her and her family's life experiences growing up in rural Arkansas, and Southern California. Her first album, "Infamous Angel' was released in 1992. Some of the music from it is used in the recent movie,"LIttle Buddha."

Writer DARCY FREY, a contributing editor to "Harper's" and "The New York Times Magazine." FREY spent a year at the Abraham Lincoln High School on Coney Island, where he says African-American boys usually turn either to dealing drugs or playing basketball. He followed four young basketball players trying to make it out of the ghetto and into a Division I school. "The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams" (Houghton Mifflin Company) is his record of what happens to the dreams of these young men.

Actor JOHN MAHONEY. He started out in Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater.His film roles include "Tin Men," "Eight Men Out," the randy professor in"Moonstruck," and the father in "Say Anything."... Mahoney now playsFrasier's (Kelsey Grammer) father in the "Cheers" spin-off "Frasier".Television producer STEPHEN BOCHCO. With shows like "Hill Street Blues," "L.A.Law," and this season's "NYPD Blue," Bochco can claim credit for awhole TV genre: intensely realistic dramas that use an ensemble cast andmultiple, interweaving plots that quickly cut back and forth. TV critics allude to the "Bochco-ization of network TV," as more and more programsuse the Bochco trademarks of large casts, gallows humor and allusions tounconventional sex. Bocho remains an innovative, albeit controversial,force in television. His latest series "NYPD Blue" has been rejected by asizeable number of ABC affiliates for vulgarity and nudity. The ratingsand critics,though, assert that this is television at its finest.Actor DENNIS FRANZ. He played the tough, gum chewing LieutenantNorman Bunz on the acclaimed TV series, "Hill Street Blues." Bunz brieflystarred in the short-lived "Hill Street Blues" spin-off, "Beverly Hills Bunz.He returns to television in ABC's "NYPD Blue." As Detective Sipowicz, heplays a legendary cop that is now battling burn-out and the bottle.