Like most trade shows, when you register for a media pass, all the companies and their PR flacks get your email address, which means I've been cleaning the email inbox out with a snow shovel for the past month.
The worst part is that it's not specialized, so I'm getting notices for all kinds of stuff I could care less about. Precision Rifle accessories? Look, not only am I too poor to care about Precision Rifle, even if I had that kind of dough, I suck at math and my attention span is way too short. Also, while I could be talked into going and sitting in a tree stand for a few hours, there is a ton of esoteric Fudd stuff that holds no fascination for me. I dig that some people can get into knock-down drag-out fights over camo patterns and different brands of bottled deer piss, but that ain't my jam.
The weirdest emails are because at least one PR dude is not only in the gun biz but also reps in the music industry, apparently, and I get spammed with those emails, too. This just hit the inbox last night:
"DON McLEAN JOINS STYX, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, WARRANT, LITA FORD, WALTER TROUT, FRANK MARINO & MAHOGANY RUSH AND MORE FOR ROCK LEGENDS CRUISE IX SAILING FEBRUARY 18–22, 2021"
Sponsored by Geritol!
Man, you know you're on the final glide slope of a career when you're playing the cruise ship circuit with whoever's calling themselves "Styx" these days.
.
