And He’s living in New Zealand. That’s right: God is a Kiwi. (found via Joe.My.God.).
Music Buzz Official 2011 Song of the Summer nominee “Go Outside,” by Cults, finally has an official video. It centers around the Jim Jones sample the song uses in the beginning of the track. (via stereogum.com)
Music Buzz The 2011 crown for “Song of the Summer” is still up for grabs as a clear winner has yet to emerge. Here are ten nominees that include two dark horse choices. Make sure to add your own choices in the comment section.
This video by cult leader Marshall Applewhite convinced 39 members of the Heaven's Gate Cult to commit suicide in 1997. Believing that that the earth would soon be “recycled” they set their souls free to join aliens arriving on the Hale-Bopp comet. Creepy. Via i09.
http://rss.hulu.com/~r/HuluPopularVideosToday/~3/IDYFhS91...
Nineteen-year-old Samantha Spiegel says her former fiance, John Mark Karr, who falsely admitted to killing JonBenet Ramsey, is trying to recruit girls as young as 4 to take part in sex acts with him.
Politics Buzz Failed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s fanatical supporters are not willing to compromise. A group of them are moving to west-Texas “to establish gated communities containing 100% Ron Paul supporters.”
Culture Buzz Between a new book about them and the recent reunion of their band Yo Ho Wa 13, the 1970s Los Angeles-based cult The Source is getting a lot of attention. The Source, led by Jim Baker aka Father Yod, was a pioneer in the organic food movement. Their restaurant on Sunset Boulevard was a hot spot for celebrities like Warren Beatty, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan and was the location for that scene in Annie Hall where Woody orders “the alfalfa sprouts and a plate of mashed yeast” from the white-robed waitress.