Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Rev Billy DVD release / NY Post

Last Christmas, the anti-shopping indie "What Would Jesus Buy?" made this reporter's day. Entire season, really. So a DVD packed with more manic "Shopocalypse" goodness is a welcome release.

The documentary follows local performer Reverend Billy (Bill Talen) and his Church of Stop Shopping gospel choir as they travel around the country in the weeks before Christmas, putting on faux-evangelical shows to - as Rev. Billy puts it - "cast out the demons" at the cash register. (more at nypost.com)

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