Until recently- this morning- we’d never heard of “Reverend Billy,” an anti-consumerism preacher and leader of “The Church Of Life After Shopping,” which was decidedly our loss. Sure, we couldn’t help but notice the megaphone-wielding dude in the blue suit from the picture commenter anal_yst sent us yesterday from the demonstration down at AIG, but we thought he was just some sort of gay cheerleader who’d met up with the Code Pink Ladies. Apparently, he’s so much more! Later in the day, he held an impassioned exorcism in a Union Square Bank of America ATM kiosk, the kick off to an ATM Exorcism Tour extravaganza.
*Assuming this hasn’t happen already.
gotta get that guy in a room with my girlfriend
He made a classic documentary titled “What Would Jesus Buy”
Fuckin A’
he is also running for mayor of NYC.
http://www.revbilly.com/participate/forums/topic/632
Excellent! What a country this is.
@5 though I’ve never actually been there, it looks like it might be the mythical place in the country called ‘Queens’?
Lobsterclops is amused.
What, don’t all churches do this?
“Drop the bomb. Exterminate them all”
@6- union square is not in queens.
I would dump buckets of venomous snakes on these people and then put the video on redtube.
Good lord this country is going to shit. We’ve got cult leaders of every political stripe fighting over the crazies.
@6 its never too early for a Coming to America reference.
He’s just pissed he had to wait in line outside the new Topshop
NOOO!
WE KILL!
WE GO IN!
NO MORE TALK!
WE KILL!
@ 6 – awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Fn2r-8hHI&feature=related
Stan Marsh has nothing on this guy
@ 18 – what does southpark have to do with this?
@15 While I always like a Road Warrior ref not really sure it fits here
@ 19 South Park has everything to do with it. Such a pain returning a ‘margartiaville’ these days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaritaville_(South_Park)
the guy in the hoodie just wants to use the ATM and is all: “wtf?”
wow, 22 comments and not one person looked for facts, just accepted this as real:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverend_Billy_and_the_Church_of_Stop_Shopping
“street theatre activities”
There was also a documentary you dipshits:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0939681/
I will gladly give an lady an ATM exorcist.
@23, right, because researching every potentially facetious article is a good use of our time.
@23- where in the post does it say he’s a real preacher? it simply refers to him by his stage name, which is reverend billy. i think people got that this guy is a showman. the question is, did you? guessing not at first, since you’re acting really extremely to the situation.