Word: cult
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...Flaming Lips At War with the Mystics (Warner Brothers) 4 Stars It’s been 23 years and 12 LPs since the formation of cult favorites the Flaming Lips, and they now beg the question: will they ever disband? They’ve survived the departure of countless musicians, the Death Cabesque threat of overexposure after a Beverly Hills 90210 cameo, and the ignominy of touring as second-fiddle to an up-and-coming Beck. Not to mention heavy drug use, which nearly resulted in the loss of drummer Steven Drozd’s hand. Surely much...
Italy?s flamboyant Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi boasts of remaking his country?s perennially gray politics into a U.S.-style, image-driven affair. Some in fact say that the media mogul has taken it all too far since first running for office in 1994, staging annual cult-of-personality party conventions and making controversial use of his private television stations to beam a Reaganesque message of smiling conservatism into the living rooms of Italian voters. Still, it has been a recipe for success for Berlusconi, 69, who has been Italy?s longest serving post-War Prime Minister since his election...
...night, Bunagan’s Mather House group went to Rock ‘n’ Bowl, a club with cult popularity. Alongside fellow volunteers from other schools, they bowled right next to the bar. The following morning, as usual, they worked on homes in the Ninth Ward, helping to bring hope to a place that needed it too much...
With its overtones invoking cultural phenomenon from George W. Bush to the cult of American Idol, “A Face in the Crowd,” maintains an astonishing relevancy even as a 50-year old self-conscious “message movie...
...rich blog Cooking for Engineers (cookingforengineers.com). Before mulling your own cider, making lasagna or baking pecan pie, check the site to see how a dish should look at each stage. Learn culinary mechanics as you go. Created as an engineer's personal recipe repository, the site now has a cult following. A highlight: clever diagrams that summarize the steps in a recipe in compact, printable charts...