Now You Can Browse Old ‘Boston Phoenix’ Issues Online
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If you came of age during a certain time in the Boston metro, the Boston Phoenix was your lifeline to shows, culture, and all things cool and underground.
Now, thanks to Northeastern University and the Internet Archive teaming up, pretty much every back issue of the alternative weekly is online. Former Editor-in-Chief Carly Carioli was spreading the news a few weeks ago.
https://twitter.com/carlycarioli/status/1471174703406592001
Click here for a piece from the Internet Archive breaking down the collaboration. Then, start reading old Phoenix issues here. For starters, here’s a March ’94 issue with Kurt Cobain on the cover and an interview with the rocker a month before he took his own life.
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