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First half, Dave Frishberg. Second half, Ed Ward reviews some tex-mex bands.

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg on the oral culture of Somalia.

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the premiere of TNT''s screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad''s "Heart of Darkness."REV. 2: Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews the new release by singer/songwriter Sam Phillips, "Martinis & Bikinis." (Virgin Records).

DR. SUSAN WICKLUND. She provides abortions services to women in Montana and South Dakota, traveling 4 hours each way. Without WICKLUND's services, abortions would not be available to women in North Dakota. In the past she has worked in up to five clinics in three states while living in Montana with her teenage daughter. WICKLUND has been featured on "60 Minutes." She will recieve the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for her outstanding dedication to women's health care on October 29th

Author and long-time observer and student of China ORVILLE SCHELL. SCHELL is correspondent for "Red Flag over Tibet," which will air tonight on PBS's FRONTLINE (February 22 at 9 P.M. check local listings). In "Red Flag over Tibet," SCHELL takes the viewers to that mysterious and isolated country on the "Roof of the World." He explores the question: Will Tibet survive its 40 years of occupation by China? He explains why the survival of Tibet--its people and its culture--has become an international issue. SCHELL has written 8 books on China and has another in the works.

2: Film director JIM SHERIDAN. An Academy Award nominee for Best Director of "My Left Foot," he directed, produced and co-authored the screenplay for the new film, "In the Name of the Father," starring Daniel Day-Lewis, which has just been nominated for seven academy awards, including best picture and best director. It's based on Gerry Conlon's memoir of the same name. (REBROADCAST FROM 1

Steven Schiff reviews Tim Burton''s "Nightmare Before Christmas."

The master of funk, GEORGE CLINTON. He began his musical career as a teenager when he formed The Parliaments. But in the early 70s, Clinton put together a second group, "Funkadelic," that became enormously influential on the pop music scene. Their 1970 album, "Osmium," set the tone for Clinton's wickedly ecclectic style; songs ranged from metaphysical gospel to country and acid rock. But their big hit came with the album "Mothership Connection." In songs like "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker," "Get Up on the Downstroke" and "Think! It ain't illegal yet," Clinton blended rap with a heavy rhythm line that defined the funk sound and culture. (REBROADCAST from August 8, 1989.

ck historian ED WARD profiles blues man, Mississippi John Hurt, who would have celebrated his 100th or 101st birthday this month.: REV 2. Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews "Culture and Imperialism" (Knopf) by Edward Said (Si-eed).

NPR and NBC legal affairs corespondent, NINA TOTENBERG. She broke the story of Anita Hill's allegations of sexual harassment against Clarance Thomas. In covering the Thomas/Hill Judiciary Committee hearings some conservative senators accused TOTENBERG of ruining the lives of both Thomas and Hill. TOTENBERG also brought the fact that Judge Douglas Ginsburg had smoked marijuana into the public eye, costing him a Supreme Court nomination. TOTENBERG's reports regularly for "Morning Edition," "Weekend Edition," and "All Things Considered."

2: Interview with KEITH HERNANDEZ continues.

Journalist NICHOLAS DAWIDOFF recently wrote a New York Times Magazine piece (24 Apr 94) about it, "The Business of Begging: To Give or Not to Give." DAWIDOFF went into New York's subways where panhandlers had gotten increasingly aggressive. In January the New York Transit officials announced a crackdown and began arresting the most persistent of the lot.