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The Stop Shopping Gospel RISES UP from the streets into the mediasphere! Here's a selection from our press archives
Reverend Billy's visit a call to arms against MTR
July 21, 2010   |   The Charleston Gazette
 Reverend Billy and The Church of Life After Shopping are bringing their good-time gospel of anti-consumerism and open criticism of mountaintop-removal mining to Charleston on Saturday night at the Culture Center.
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Political satire troupe takes on mountaintop removal
July 21, 2010   |   West Virginia Public Broadcasting
 ...Of their visit, Talen says “We’re just coming to learn. We have Appalachian citizens in our choir, and we are just coming to West Virginia to be with the people who inspire us so much. And then we come back here, and there’s a lot to do in New York City.
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Reverend Billy’s Un-Wedding Album
February 21, 2010   |   Killing The Buddha
...over 50 straight couples gathered in the snow in front of the Bethesda Angel in Central Park for a mass Rev. Moon-style ritual of Unmarriage.
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We were there: UnMarriage Until Gay Marriage
February 16, 2010   |   Time Out New York -- Own This City
You can’t pass homophobic legislation in the gay capital of the world without some blowback.
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A fine day to un-wed
February 15, 2010   |   New York Daily News
Brides sporting white veils smooched with dapper grooms -- then mailed off signed "certificates of unmarriage" to state officials.
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Reverend Billy Holds an "UnMarriage Until Gay Marriage" Ceremony on Valentine's Day (VIDEO)
February 15, 2010   |   Village Voice -- Runnin' Scared
"Can I have a same-sex-elujah?" the Reverend bellowed, as his ashy blond pompadour bounced.

Delivering his Sunday sermon in "televangelist drag," he excoriated the government for the absence of gays' right to the rite.
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Straight Couples "Unmarry" in NYC
February 15, 2010   |   The Advocate
New York activist Reverend Billy Talen led straight couples in a mass “unwedding” on Valentine's Day in solidarity with gay couples denied marriage rights.
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Did You Spend Valentine's Day Getting Unmarried?
February 15, 2010   |   Queerty
The Rev. Billy Talen makes us giggle.
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Reverend Billy Talks Unmarriage On WBAI Evening News
February 11, 2010   |   WBAI Evening News
Audio of interview with the Rev, plus the Choir singing "I Do! I Do!"
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Valentine, 'un-marry' for gay rights, says 'Rev. Billy'
February 11, 2010   |   USA Today -- Faith & Reason
Sarah Silverman made the same pledge on The View last week, saying getting married right now "is like joining a country club that wouldn't allow Blacks or Jews."
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Rev and Choir On CNN's Campbell Brown, Christmas 2009
December 23, 2009   |   CNN
Rev and Choir preach a community Christmas to the congregation of CNN.
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The fourth annual unconventional holiday movie list
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.
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Reverend Billy and Choir Crash Macy's Opening On Buy Nothing Day
November 27, 2009   |   CNN
Who's that guy with the bullhorn? Is he with the Rockettes?
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Rev Interview On CNN American Morning Thanksgiving 2009
November 26, 2009   |   CNN American Morning
Buy less, give more!
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¿Alcalde Billy?
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!".
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"A Mission For The World To Stop Shopping"
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.
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Rev Billy on BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends
May 23, 2009   |   BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends
Reverend Billy brings radical revival to the middle class tones of Radio 4
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'Changellujah!'
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
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Tesco say your prayers: Rev Billy is on his way
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
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Donaufestival: Der rettende Sound, die Predigt der Erde
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.
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