Mongoose,

Ever read the website “Stuff White People Like”? It lampoons the hipster mindset and one of the “Stuff White People Like” is classical music. However, it is noted this affinity is very superficial and more of putting on airs than genuinely liking it.

Florence King has her finger on something though. Classical music, the theater, and high art are often found in or associated with the cities. When Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance is playing I don’t envision scenes out of my window (wood lot, hay field, corn field, cows, etc) but I imagine a large city street with large numbers of people scurrying about. Not only the picture it paints but the piece itself evokes the feeling of being in the downtown of a large metro area.

The point Florence King is making though, is not a left/right thing, but the notion unless it is C/W music blaring out of your pickup truck and The Bill Engval show on your TV at night, you can not be conservative.