Actor Meshach (mee-shack) Taylor. He plays Anthony Bouvier on the T-V series "Designing Women," and he's appearing in the upcoming film, "Mannequin on the Move."
Author Art Davidson. A former planning director for the state of Alaska, Davidson has been a long-time opponent of the Alaska pipeline. He's just written an expose of the events that led to last summer's oil spill. The book's called "In The Wake of the Exxon Valdez: The Devastating Impact of the Alaska Oil Spill." It's published by Sierra Club books.
Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Madonna's new album, "I'm Breathless." It's music from, and inspired by, the new movie, "Dick Tracy." The album's on Warner.
Clarinetist Don Byron. Byron's black, but he plays klezmer, the music created from the mixture of American jazz and European jewish culture. Byron's an alumnus of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, and he performs on a new anthology album called "Live At The Knitting Factory." It's on A&M records.
Veteran journalist Dusko Doder. Doder and co-author Louise Branson have just written a comprehensive biography of Mikhail Gorbachev, titled, "Gorbachev: Heretic In the Kremlin." It's published by Viking. Dusko Doder is the former Moscow Bureau chief for the Washington Post. Branson covered the Soviet Union for the Sunday Times of London.
Harold Bronson and Richard Foos, the co-founders of Rhino Records. Their label specializes in off-the-wall novelty records and anthologies of out-of-print recordings by the past greats of rock.
Book critic John Leonard "The Loony-Bin Trip," feminist Kate Millett's memoir of her dealing with manic depression. It's published by Simon and Schuster.
Freelance journalist Robert Draper. He's just written a profile of America's leading rock magazine, titled "Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History." It's published by Doubleday.
Television critic David Bianculli reviews a documentary on musician Paul Simon. It's called "Paul Simon: Solo" and it airs this Sunday on the Disney Channel.
Political journalist Christopher Hitchens. His latest book, "Blood, Class, and Nostalgia," looks at the ironic relationship between America and Great Britain.
