I talked to Matt Shearer, a reporter for WBZ Radio Boston this week for a story on how Northeastern Archives worked to put the Boston Phoenix free online this week. I missed listening to them live, but Matt sent me .mp3s. You can listen to them at the links below.
The first segment is on how people used to read the Phoenix while riding the T (Boston’s public transit system), and what it’s like for students to read the papers now:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pWzhgryvknahNEk9H0CW1MsX72633-YM/view?usp=sharing
The second is on the Phoenix classifieds section. It includes me talking about how I found many of my 1990s era roomates there:*
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-VyZ1Cn7kHpzdLpzRefBXsFftHpY8NCh/view?usp=sharing
Enjoy! I think they’re cute.
*Shout out to 5 Malbert, the $303/month (which included toilet paper, but not utilities) 7 bedroom apartment I lived in for 4 years– It always had a band playing in the basement, someone sleeping on the couch, and a cockroach skeleton in the silverware drawer. Memories.
Giordana Mecagni 