It's been a few years since a boy band made much of a dent on the US charts or got a rise out of the country's pop culture meter. No matter. The female fans described in this Guardian article on British singer-songwriter James Blunt have all the, well, fanaticism of of young teen girl in 1988 with New Kids of the Block Posters on their bedroom walls.

The difference is that these women are older. They're professionals. And they just Tivo'd Blunt on Oprah. That single daytime TV appearance did what MySpace can't seem to do: Push an album up the album chart in a single, qauntifiable leap. Back to Bedlam rose 142% to #2 from #9 last week. Wow!

To see the Cult of Blunt in action, read some posts at his site's message board. Does he smoke? (Some say yes, some say no.) Some people thinks he drinks a lot. And some fans think he's fit and looks better without his beard.

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