Classical music is culturally relevant!

...and serving useful purposes for my favorite team, the Seattle Mariners, according to onetime prodigy turned grand old man Ken Griffey Jr:

Yeah, I always have fun. Our third baseman is out after getting hit in the nuts. When he comes back next week, his first at-bat, his theme music is going to be the Nutcracker Suite.


And I worry about the music I study and perform being disconnected from the larger culture!