[kapitza]

> To find a parallel for the grossness and debauchery that now reign in New York one must go back to the Constantinople of Basil I.

H.L., honey, you have no idea...

[B1FF_PSUVM]

Between Mencken's day and today, there was a book titled Hollywood Babylon, with the expectable content.

We're probably into solid Paleolithic territory by now ...