Press Archive

The Stop Shopping Gospel RISES UP from the streets into the mediasphere! Here's a selection from our press archives
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May 13, 2013
In his bright white suit and rockabilly hair, the Elvis-channeling, megaphone wielding Reverend Billy is as familiar figure on the NYC protest scene  
May 5, 2013   |   OccupyWallStreet
If you are prepared to object to the unholy union of big business and the United States government, we implore you to join us in Albany, Tuesday, May 7th 
April 25, 2013   |   Rainforest Action Network
A guest blog post by Reverend Billy, leader of the Church of Stop Shopping, an activist performance group based in New York City 
April 24, 2013   |   AlterNet
Billy Talen, known as Reverend Billy, talks about his new book and says, "We need to be honest with ourselves about the danger we are all in with the natural world."  
April 23, 2013   |   The Huffington Post
Few souls are blessed with proper amounts of spunk and Earth-justice panache as Reverend Billy.  
April 23, 2013   |   SFGate
Bill Talen, a performance artist from the Bay Area whose fire-and-brimstone sermonizing against shopping has annoyed captains of industry from coast to coastnbsp;
April 16, 2013   |   San Francisco Bay Guardian
Reverend Billy Talen and his Church of Stop Shopping come to town 
April 7, 2013   |   No-7 Eleven
Resisting Chains and Corporate Control  
March 7, 2013   |   Geez Magazine
'This is a fossil-centric doorbuster sale!' shouted Reverend Billy Talen  
March 7, 2013   |   UTNE
Environmental activists can easily come off as preachy, but Reverend Billy keeps it fresh with street theatre and the occasional dose of irony.  
March 1, 2013   |   OC Weekly
With prosperity gospel preachers running amok, activist Bill Talen, better known as Reverend Billy, has spread the good news of life after shopping. 
March 1, 2013   |   The Guardian
Knitting an EDF logo might seem like an odd thing to do. But people are odd. Science policymakers should remember that 
February 21, 2013   |   Reality Sandwich
The following is excerpted from The End of the World, published by OR Books.  
February 20, 2013   |   Waging Non Violence
The end of the world just keeps on coming. 
February 13, 2013   |   Daily Sundial
Activism and consumerism were the focus at a lecture by Rev. Billy Talen
December 18, 2012   |   TruthOut
Even for New York, this was WEIRD. 
November 29, 2012   |   San Francisco bay Guardian
In recent months, I've been exploring the rabbit hole of 2012 prophecy and possibility, a beguiling mixture of myth, spirituality, and hope that humans will finally awaken to the global ecological and economic catastrophes we're creating and make a fundamental shift in our approach, whether that's sparked by cosmic energies or our own earthly intention.
November 27, 2012   |   The Huffington Post
Reverend Billy Talen, founder of the Church of Stop Shopping was on HuffPost Live Monday to tell host Abby Huntsman his war stories of preaching on the front lines of a Black Friday Macy's.
November 25, 2012   |   CNN
Reverend Billy, founder of the Church of Stop Shopping, says rampant consumerism is destroying the environment.