White-Line Fever

January, 1988

"I'd love to have lunch with Tipper Gore," laughs Carolyne Heldman, 25, one of the new breed of video jocks on MTV. "I can't believe her husband is running for President." Of course, you'd expect an MTV v. j. to take issue with the infamous Tipper, the wife of Senator Albert Gore, who has helped launch a crusade to protect America's youth from what she sees as the corrupting influence of rock 'n' roll and music videos. "I don't think they're harmful to kids," says H...