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boston area events of note:
thursday, january 8th
forest henderson
the new collisions
the lights out
sir q
@ great scott
saturday, january 10th
head automatica
radio 4
@ great scott
sunday, january 11th
whistlejacket
voxhaul broadcast
local natives
the union line
@ tt the bears
monday, january 12th
varsity drag
the rationales
nate rogers (ex-scamper)
@ tt the bears
thursday, january 15th
illinois
@ great scott
thursday, january 15th
the raveonettes
@ the paradise
friday, january 16th
dear leader
hallelujah the hills
faces on film
@ the paradise
saturday, january 17th
the rosebuds
the love language
the fatal flaw
@ the middle east downstairs
sunday, january 18th
frightened rabbit
@ great scott
sunday, january 18th
department of eagles
@ the brattle theatre
saturday, january 24th
longwave
wheat
bon savants
@ great scott
saturday, january 24th
arts at the armory benefit
mission of burma
the neighborhoods
@ the somerville theatre
saturday, january 24th
vic chesnutt
elf power
@ the middle east
tuesday, january 27th
annuals
jessica lee mayfield
what laura says
@ the paradise
friday, january 30th
andrew bird
loney dear
@ the orpheum
wednesday, february 4th
the pretenders
@ the orpheum
thursday, february 5th
illinois
mean creek
you can be a wesley (cd release)
@ great scott
wednesday, february 11th
the godfathers
@ the middle east down
friday, february 13th
los campesinos!
@ the paradise
saturday, february 14th
animal hospital
travels (cd release!)
arms & sleepers
mary page
@ pa's lounge
sunday, february 15th
the pains of being pure at heart
pants yell!
the depreciation guild
@ the middle east upstairs
sunday, february 15th
fujiya & miyagi
@ the paradise
wednesday, february 18th
m. ward
@ the somerville theatre
saturday, february 21st
norm macdonald
@ the wilbur theatre
tuesday, february 24th
ben kweller
the watson twins
@ the somerville theatre
tuesday, february 24th
tapes 'n tapes
wild light
@ the paradise
wednesday, february 25th
comedian eugene mirman
'the will to whatevs' book tour
@ the brookline booksmith
thursday, february 26th
jimmy eat world
'clarity 10th anniversary tour'
@ the new house of blues
thursday, february 26th
blizten trapper
alela diane
@ the paradise
saturday, february 28th
swirlies!
gregory & the hawk
@ the middle east up
saturday, february 28th
fountains of wayne (acoustic)
everyday visuals (acoustic)
@ the paradise
saturday, march 7th
airborne toxic event
alberta cross
henry clay people
@ the paradise
wednesday, march 11th
fleetwood mac
@ the garden
saturday, march 14th
throwing muses
screaming females
50 foot wave
@ the middle east downstairs
saturday, march 14th
a.c. newman (new pornographers)
with dent may & his
magnificent ukulele
@ the paradise
sunday, march 29th
morrissey
@ the house of blues
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Tuesday, July 01, 2003
"Hey, Don't Call... You Never Can Call."
Now that the initial registration flood has receeded a bit, the brand-spankin' new National Do Not Call Registry website is fully accessible and ready to receive yo numbah. The servers were just plain overwhelmed (unsurprisingly so) for the first few days, and any attempt to surf there had me pulled down by the undertow. Well, no longer.
The sign-up process is remarkably easy. Enter your number, enter your email addy, click a link in the confirmation email, and away you go. If you register before the end of August, then telemarketers can't call you after the 1st of October. If you wait until after that, it's three months from your sign-up date. Not bad at all. The site even has a complaint form if you're wrongly violated. Finally, the targets strike back. There's no small sense of satisfaction in that final mouse click.
Telemarketers have single-handedly turned me into a call-screener. I never was before the ever-increasing wave of sneak attacks ... I'd just answer for any old number that came up on the caller ID. Now, if it's "unavailable", "private caller", or a number I don't recognize... I back away slowly and go on about my bizness. It's gotten so bad that sometimes I don't even look at the ID box... I've been tuning out the ring and figuring if it's important, they'll leave a message.
Thing is, my folks use a calling card, and it always comes up "unavailable", so I'm missing out on the occasional parent-funded family updates. Sure, turn me into a paranoid call-screener, but don't go getting between me and my 'rents, ya lousy phone-whores!
I'm very curious to see if this actually works, and if cold-call telemarketers even pay attention. According to the NDNCR site, "you may still receive calls from political organizations, charities, telephone surveyors or companies with which you have an existing business relationship," so perhaps the flood will just turn into a steady stream. Hey, I'll take it. So long as the Watertown Tab stops calling me. How many times am I going to have to say ... "I live in Allston, you fools!"
 week of december 29th, 2008 dirty on purpose live at the middle east in cambridge, ma on october 11th, 2008 |
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music audiocasts
surf-worthy
- amie's flickr page
- andi's nonsequiturs
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- bridget's journal
- ckelly's ink
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- mickipedia!
- miller's memorables
- mishie's tear
- off on a tangent
- rsl's ostracons
- the shy turnip
- sooz's dot com
- steve's f.r.h.m.
frequent haunts
boston-centric
- boston.com
- boston phoenix
- boston online
- boston common
- boston blogs
- craigslist boston
- exploit boston!
- boston wireless
- surfacecity's boston
- tourfilter
- the middle east cafe
- tt the bears place
- the plan @ great scott's
- wmbr concert report
- wzbc concert report
- phoenix movie listings
- coolidge corner theater
- brattle theater
- red sox / dirt dogs
- sox: surviving grady
- patriots / go pats
- celtics
- mass pike traffic
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