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Remembering 9-11

Eight years later
Eight years ago, on a sunny Tuesday September morning in New York City and Washington, DC, a sickeningly well-orchestrated terrorist attack took flight, in part, from Boston’s Logan International Airport.

By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | September 15, 2009

Ted Kennedy, 1932 - 2009

In memoriam of the long-standing senator
Blog posts, Tweets, archived articles and photos of the late senator.

By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF | August 27, 2009

Photos: Sen.Ted Kennedy throughout the years

In memoriam
Photos of the Massachusetts senator throughout his long public life

By PHOENIX STAFF | August 26, 2009

How much rock would a Woodstock stock if

Three-day festival of peace and music
Hopes are high among the quartet of rock entrepreneurs – John Roberts, Joel Roseman, Michael Land, and Arnie Kornfeld – who think they can succeed where George Wein, Newport promoter, has not.

By ELEANOR WEBER | July 23, 2009

Michael Jackson and his fears

Solo contendere
At the dead end of a decade when everyone was too discouraged to wonder if pop had a center, Michael Jackson's Off the Wall (1979) gathered up disillusioned factions of fans as confidently as it punted four singles into the Top 10.

By MARK MOSES | June 26, 2009

Interview: Alan Moore, author of Watchmen

From the Boston Phoenix archives: the watchmaker speaks.
The winner of several "Best Comics Writer" awards on both sides of the Atlantic, he's best known in America as the author of the DC Comics series Swamp Thing and, of course, Watchmen.

By M. HOWELL | March 05, 2009

Big pictures

From the Phoenix archives: All things are Watchmen
Watchmen is that too rare work of popular entertainment, one that succeeds on many levels and that rewards your attention to every level it employs.

By M. HOWELL | March 04, 2009

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