cults
The Five Best Gravity Records Tracks
Nathan Aguilar of Cults and Census found the Gravity records scene as a teenage punk and talks about five Gravity songs that define the label, the San Diego scene, and his childhood.
The Grinberg Method
Sandra sat me on a massage table, naked feet forward, and proceeded to ask me the standard opening questions of psychotherapy. Instead of meticulously taking notes, she responded to my answers by squeezing my toes and kneading my feet. This was weird...
Cargo Cults Have Been Eating People
I was pretty shocked to learn that a nonsensical belief in a made up deity could lead the "cargo cults" that live on the Pacific Island of Tanna to perform acts of violence, so I decided to call Inspector Jacob Bando of the Royal Papua New Guinea...
The Pacific Island Where a Dead US Soldier and Prince Philip Are Gods
Tanna's Cargo Cults want a dead black soldier from WWII and the Queen's hubby to appear in the sky and bring about the apocalypse.
Scientology's "Celebrity" Magazine Will Make Me Famous
All this time I’d been relying on my incredible talent, my very white teeth, banging the right people, and just a little bit of luck, and now I know the real reason why I’m not yet mega-famous.
You're a Cult Leader, What's Your Cult All About?
For a second there I thought you were going to say something boring, like Satan or infanticide.
In Defense of Cults
Bringing us deeper into the group would mean we’d be blindfolded and put in a van and driven to an undisclosed basement in the Valley. No big deal.
Thank You Little G-sus!
Cansei De Ser Sexy. Ever heard of them? All the style magazine articles about how they're like "a cute version of Peaches" or "the ultimate favela party band"? That's them.
Gangs & Cults
Chongqing is the fastest growing urban ceter in the world. So is it any wonder that there are probably around a hundred lesbian gangs scattered around the city?
Dress The Part!
Rules, rules, rules. That's what gangs and cults offer their members. And that's what the members want. People who join gangs are looking for a family, which means they are looking for a mommy and daddy, which means they want to be told what to do.