Dear Rabbi-Sol,

I have always hated the smugness of those who claim that they had 'eclectic tastes in music'. All too often it means that they are rock fans who have a few, seldom played, classical or folk recordings in their collections.
I don't know about 'living in the past' but, personally, I have a deep respect of the past and also believe that the present should never be viewed uncritically. In these days of rapidly changing fads, fashions and fancies we are in danger of losing all contact with the past and someone has to remember what went before. I would suggest that those of us whose imaginative, creative and emotional lives resonate with past lives should be praised and those who would reject the past, on the basis of some superficial contemporary fashion, are the ones who should be condemned!
I think that your instinct is sound - stick to your guns!