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boston area shows of note:


thursday, may 15th

tourfilter dj night

songs by bands coming to town

(with djs yours truly & chris tourfilter)

9pm @ river gods near central square


thursday, may 15th

the broken river prophet

tim gearan

jennifer greer

@ the lily pad


thursday, may 15th

bishop allen

the teeth

the self righteous brothers

@ the middle east downstairs


friday, may 16th

ryan's smashing life presents...

aloud, murder mystery,

miss fairchild, & scuba

@ tt the bears


friday, may 16th

bell x1

@ the paradise


friday, may 16th

bruce cockburn

catherine maclellan

@ the somerville theatre


saturday, may 17th

the great bandini

the luxury

status green

the bleedin bleedins

@ tt the bears


saturday, may 17th

wzbc's flyweight presents...

28 degrees taurus

the december sound

screen vinyl image

static of the gods

@ great scott


saturday, may 17th

thee silver mt. zion memorial

orchestra & tra-la-la band

(members of godspeed you black emperor)

@ the middle east downstairs


sunday, may 18th

snowden

colour revolt

the epochs

age rings

@ great scott


monday, may 19th

daily show writer

rob kutner

signing 'apocalypse how'

@ pandemonium in cambridge


tuesday, may 20th

x (john doe, exene, bonebrake, & billy)

the detroit cobras

@ the paradise


friday, may 23rd

joe lally (of fugazi)

glorytellers

thalia zedek

@ the middle east


friday, may 23rd

writer neil gaiman

@ mit's kresge auditorium


friday, may 23rd

laura veirs

liam finn

@ the middle east


saturday, may 24th

cake, cracker,

the english beat, bodeans

@ the dcr hatch shell


saturday, may 24th

son volt

@ the museum of fine arts boston


saturday, may 24th

the mary onettes

@ the middle east


wednesday, may 28th

duran duran

@ agganis arena


friday, may 30th

the gentlemen

eric salt & the electric city

the rationales (cd release)

@ tt the bears


friday, may 30th

sea wolf

the jealous girlfriends

@ the paradise


saturday, may 31st

jeremy enigk

damien jurado

@ great scott


sunday, june 1st

ida

michael hurley

@ the nave gallery, somerville


monday, june 2nd

M83

@ the middle east downstairs


wednesday, june 4thnd

hayden

@ great scott


thursday, june 5th

the breeders

the montana boys

@ the paradise


friday, june 6th

orbit

taxpayer

the fatal flaw

boone

@ tt the bears


friday, june 6th

styrofoam

broken spindles

@ the middle east


friday, june 6th

mudhoney

the cynics

@ the middle east


saturday, june 7th

langhorne slim

baker

@ tt the bears


saturday, june 7th

pela

static of the gods

the motion sick

shawn fogel

@ the middle east


sunday, june 8th

donita sparks (ex-L7)

& the stellar moments

@ tt the bears


monday, june 9th

the kooks

@ the paradise


tuesday, june 10th

swervedriver

@ the paradise


wednesday, june 11th

the cannanes

the in out

painful dentistry

@ the midway cafe


wednesday, june 11th

grand archives

@ great scott


wednesday, june 11th

mark kozelek

(sun kil moon / red house painters)

marissa nadler

@ the museum of fine arts boston


thursday, june 12th

tullycraft

pants yell!

the smittens

@ pa's lounge


thursday, june 12th

damon & naomi

helena espvall & masaki batoh

@ tt the bears


thursday, june 12th

mission of burma

performing the album

'signals, calls and marches'

@ the paradise


friday, june 13th

mission of burma

performing the album 'vs'

@ the paradise


saturday, june 14th

centro-matic

@ the middle east upstairs


friday, june 13th

r.e.m.

modest mouse

the national

@ the tweeter center


wednesday, june 18th

sloan

the golden dogs

@ tt the bears


thursday, june 19th

retribution gospel choir

(with low's alan sparhawk)

@ the middle east upstairs


thursday, june 19th

the ting tings

@ great scott


friday, june 20th

polvo

birds of avalon

@ the middle east downstairs


friday, june 20th

my brightest diamond

clare & the reasons

@ the berklee performance center


saturday, june 21st

eksi ekso (cd release)

caspian

hooray for earth

dj die young

@ the paradise


friday, june 27th

devo

tom tom club

@ bank of american pavillion


saturday, june 28th

peter murphy

@ the roxy


saturday, june 28th

& monday, june 30th

pearl jam

ted leo & the pharmacists

@ the tweeter center


saturday, july 5th

cassavettes

girls, guns, and glory

teenage prayers

@ the paradise


tuesday, july 8th

feist

@ the bank of america pavilion


saturday, july 12th

bottomless pit

the kadane bros.

(of the new year / bedhead)

chris brokaw

@ the middle east upstairs


thursday, july 31st

the police

elvis costello & the impersonators

@ the tweeter center


saturday, august 2nd

wolf parade

@ the paradise


wednesday, august 6th

neil halstead (slowdive/mojave 3)

rogue wave

jack johnson

@ the tweeter center


wednesday, august 13th

radiohead

@ the tweeter center


wednesday, august 20th

human league, belinda carlisle, abc,

flock of seagulls, naked eyes

@ the bank of america pavilion


sunday, september 7th

ryan adams & the cardinals

@ the bank of america pavilion


tuesday, september 23rd

writer dennis lehane

(release day for 'the given day')

@ the coolidge corner theatre


monday, october 6th

stereolab

monade

@ the paradise


monday, november 3rd

coldplay

@ the td banknorth garden


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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

The Exciting Game of Career Girls

On a recent visit to an old friend's childhood home, Amie discovered a piece of board-gaming history, and I'm compelled to share it. It's mere existence fascinates the hell out of me...


It's called "What Shall I Be?", and I imagine that when the Bay Shore, NY-based Selchow & Righter Company sent it to toy store shelves in 1966 that they saw it as a progressive step. "Let's get our little American girls ready for the wide-open working world!".


Looking at it now, nearly 40 years removed, it's mostly just a riot, or maybe kinda sad, depending on how far you think workplace gender equality has come since the mid-sixties.


Your goal? Be the first player to become a 'Career Girl' in your chosen field by collecting School Cards, Subject Cards, and Personality Cards that can either help or hinder you. The laughs start when you see what six future careers are available for young girls to choose from...




Yup, that's it. Teacher (College), Actress (Drama School), Nurse (Nursing School), Model (Charm School), Ballet Dancer (Ballet School), or Airline Hostess (Airline School).

Next, some of the wide-ranging subjects you'll tackle along the way...




How about some of the admirable qualities you'll need to have in order to succeed in your chosen field?...




And lastly, the best part. Check out the detriments that would help toughen up our future female workforce for any eventual disappointments...




So how many young minds do you think this little game helped shape?

It appears there was a boy's version as well, for future Statesmen, Scientists, Athletes, Doctors, Engineers, and Astronauts. Sorry, no teaching for you, young men. And girls, don't even think about medical school or joining the track team. There are rules to every game, right?

update 8/26: nerdgirl has some updated career cards, more suited to our modern age.





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