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By | January 01, 0001

Fourth-estate follies, 2009 edition

The Phoenix's second annual year in media malfeasance
Between the rise of the Web, the ADD-addling of America, the fragmentation of any national political consensus, and the devastated economy, working in the press can feel a bit like manning the Titanic — and this year, the entire industry seemed to teeter on the edge of oblivion.
By ADAM REILLY | December 28, 2009

Sterling-Cooper sells the season

Behind the scenes of the Phoenix' s Gift Guide, starring the cast of Mad Men
The Guide to the Season isn’t about any particular gift, just like it’s not about any particular holiday. It’s a feeling. A sensation. A supplement.
By CLEA SIMON | December 10, 2009

Updike does death, R. Crumb does God, Vanity Fair does Proust

Gift books to savor
Trying to reach as broad a range of tastes and pocketbooks as possible, we this year scavenged everything from the front pages of the Onion to R. Crumb's genesis, to valedictory Updike. Stuff to read, stuff to look at, glossy pages and matte. Remember: be careful not to nick the pages or spill eggnog on them before you wrap. Happy holidays!
By PHOENIX STAFF | December 08, 2009

By | January 01, 0001

More fun in Nawt Prov

Tales of Ebay Cholly. Plus, our sorry state, kissing cops, and the GOP.
Sal Mancini would be proud.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | July 29, 2009

By | January 01, 0001

Jim nauseam

Constant comparisons to Jimmy Carter are driving Barack batty. And they're unfair — to Jimmy Carter.
In the early days of the Obama administration, one politically perilous warning keeps resurfacing for the man in the Oval Office: "Don't turn into another Jimmy Carter."
By STEVEN STARK | April 02, 2009

Dance, Monkey!: Jennifer Myszkowski

Naked bungee jumping
How about old #43 opens a Payless ShoeSource franchise in downtown Baghdad?
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | January 21, 2009

Flashbacks(1)

From the archives of the Boston Phoenix
The Boston Phoenix has been covering the trends and events that shape our times since 1966. These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Chris Brook and Ian Sands.
By | October 27, 2008

30 on 30

30 local luminaries look back on 30 years of the New Paper and the Providence Phoenix
The Providence Phoenix celebrates 30 years with 30 interviews
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 24, 2008

Old trickster

At age 78, able-bodied Alan Abel’s life is still one big joke
On New Year’s Day 1980, telegrams sent from Utah arrived at the New York Times and the Daily News announcing that 50-year-old media hoaxter Alan Abel had suffered a heart attack at a ski resort near Orem, Utah. He left behind a wife, Jeanne, and daughter, Jennifer.
By IAN SANDS | October 09, 2008

Slime time

We already know about politicians’ capacity for coarse behavior. But how low can the press go?
Nasty presidential races are nothing new.
By ADAM REILLY | February 20, 2008

Letters to the Portland editor: Febraury 8, 2008

Story 'a mockery' of news
Brady didn’t just miss the mark when he decided to go after Gregg Lagerquist’s journalistic credibility — he made a mockery of himself and your paper.
By LETTER TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | February 06, 2008

The Victory Day ‘confusement’

Historical amnesia spreads far and wide
The late, great Professor Longhair used to describe a complicated situation as “the time when all the confusement comes in.”
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 01, 2007

Enemies in high places

By ADAM REILLY | May 30, 2007

The conspiracist

Gay-rights crusader Paul Kuntzler turns a sharp mind for detail to the JFK assassination
“Assassination-conspiracy theorist” is a relatively recent addition to Paul Kuntzler’s résumé. Watch Paul Kuntzler on the JFK assassination
By MIKE MILIARD | January 11, 2007

Off the press!

My life and good times in alternative journalism
I can write the alternative press’s history — or one passably passionate version of it — because the institution’s trajectory matches my own.
By CLIF GARBODEN | November 15, 2006

Bottoms of barrels

Politics and other mistakes
There are two gubernatorial candidates on the November ballot who definitely shouldn’t be taken seriously.
By AL DIAMON | June 14, 2006

On the Racks: May 23, 2006

Def Leppard, Dixie Chicks, Damone
Plus new releases by Osaka Popstar, PJ Harvey, and the American Idol kids.
By MATT ASHARE | May 23, 2006

Numbing carnage

Once an upbeat hit, Bush’s Iraq show has jumped the shark
On the morning of March 8, viewers had their first sip of coffee to a grisly sight on the news shows: grainy video of roughly two-dozen dead Iraqis lined up in a makeshift morgue, many of them apparently bound and strangled.
By MARK JURKOWITZ | March 15, 2006

Attack of the 50-foot Oprah

Why America’s most powerful celebrity should be more feared than loved
David Letterman is by no means the first one to realize that the road to success — or forgiveness — entails planting a kiss somewhere on Oprah’s oft-fluctuating anatomy.
By MARK JURKOWITZ | February 09, 2006

Wish list

106 things the Phoenix wants to see in 2006
[1] An MBTA Red Line station without a broken escalator. [2] Someone in the White House who at least pretends we’re still looking for Osama.
By | October 27, 2008