Bert Bailey wrote:
>Margaret Mikulska on Ricky Martin:
>
>>OK, so who is that guy? The name sounds vaguely familiar, and since
>>you wrote "a record", he's presumably a musician. I'm not kidding, I
>>honestly don't know who he is.
>
>The latest incarnation of Desi Arnaz,
Oh, I see. Unfortunately, I never heard of Desi Arnaz.
>without the maracas
That's a pity, it's a nice instrument. I have a pair at home.
>or the dizzy redhead. Puerto Rican pop/mambo sensation with a monster
>hit: "Livin' la vida Loca." The jury's out on whether he's got another
>one in him.
I'm trying to imagine the kind of music, but it's tough. Thanks anyway.
>If you stretch to this kind of music,
I hardly ever stretch to music, and, as I said, I have difficulties with
imagining what kind this kind is.
>I'd recommend the more tongue-in-cheek but true-to-the-roots Lou Bega.
Never heard of, either. Unforgivable gaps in my classical music education.
>A little less processed (as in cheese), and to me, far more fun.
I'll take your word for it. I hate processed cheese, btw.
-Margaret Mikulska
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