The NY Auto Show got a jump-start to their week long residency at the Javits Center, with a little help from Reverend Billy and his troupe the Stop Driving Gospel.
We're told there was "a little drama involving 'Lady Liberty' ready to finally marry The Automobile after a torrid, 100 year romance. But she leaves Mr. Auto at the altar for her true love, Alternative Transportation, and they elope in a pedicab!"
As most good protests go, this one got the cops attention quickly and the Rev was "hustled out down the stairs...tempted to pratfall in an homage to Jimmy Cagney at the climax of the classic White Heat." Not wanting to end up in The Tombs, he kept vertical while being shoved down 11th Avenue as his choir sang "Stop Driving, Start Biking...".
UPDATE: Check out video here.
