Ostensibly, a rock concert sparked it, reminding us that culture is not the exclusive province of liberals

Whoever suggested it was ? Indeed, many of the more established "higher" arts receive much of their cachet (english use) from their elitist status of appealing principally to the more conservative and regressive elements of society.

Hitler was a fine patron of classical music. Mussolini loved Opera. Stalin was very encouraging to composers of properly "revolutionary" (ie staid and reactionary, music.

Punk music in the UK quickly spawned an offshoot brand of confrontational music called Oi!! that had overtones of racism and white power.

But it's typical of that lazy right-wing journalism typical of the NYT to suppose that "chattering" classes and "librhuls" are the root cause of  such degenerative and time wasting activities as "art".

keep to the Fen Causeway