I haven't lived in NM long, so I don't know anything about that.
I grew up with very little access to anything but classical and a little bit of traditional Irish and Chinese, so I partially blame that, I suppose. But I also had access to Tijuana Brass, Beach Boys, Queen, and ACDC, but still ended up preferring classical, so I can't blame that in whole. I enjoy the rest in limited doses, as well, though.
I was introduced to Kabuki in theatre class last year and thought it was great o_O' I like Bunraku (Japanese puppet theatre) more though.
I don't know. I've never really understood the idea of getting all hyped up about a particular artist or whatever. I can be a fan of a concept or a genre, but I'm not really a fan of the people behind them. Case in point, I love dark-themed stuff, a little more specifically, I really like the comic series, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, so by extension I'm almost required to have a baseline respect for its authour, Jhonen Vasquez, but I'm not a fan of him personally, because I do not/can not know him personally.
In Gaga's case, I'm not a fan of pop, nor of any of her songs, so I definitely can't be a fan of her, specifically. I guess it's sort of a trickle-down effect for me. I suppose that, if by some fluke of nature I were to be able to meet Gaga in person and we were to become friends, a respect could grow from that. But no way that's happening.