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.

The Best Links:

1. Listen to the NPR Story: The Birth of Organic, Polygamous Spiritualism
2. Listen to the NPR Story: From Source Restaurant to ‘Cosmic’ Commune
3. Buy the Book
4. “Freak Folks”
5. Father Yod
6. Ya Ho Wa 13 interview
7. “Heavy Living: Father Yod and the Source Family “
8. YaHoWa13: A ’70s Spiritual Rock Commune Reunites
9. Hippie Cult Extravaganza This Week
10. Father Yod’s Children of the Sixth Root Race Deliver New Old Material
11. The Real Cult of California: Father Yod and the Source Family

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