'Just after midnight on a Saturday night in New York City, 30 couples and a handful of single women stand awkwardly about in a sprawling loft in the Garment District dressed in nothing but sheer chiffon togas and expensive underwear. The guests are all under 40, attractive and professional, and include an actress from a hit television series, two lawyers, a doctor, a screenwriter, a model and a professional blackjack player. But who does what or makes how much is not important tonight. Everyone is equal in his or her underwear. This is Caligula's Ball, an invitation-only orgy.'
Excerpt from New York, new hedonists by Tanya Corrin and Anna Moore in The Observer. Ten months on from 9/11 it seems certain New Yorkers still can't get enough of 'erotic parties'. Meanwhile, in the same paper, Bruce Springsteen reveals how the events and aftermath of 9/11 gave him a renewed sense of purpose on 'The Rising' his first studio album with the E-Street Band for 15 years, and which features 'a song cycle about duty, love, death, mourning and resurrection.'
Excerpt from New York, new hedonists by Tanya Corrin and Anna Moore in The Observer. Ten months on from 9/11 it seems certain New Yorkers still can't get enough of 'erotic parties'. Meanwhile, in the same paper, Bruce Springsteen reveals how the events and aftermath of 9/11 gave him a renewed sense of purpose on 'The Rising' his first studio album with the E-Street Band for 15 years, and which features 'a song cycle about duty, love, death, mourning and resurrection.'
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