A sure way to make me feel disconnected from mainstream culture is to place me on the Ticketmaster mailing list

Ever since I used Ticketmaster to buy tickets to MoMA back in November, I have been receiving emails with reminders of upcoming events that I may want to attend. I do not think that they especially pair the events with professed interests because thus far I have received a half dozen of such emails and I have never heard of any of the artists announced therein. Today, for instance, I was reminded to purchase my tickets for Toby Keith. Call me a cultural hermit, but I have no idea who he is. A cursory check revealed that he seems to favor cowboy hats. My one certainty is that he does not have art on display at MoMA.

Why not simply remove my address from the email list? For the same reason that I am reluctant to erase myself from any number of lists: WHAT IF I MISS SOMETHING IMPORTANT?