Reverend Billy—performance artist
Birth
But Starbucks hasn’t been the only target of Reverend Billy, whose preacher persona was born in 1997.
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_81/whythismanhatesstarbucks.html
Fame
The most entertaining challenger to Michael Bloomberg for Mayor of New York is the Reverend Billy , leader of the The Church of Stop Shopping.
http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2005/05/from_bove_to_th.php
Reverend Billy, Leader of the Church of Stop Shopping
http://www.beacon.org/client/client_pages/reports/2006/060713.cfm
Scandal
Reverend Billy arrested by NYPD for reciting First Amendment
http://www.videosearchfinder.com/video-theme/arrest.html
Work
Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping joined the protest at the Victorias Secret fashion show in New York.
http://forestethics.org/article.php?id=1659
Reverend Billy Graham was not officially scheduled to speak, he nevertheless stood to speak about the woman he called his 'soul mate.'
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/178360.aspx
Reverend Billy is Bill Talen, a seasoned performance artist who moved from San Francisco to NYC in the late '90s — and if the prospect of an hour or two of typical lefty agitprop leaves you dry, don't worry.
http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/10/15/reverend-billy-wants-you-to-sto...
REVEREND BILLY: Well, Starbucks is an especially egregious company, because they study all social change movements, from the labor movement on, and imitate them.
http://www.democracynow.org/2005/12/29/reverend_billy_preaches_on_shop...
On a show staring Reverend Billy Graham, Reverend Green assured the audience that God loves those who make people laugh Postman 5.
http://www.megaessays.com/essay_search/Reverend_Green.html
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir (www.revbilly.com) have been preaching about the madness of over-consumption for years. A strong supporter of Buy Nothing Day, Reverend Billy is bringing something special to the campaign this year with the November 21 release of the film, What Would Jesus Buy?, produced by Morgan Spurlock of Supersize Me fame.
http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/view.php?id=338
Reverend Billy Graham's final "crusade" is set to draw tens of thousands of Christians from around the world to New York next week.
http://www.nysun.com/article/15446
