That's to be expected in the Socialist cesspool of Seattle. When there are so few Conservatives here, they are going to creep into areas where they would be less of a force in more of a mainstream city.
All Baroque music was dance music, and all of it, even slower religious pieces, has a steady beat.
When I said "machine beat" I meant just that....a beat produced by a machine and not subject to human interpretations and variations. A 'steady' beat exists in many places, including nature and the cosmos, but it is not a soulless, programmed noise.
If you’d like to hear a humorous shot at machine beats from Peter Schickele, check out P.D.Q. Bach’s “Classical Rap” and his Concerto for Piano versus Orchestra, which features a rhythm generator in one of the movements.