.2B - The Michigan Daily Weekend Magazine - Thursday, April 10, 1997 0 0 0 0 .OVE ontinued from Page 4B 'ou will draw upon that, especially Then you're talking about someone iho's trying to get over their first rela- onship or something like that." Dr. Drew, on the other hand, has the xperience to make judgments, though e rarely does. "My job is to be the doc- >r," Dr. Drew said. "That usually ,quires objectivity beyond personal xperience, although Adam tries to dig out of me. With the TV show, we pull eoplesout of the audience. It's human eings sharing human experiences. You an put celebrities in that seat, listeners 1 that seat ... you can put anybody in nat seat and they'll have something to ay. If they're honest, they'll have some- ring to share." As Dr. Drew mentioned, guests, egardless of Carolla' opinion, offer omething valuable and unique to Loveline.""The best guests are the ones vho are going to have the greatest impact n young people when they drop their elebrity veil and reveal their humanness. >omeone who young people look up to who, all of a sudden, starts sharing the fact that they've had similar experiences that led them to whatnot," Dr. Drew said. In the past, these highly effective guests have been everyone from Clive Barker to Bobcat Goldthwaite, though bands' like Korn and Goldfinger fit in well with the alternative rock format of the station. Dr. Drew, who particularly liked guest Rod Stewart, has his own the- ories as to why "Loveline" works so well with fans of the alternative music scene. "I think you can break life down into three main segments," Dr. Drew said. "From 12 to 40, you're thinking about relationships and sex. From 40 to 60, you're trying to secure your financial sit- uation and raise a family, and from 60 to 90, you're thinking about medical prob- lems. If you want to reach a population that's worried about relationships, go to where they gather, which is alternative radio." Like Dr. Judy, Dr. Drew's and Adam's purpose for reaching these people is to lend a helping hand. "My mission is to improve the human condition. We've got a huge mess on our hands and we're stuck in a quagmire if we don't do something to help out. Talk to them The Michigan Daily Weekend 1M ® About Town A TOUCH OF UNDERCLASS CHEAP WINE AN ALTERNATIVE, PROLETARIAT POTABLE Dr. Judy Kuriansky hosts the radio show' "LovePhones," psychoanalyzing her listeners' problems. I / ' r p" , +.. Healh F S *Sports*Nutrition* *Herbs.Foodse *Vitamins.Books.Cosmetics. Ancaicut about their reality. My thing is to create relationships, stabilize relationships, so people know how to have a family, so they can raise children successfully, so they can be empathic and we can restore domesticity to this culture," Dr. Drew said. But, despite the similar goals of both radio shows, Dr. Drew and Adam are disturbed by their competitors' meth- ods. "Every other show I've heard talks about explicit material just for the sake of hearing the dirty words and being tit- illated," Dr. Drew said. "We are there to drive the culture in the direction of san- ity and we only talk about this stuff because we have to." Though Carolla didn't completely agree with Dr. Drew in this case, he offered his own opinion on other rela- tionship-oriented call-in shows. "There's a lot of impostors that have popped up nationally in the past few years. I don't take any credit for con- ceptualizing "Loveline," but I don't think there's anybody out there who does what Drew and I do any better than Drew and I. I would welcome any chal- lengers who would try and dethrone us in this particular area of talk radio." In Dr. Drew's opinion, the reason that the others don't come close is that they miss the essence of the show. "You It's hu absolutely have to have a med- beings Si ical doctor or physician on human the show. No weird psycholo- expe ri n4 gists or psycho- analysts," Dr[C Drew com- plained. " Y e a h ," Carolla chorused. "They screw them- selves when they get a 'Love Doctor!'" For now, we can continue to enjoy hearing both the psychoanalytic "LovePhones" and the medically ori- ented "Loveline" on the radio. D. "Loveline" can additionally be seen on MTV and may even stop in Detroit as, according to Dr. Drew, the television version of "Loveline" is planning on touring. But, in Dr. Drew's opinion, the audience will probably always be rela- tively similar, regardless of wan location. "When we first went to syndication, I was looking for- ward to hearing the diversity es, across the land and I was Drew Pinsky shocked to find Loveline" host out that it's all the same,' Dr. Drew said. "TV's a lit- tle different. It's more inner city and more rural, while radio seems to be more suburban. The problems, however, are not subsequently different ... they just are more grotesque in inner city and rural populations." By Brian A. Gnatt Daily Arts Editor "All aboard for Night Train," screams James Brown at the beginning of his soul classic "Night Train." Although the godfather of soul wasn't talking about the not-so-fine ghetto wine by the same name, the phrase still fits to describe the powerful effects and pungent taste of the sassy grape wine. Other, more recent rockers have cho- sen to profess their love for the rot-gut wine. On Guns N' Roses' "Nightrain," off the band's debut album "Appetite for Destruction," AxI Rose sings: "Loaded like a freight train / flying like an aeroplane / speeding like a space brain / one more time tonight / I'm on a Nightrain / bottoms up / I'm on a Nightrain / fill my cup / I'm on a Nightrain." Who would have ever thought a drink that tastes like gasoline and packs a potent hang-over would be such an inspiration? Someone must have, and that's why cheap wines, most with high percentages of alcohol, are such hits with liquor stores and economical drunkards around the country. For those who don't care for the taste of beer or hard alcohol, those who can't afford to buy quality alcohol, or for those who simply like the taste and effects of drinking cheap wine, usually out of a bottle with a screw-off cap, there's a line of alcoholic beverages just for you that adds a splash of color to liquor store shelves everywhere. Best of all, the bottles come in various shapes, sizes and colors; the wine comes in dif- ferent flavors and most important, vari- ous strengths so everyone can find one to their liking. From the bright rainbow colors of MD 20/20 (a.k.a. Mad Dog) to the lighter, pastels of Boone's, ghetto wines look quite similar to wine coolers or even Kool-Aid. But don't be deceived - their punch is stronger than Bartles and James or the Kool-Aid Man. Ranging from about five percent alco- hol (similar to beer) to 18 percent (about half of hard alcohol); cheap wines offer easy, economical and color- ful ways to get drunk. The fact that the wines are cheap; easy and appealing are some of the rea- sons many young people enjoy drinking the less-than-tasty beverages. When I first started drinking, Mad Dog was my drink of choice. And I thought it was great; memories of skipping high school and watching reruns of "Alf" with friends and a bottle of Wild Berry 20/20 -life didn't get much better. But as I got older, and my taste buds refined a bit, I realized Mad Dog and Thunderbird weren't the best drinks in the world, but that they're not all that bad either. Years later, the occasional bottle of wine still hits the spot. Now, however, it usually includes ridicule by friends and other onlookers who respond with the customary "Mad Dog? Yuck!" Nevertheless, cheap wine will always have a place in my heart, even though I have moved on to some finer forms of fermented fruit drinks, like Franzia, a.k.a. "wine in a box." While all wino-wines may get a bad rap for being a little pungent, there still are better cheap wines. The Michigan Daily taste-tested a number of the area's top-selling rot-gut wines to find which ones are the best bargains in the cheap wine market. The Test Finding cheap wine isn't a problem in Ann Arbor. Just about every beer, wine and liquor store sells some varia- tion of the drink, most for less than $4. 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