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LETTERS: SCOTT READS SOME LISTENER RESPONSES TO THE PROGRAM.

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SIMON/ELVIS: ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE GRISLY MOVIE "SEVEN," STARRING MORGAN FREEMAN AND BRAD PITT.

Liane talks with Mark Frost about his latest novel, The 6 essiahs, which continues the fictitious adventures of 19th-century author rthur Conan Doyle. (William Morrow)

Liane Hansen speaks with musician/producer/songwriters Bob eldman and Jerry Goldstein (gold-steen). When the British Invasion hit in the 960's, they had a hard time selling their music, so they created a group called The Strangeloves" and called themselves Aboriginal-Australian, and had a smash it with "I Want Candy". "I Want Candy: The Best of the Strangeloves" has just een re-released on CD. (Legacy/Epic ZK 47075).

Daniel takes a look into the indigent defender system in New Orleans where for years, the problems were so grave that very often defendants weren't able to get a competent lawyer to represent them. Now, however, there have been some changes that could produce momentous changes in the way justice is dealt for the poor in Orleans Parish. Daniel Zwerdling reports.

Daniel reads from....listener's letters!

Liane Hansen speaks with music mogul Quincy Jones about his new D: "Q's Jook Joint". (Qwest Records) Jones explains the importance of the "jook oint" in African American music, and has incorporated its traditions in this ew collection.

ADR is automated dialogue replacement, and that's Hollywood jargon for just one of the tricks the film industry plays on you when movies are produced. Daniel goes inside Hollywood to examine the making of movies, and specifically, how the voices you hear on the screen may be entirely different from what you're led to believe.

Daniel speak with Adam Clymer, the New York Times Chief Congressional Correspondent, about the continuing impasse between the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress over the budget. If the two sides don't work out a compromise by midnight tomorrow, the federal government will run out of money and face a partial shutdown. Clymer talks about the politics behind all of the rhetoric.