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The Stop Shopping Gospel RISES UP from the streets into the mediasphere! Here's a selection from our press archives
February 2, 2010   |   CNN
Rev and Choir preach a community Christmas to the congregation of CNN.
December 21, 2009   |   Washington Post
We all know that Christmas is far too commercial. I mean, Charlie Brown told us that years ago. Yet most of us continue to play the same put-that-reindeer-on-my-credit-card games every year, spending money on gifts that our loved ones don't really want or need.
November 27, 2009   |   CNN
Who's that guy with the bullhorn? Is he with the Rockettes?
November 18, 2009   |   El Mundo
Por su collarín blanco y su cabellera rubia le conoceréis. Y por su defensa infatigable de las causas perdidas, desde la plaga de los Starbucks y los McDonald’s a la privatización los espacios públicos, como éste de Union Square desde el que acaba de lanzar su candidatura: "¡Votad al Reverendo Billy como alcalde de Nueva York!".
June 1, 2009   |   BBC World Service - Outlook
The 'Reverend Billy' is a man on a mission. He wants the world to change their shopping habits and use local shops instead of big chain stores.
May 23, 2009   |   BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends
Reverend Billy brings radical revival to the middle class tones of Radio 4
May 20, 2009   |   UK Guardian
Reverend Billy started out as a spoof American preacher who railed against consumerism. Now he does real weddings and funerals. Brian Logan meets the prankster as he hits Britain
May 19, 2009   |   Times Of London
Bill Talen, aided by his wife Savitri D, is the scourge of US shopping culture. Now he has Britain in his sights
April 26, 2009   |   Die Presse
Schöner Lärm von „Spiritualized“ und Anti-Konsumismus-Prediger Reverend Billy in Krems. Angeheizt von der dynamischen Pianistin Katrina Lewis folgte der stimmgewaltige Chor dem Reverend noch in gewagteste Sermone.
April 26, 2009   |   Der Standard
Spektakuläre Auftritte: Spiritualized errichteten Soundkathedralen, Reverend Billy ritterte mit Gospels gegen Konsum und Ausbeutung - auch in Wien
April 16, 2009   |   The Wall Street Journal
It's hard to imagine Timothy Geithner taking advice from an iconoclast dressed in a white suit, clerical collar and Elvis-inspired hair, but the Reverend Billy may be on to something.
March 12, 2009   |   WowOwoW.com
Billy Norwich asks, ‘Is this economy a punishment from God?’ And Reverend Billy performs at the Highline Ballroom …
January 23, 2009   |   ABC Nightline
Clips from our TV show The First Church of the Last Televangelist appearing on ABC Nightline's segment on the need to save public access channels and the diverse programming from the community they provide.
December 26, 2008   |   Sojourners Magazine
Rev. Billy and his "Church of Stop Shopping" preach the gospel of love, anti-consumerism, and radical neighborliness.
December 26, 2008   |   Sojourners Magazine On YouTube
Clips from Rev BillY and Savitri D at a WWJB? screening for Sojourners Magazine.
December 18, 2008   |   Voice Of America News Service
"We're addicted to shopping the way alcoholics are addicted to alcohol. We are stuffing a hole in our soul with things we are purchasing," he says.
December 5, 2008   |   Meet The Bloggers
The recent Black Friday tragedies at Wal-Mart in New York and Toys "R" Us in California may finally help break the spell of mindless consumerism and rampant commercialism.
December 1, 2008   |   Your World With Neil Cavuto
Discussing Jdimytai's death by shoppers at Wal-Mart on Black Friday. Also, how we must develop local economies that do not rely on Wal-Mart.
December 1, 2008   |   Democracy Now!
Savitri D discusses Buy Nothing Day, Black Friday, and the death of Jdimytai Damour at the feet of Wal-Mart shoppers.