Ricky Martin

Beneath The Dead Eyes: Two Writers Correspond Via Letters About Boy Bands

Welcome to Dear Audra/Dear Hunter, where Audra Schroeder and Hunter Hauk correspond through a series of dramatic letters about pop culture that flummoxes us, like we're Marlene Dietrich and Noël Coward. Dear Audra, I don't know if I can handle it again. I've been seeing headlines to the effect o ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Ricky Martin Mania!

Ricky Martin was "Livin' La Vida Loca" there for a while.​There was a time in the late '90s when Ricky Martin was an inescapable superstar. His hit, "Livin' La Vida Loca," was omnipresent, on every radio station at all times. People were so obsessed with Martin's south-of-the-equator style that he ... More >>

Barbara's Pavilion: Be of Good Cheer

​Quittin' time gives you the lowdown on local happy hours. Where: Barbara's Pavilion, 325 Centre St. When: 4-8 p.m. Monday through Friday, What: $3 domestics and wells Why: Because it's just like Cheers, where everybody knows your stage name, and Ted Danson lip syncs Lady Gaga in drag. Barba ... More >>

Good Friday: The Actual Good Friday Edition

Those Darlins perform at Rubber Gloves tonight.​We've already had a busy week of shows, but that doesn't mean the weekend's shows will be spare. There's actually quite a few nice choices this weekend. Let's start by re-capping the oneswe've been mentioning all week.Tonight, Those Darlins will brin ... More >>

Listomania: 30 Songs That Make Us Hungry But Probably Shouldn't

​Ricky Martin will be performing at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie tomorrow night. And, yes, that kind of has our mouths watering. No, not because we have a thing for the recently outed Latin singer, but because, gluttons that we are, our stomachs have always growled when we hear his song "Shake ... More >>

The Grammy Awards: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Was it just me or did Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Sean Combs sound just like Mike Tyson? 9. Acceptance speeches are always fascinating. Last night Lady Gaga thanked Whitney Houston and Arcade Fire thanked all of Canada. But strangest of all, Train lead singer Pat Monahan gave a shoutout to Howar ... More >>

Show Announcements: Fleet Foxes, Decemberists, Beth Orton, Rusko, Ray Price, Adele, Maps & Atlases, Delorean, Dashboard Confessional, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Dokken, Wilco, Ricky Martin, Deftones, The Dillinger Escape Plan and More!

Fleet Foxes​Two years ago, Fleet Foxes blindsided indie-rock fans with a self-titled debut record full of four-part harmonies and folk songs that were both melancholy and triumphant. The self-made record, which was done on a shoe-string budget, went on to sell over 300,000 records worldwide.  ... More >>

Menudo, Menudon't at the Hill Country's Las Comadres

Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourMenudo! Donde esta Ricky Martin? Il n'est pas ici. Nein.​Like many of my fellow Dallasites, I spent this weekend in Central Texas. But I never gave a single Flo-Max laden Eagles fan directions to the Port-A-Potties. Nor did I cut any rugs to LCD Soundsyst ... More >>

Top 100 Most Annoying Summer Songs

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

Welcome to the Day After March 31

​*Ron Washington's first and only experience with cocaine came at age 57? Of course I believe him. Why wouldn't I? *Okay, I admit it. I secretly, desperately wish I wrote for the Dallas Morning News and talked for 1310 AM The Ticket and admit that my jealously bleeds through into my sub- ... More >>

Today In Music News: Ricky Lets Us Know Who He Bangs, He Bangs; Cleveland Cops Don't Take Chances And You Can Even Get Robbed At Church

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 30, 2010...Ricky Martin coming out of the closet is like Lost finally revealing their secrets in it's final season:  I'm glad I finally know, but, I'm also disappointed because I already pretty much knew it.Did Cleveland police really n ... More >>

Today In Music News: Ricky Lets Us Know Who He Bangs, He Bangs; Cleveland Cops Don't Take Chances And You Can Even Get Robbed At Church

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 30, 2010...Ricky Martin coming out of the closet is like Lost finally telling us their secrets in it's final season:  I'm glad I finally know, but, I'm disappointed because I already pretty much new it.Did Cleveland police really need 50 ... More >>

Blessed With Sexy Synthpop Satire, Altar Boyz Zings

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 30, 2010...Ricky Martin coming out of the closet is like Lost finally telling us their secrets in it's final season:  I'm glad I finally know, but, I'm disappointed because I already pretty much new it.Did Cleveland police really need 50 ... More >>

Sonia Sotomayor May Not Be Mexican, But She’s Close Enough for Government Work

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, March 30, 2010...Ricky Martin coming out of the closet is like Lost finally telling us their secrets in it's final season:  I'm glad I finally know, but, I'm disappointed because I already pretty much new it.Did Cleveland police really need 50 ... More >>

Ozomatli, Galactic

Thursday, October 30, at House of Blues

Ask a Mexican

Spanish is malleable, but a love of midgets lasts forever

Burned Alive

Hear a Latin Explosion survivor

The Road to Menudo is Paved with Tripe

Hear a Latin Explosion survivor

All the Right Moves

Save the bump and grind for strippers. Let's do some dancing.

Your Government at Work

Save the bump and grind for strippers. Let's do some dancing.

Shakira

January 20

Jackson Jive

Michael Jackson vowed to raise millions for 9/11 victims. And he hired a gay-porn producer pal to help.

106.1 KISSmas Jingle Ball

December 7

God Only Knows Why

There's much to learn -- and forget -- about TNT's All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings--and beatings

Out & About

Watcha Tour

Hit her. Really.

Britney Spears opens up and says, "Duh"

Folk that

The Chieftains prove folk music can be popular -- as long as you record with Elvis Costello and The Rolling Stones

A clockwork Buzz

1999, the year Bill Rojas brought panic and paranoia to DISD. But was there any other good news? Buzz takes a look back.

Yule be sorry

All we want for Xmas is Jessica's two front teats

Scene, heard

Barley House crams it in with Gramfest; Gypsy Tea Room swings; Curtain Club opens nationwide; Liquid Lounge keeps it real

Quick Fix

After years of financial neglect, the state is hoping a shot of privatization will cure Dallas County's addicted and mentally ill population

Heads up

Fifteen years later, the reissue of Stop Making

Sense opens old wounds ... and heals them

Girl trouble

Rock and roll is still a man's, man's, man's, man's world

Live from New York?

Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

Cheers for Spears

A "rock star" writes an open letter to Britney Spears

Punk You

Dead Kennedys, Alternative Tentacles, and the lawsuit that proves there isn't always room for Jello

Candy corn

Or: What do cake walks, the Backstreet Boys, and Jon Cunningham have in common?

Please, Mr. Postman

You gotta be cruel to be Jennyanykind

Night & Day

June 10 - 16, 1999

Night & Day

May 27 - June 2, 1999

Night & Day

May 20 - 26, 1999

Out There

May 20 - 26, 1999