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Pushback 04:43
Who are these developers, have you ever seen one live? They gotta live in Westchester, not in Queens or in Bed-Stuy When one of them knocks on your door the Shopocalypse is here We’re gentrified -- it’s getting weird Pushback! Homogenizing in this big box Pushback! Defend what’s left - save the small shops Pushback! Chainstores give us migraines Pushback! Where is Ginsberg? Where is Coltrane? THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL Who are these politicos, have you ever seen one live? They gotta live uptown, somewhere where they can hide. Who buys them all that TV time? He’s the one who broke your lease. Officials slick their palms with grease Pushback! Stop that Starbucks not another Pushback! No your latte’s not my lover Pushback! I don’t take slavery in my coffee Pushback! We like Fair Trade 'cause it's tasty! THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL Whoa Whoa Whoa Pushback! If you're rich your view is scenic Pushback! If you're poor you'd better dream Pushback! Transnationals have their targets Pushback! The working poor, the artists THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPER... THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPER... THIS TOWN AINT NO SUPERMALL PUSHBACK!
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise therof; or abridging the freedom of speech, [FREE SPEECH!] or abridging the freedom of press; [FREE PRESS!] or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, [FREE PEOPLE!] and to petition the governement for redress of grievances. [REDRESS!] Free speech! / Free press! Free people! / Redress!
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Blessed are the Consumers, for you shall be free from Living By Products… Blessed are you who stumble out of branded Main Streets, for you shall find lovers not downloaded and oceans not rising. Blessed is the ordinary citizen who holds onto a patch of public commons, for you are the New World. Blessed is the artist who is not corporate sponsored for you shall give birth to warm fronts of emotion and breakthroughs of Peace. Blessed are you who confuse “Consumerism” with “Freedom,” for you shall be delighted to discover the difference. Blessed are the advertisers and commercial celebrities, for you are waiting for the remarkable restfulness of honesty. Blessed are city neighborhoods that people have flown from in fear, for your children shall return to illuminate the dark economy. Blessed are the workers in the supermalls, for the town your employers’ killed shall come back to life! Blessed is the breadwinner with out-sourced dreams who sits in the SUV stuck in a Christmas from Hell, this year a gift will set you free. Blessed are the young women in sweatshops, for the things you make will fly you like magic evening gowns to the City of Light. Blessed are you who disturb the customers, for you might be loving your neighbor.
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When I raise my hands in prayer Is Bono’s face always there? When I stare into his wrap around eyes Is my goodness globalized? Can I shop enough for Africa? Can I shop enough for Africa? Can I shop enough for Africa? When our voices want to rise Do we have to advertise? If I’m not in the upper class Can I ever save your ass? Can I shop enough for Africa? Can I shop enough for Africa? Can I shop enough for Africa? Here’s an orphan. Here’s the gold. Let’s adopt it. Now its sold. We send a jet. It’s on the news. Express that kid. Cuz I’ve got the blues. Can I shop enough for Africa?
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Mickey Mouse in baby’s bed Big eyes, big ears, a bursting head When baby screams the money flows When baby dreams a soul is sold CHORUS: How can you raise a child? How can you raise a child? The oceans rise the sky is wild And now we shop for air And now we shop for air Make a life and end it there Baby baby what ya buyin? Eyes go here eyes go there Too late to cry – buyer beware Baby baby what ya buyin? Who’s expected, who’s outside? Baby sleeps but cannot hide The doorknob turns we cannot move Oh no! The toy we can’t refuse Killer logo in baby’s house On daddy’s shoes, on momma’s blouse On sister’s breath, on brother’s sweats On toys, on bombs, on TV sets CHORUS The products meet in the childrens’ ward What do you think they’re waiting for The new consumer, the baby king The one who will buy anything Superman takes baby’s hand Up in the sky to the ATM Remove your cash the fun begins We just spend and we spend and we spend and we spend and we spend again Baby baby what ya buyin? Eyes go here, eyes go there Too late to cry, buyer beware Baby baby what ya buyin? Baby baby what ya buyin? what ya buyin? what ya buyin? How can you raise a child? Baby baby what ya buyin?
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Lover Logo 04:15
Across a darkened room I’m not talking, but I interrupt You edge closer tryin’ to sip but not kiss the cup What company are you with? Oh this -- it’s my new tattoo? I’m feeling lots of logo here Crawling up my leg like you Do I have a lover? What a question in a dump like this! Was I trademarked in the corner? Your remote on my big screen kiss? Your love is digitized You whisper in my ear “Now Dance” How’d you get that rhythm? You’re not moving -- you’re stuck in a branded trance (riffing) We’re not going to any chapel Will you send me new graphics every week? And if I say I’m lonely Your company tattoo is on my cheek Are you my lover? Are you my logo?
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Sidamo 05:08
In the beginning was Ethiopia and I loved you. Planted a forest of wild coffee And it gave us a buzzy heart-beating tree. Starbucks you stole my Sidamo. Starbucks you stole my Sidamo. Sidamo. Sidamo. Please come back to me. Every morning for a million years, I drank you black. Hungry child cries out from the dead Sidamo disappears it’s something Starbucks said. You stole my Sidamo. You stole my Sidamo. Sidamo. Sidamo. Please come back to me. Can you take the Garden of Eden by corporate decree? The name of your birthplace Sidamo; shipped across the sea Sidamo. Sidamo. Please come back to me. Sidamo, Sidamo (8X) You stole my Sidamo You stole my Sidamo Sidamo. Sidamo. Please come back to me. (3X)
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Back Away 05:33
VERSE ONE: Mother father that godly mystery Will you come here and teach me When the lowest prices hit me Wal-Mart will it always reach me? Mother father that godly mystery CHORUS: Back away from the Wal-Mart back away Back away from that big box back away It's a union-busting sweat zone - (It's a sweat zone) Our neighborhood is our home - (our neighborhood's our home) Back away, back away, back away Back away, back away, back away Back up and pray VERSE TWO: Brothers and sisters you sexy mysteries Will you come here and come with me Someone's judgment day it burns me And will your power loving lift me? Brothers and sisters you sexy mysteries CHORUS: Working people and working families Whether they’re halfway around the world Or they’re standing right here next to me. Wal-Mart says you’re losing money Well, there ain’t no Wal-Mart in New York City Working people and working families
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What to Say 05:15
Can a public cry for peace, Give a billboard a bad time? Can a mile of smoking cars Make a clear mind a crime? Tiger’s got to hunt. Bird got to fly. Is this our own river here? Is this our pure common air? If we scream in the pixilated fog Will we lose what we remembered there? Tiger’s got to hunt. Bird got to fly. Tiger’s got to eat. Human try to understand. Did the city on the hill explode? Take your seat for the sunniest day. All of life is now watching us As we forget, forget what to say. Tiger’s got to hunt. Bird got to fly. Tiger’s got to eat. Human try to understand. (chorus repeats 3X) Is this our own river here? Is this our pure common air? Tiger’s got to hunt. Human try to understand.
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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.

