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