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Unholy Reign of Whores

By BaddBob | Published: February 9, 2011
  Bishop Liutprand of Cremona, whose Antapodosis treats papal history from 886 to 950, left a remarkable picture of the vice of the popes and their Episcopal colleagues, maybe with a little jealousy: "They hunted on horses with gold trappings, had rich banquets with dancing girls when the hunt was over, and retired with these [...]
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They Eat Scum

By BaddBob | Published: January 29, 2011
First ten minutes of the 1979 film THEY EAT SCUM by punk filmmaker Nick Zedd.   Cinema of Transgression Manifesto by Nick Zedd We who have violated the laws, commands and duties of the avant-garde; i.e. to bore, tranquilize and obfuscate through a fluke process dictated by practical convenience stand guilty as charged. We openly [...]
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Minnesota Strip

By BaddBob | Published: January 24, 2011
13 July 1976, Times Herald Record (Middletown, NY), pg. 7, cols. 1-2: The so-called “Minnesota Strip”—a stretch of 8th Avenue between 42nd and 52nd Streets—was barren of hookers, pimps and convention delegates. An area of cheap bars, massage parlors, porno book stores, peep shows and hotels of questionable repute, the “Minnesota Strip” got its name [...]
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Death of Two Millionaires

By BaddBob | Published: January 11, 2011
  1/23/1901   A few weeks ago the daily papers had much to say of the death, the life, character and fortune of Chicago’s richest citizen — Philip D. Armor, the king of butchers end meat packers. In order that this man should be able to leave millions to his children and grandchildren, many thousands [...]
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King Of The Dudes

By BaddBob | Published: December 15, 2010
A BRIGHT SOCIAL STAR’S TEMPORARY ECLIPSE Mr. E. Berry Wall’s Embarrassment—some of the incidents in a very striking career. (NYT, September 5, 1885) Club men about town are just now discussing the financial affairs of the “King of the Dudes,” Mr. E. Berry Wall.  For some time past the young man has rather withdrawn himself [...]
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