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released January 1, 2008

THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING
Director: Savitri D
Reverend Billy is Billy Talen
Choir Director: James Solomon Benn
Music Director: William Moses
Media Manager: Michael O'Neill
Web Team: Shanti Durkee / Stephen Musgrave
Immediator: Marisa Jahn
Legal: Laurence Singer
Photos: Eric H. Brown / Tracey Luscz / Shannon Cochrane / John Quilty / Fred Askew
Art: Savitri D

Recorded at Excello Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Additional tracks at Harmonic Ranch, New York, NY.
Engineer: William Moses
Tracking Engineers: Hugh Pool / Ethan Donaldson
Assistant Engineer: Nathan Rosborough
Final Mixes: Stefan Souza / Don Grossinger / Matt Piersall
Mastered by Matt Piersall, Austin, TX

THANKS & PRAISE:
Laura Klimpton, Christabel Gough, Eric Jensen, Aaron Soznick, Shelby Gaines, Dee Dee Halleck, Sedge Thomson, Puffin Foundation, Chris Zahn, Jahneen Otis, Bobzilla, Georgina Young-Ellis, DJ Small Change, Nick Morgan, Benny Key, Julio Herrera, Rob VanAlkemade, Dan Weingartner, Burning Man Community, Peter, Griesar, Scott Heiferman, Time's Up!, families and friends, past members of the choir, and our beloved NYC congregation.

DEDICATED WITH MUCH LOVE AND GRATITUDE to Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Derrick McGinty, and Baby Ida.

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