  I never meant to get into Mexican music. It started in November 2002. I kept sleeping through the alarm in the morning and I needed to find something that would wake me up.
So, I decided that if horns and accordians blaring at top volume didn't do it, nothing would. With that, I tuned the radio to 94.1 in Dallas. It woke me up. But then after not too long I got the urge to tune the car radio to that station on the way to work.
Within a week, from having the station on in the car for 20 minutes twice a day, I was already recognizing songs. Then, my Spanish started getting a little better, and I started understanding a few songs. Or, at least, understanding enough so that, for the songs I liked, I could search for the lyrics on the web. The first songs this happened with were "Ay Papacito" by Grupo Limite and "El Dolor de tu Presencia" by Jennifer Pe&ntilde;a. Then "Amor de Internet" by Socios de Ritmo. And "Comer a Besos" by Los Temerarios -- this one's still at the top of my favorite song list.
Another favorite that I've recently found is by Alicia Villareal, who is the singer in Limite, "Te Quedo Grande la Yegua". But this is from the new phase. In May or maybe late April I discovered that Comcast had added a video channel, Video Rola, which is nothing but Mexican music. Anyway, I'm totally into Mexican music now. Marco Antonio Sol&iacute;s and Joan Sebasti&aacuten are supposed to be doing a concert in Dallas August 15th, and I'm planning to go.
I hope it's at NextStage in Grand Prairie. I hope I can get a seat in the center only a few rows from the front. I hope I don't feel weird being a single Anglo female in a Latino audience of couple and groups. 
