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Reverend Billy & The Life After Shopping Gospel Choir : The Shopocalypse
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Epic, funky gospel sound with subversive lyrics to push back the consumer monoculture. These songs have been sung from sidewalks and jail cells. Sing along with your fellow activists or slip them into the late night party mix and start a revolution.
Genre: Urban/R&B: Soul
Release Date: 2008
The Shopocalypse
Reverend Billy & The Life After Shopping Gospel Choir
Record Label: Stop Shopping Music
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Singing Welcome 4:32 + MP3 $0.99
2. Pushback 4:45 + MP3 $0.99
3. First Amendment Song 2:51 + MP3 $0.99
4. Beatitudes of Buylessness 3:35 + MP3 $0.99
5. Can I Shop Enough for Africa? 4:41 + MP3 $0.99
6. How Can You Raise a Child? 4:18 + MP3 $0.99
7. Sidamo 3:56 + MP3 $0.99
8. Are You My Lover or Are You My Logo? 5:10 + MP3 $0.99
9. Shopocalypse (Slow Drag) 3:21 + MP3 $0.99
10. Back Away 5:35 + MP3 $0.99
11. What to Say 4:34 + MP3 $0.99
12. Justice Ghost Dance Dance Mix 4:21 + MP3 $0.99
13. Back Away Dance Dance Mix 5:36 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

Reverend Billy and the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir believe that Consumerism is overwhelming our lives. The corporations want us to have experiences only through their products.

Our neighborhoods, "commons" places like stoops and parks and streets and libraries, are disappearing into the corporatized world of big boxes and chain stores. But if we "back away from the product" – even a little bit, well then we Put The Odd Back In God!

The supermodels fly away and we're left with our original sensuality. So we are singing and preaching for local economies and real – not mediated through products – experience.

We like independent shops where you know the person behind the counter or at least –you like them enough to share a story.We ask that local activists who are defending themselves against supermalls, nuke plants, gentrification – call us and we'll come and put on our "Fabulous Worship!"

Remember children... Love is a Gift Economy! — The Rev

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