POET BILLY LAMONT STORE – UPDATE – MARCH 23, 2024

THE POET’S EYE – BILLY LAMONT STORE

Words Ripped From A Soul Still Bleeding: Poem For The Future Edition – 2019 – $15

American poet Billy Lamont’s latest book of poetry edition is raw, transparent, bloody, and soulful, vibrating with hope, life, and inspiration for personal, spiritual and social reform, whether it be locally, nationally, or globally in this age of artificial intelligence. May your very soul be a great poem!

Strobe Light Generation – 2005 – $20

NY poet Billy Lamont was observing the soundbite thought patterns, propaganda conditioning and more prominent attention deficit in society, with lack of critical thinking skills in everyday people, as growing problems in culture for “We The People” of America and the world, at the turn of the century, and post September 11th tragedy. Lamont saw this as a Strobe Light Generation and wrestles and responds to this illness in culture, as desiring to shed light, share wisdom, love. hope, peace, healing and life with readers of his second book of poetry.

The Gallery Of Light – 1994 – $15

Performance poet Billy Lamont’s first major book of poetry distributed by Ingram nationally in the U.S. This book was written in three sections to be read in one sitting in certain atmospheres: by candlelight, in a cafe with a hot cup of coffee, and while sitting in a historical graveyard on a lazy afternoon.

Billy Lamont Albums/Eps – cd/digital releases:

Into The 21st Century – 1998 – $10

Billy Lamont’s first cd/ep/digital release. Allen Ginsberg recites from his legendary Beat Generation poem Howl on the title track, that also features one of Lamont’s greatest influences Mike Peters of The Alarm.

billy lamont with the peculiar people – 2004 – $10

Billy Lamont’s second cd/ep/digital release that was a benefit for the emergency healthcare of the late Larry Norman, widely known as the Father of Christian Rock, and who was Lamont’s close, personal friend. Lamont’s performance poetry is combined with drum and bass/house electronic music, indie rock and reggae.

painkiller – 2006 – $15

Poet Billy Lamont combined with electronic club music, dark ambient, shoe gaze, and industrial music influences. Full length cd.

Hedge Of Thorns:  Who Will Be My Witness? – 2008 – $10

A cd/ep/digital release of Billy Lamont’s poetry with Bill Poulos’ folk music.  Lamont describes this as his JESUS record, and an invitation to become a follower of JESUS The Christ. Lamont has said he feels a kinship with the JESUS Movement of the late 60s/early 70s in that this poetry and music is shared in a personal, very intimate, pure way. He says it can be given as a gift, or handed to a friend much like a paper tract was handed out to share faith in GOD, in San Francisco parks by long hairs, during The Summer Of Love.

The Gallery Of Light – 2009 – $15

Billy Lamont’s groundbreaking and influential 40 minute performance poem with ambient, world and electronic music soundscapes by Christopher “Circuit” Kelly. When Lamont and DJ Circuit first performed this is 1997, Lamont proclaimed this as “The World’s First Spoken Word Rock Opera,” and that it is self help as the main character travels through seven lights becoming free, as opposed to legendary rock operas where main characters entropy and sometimes die due to hurts from role models and lovers. Lamont has also said it was his prayer and meditation

for the “We The People” of America, and the world, as entering the 21st century.

renegade of hope – 2009 – $7

A spoken word cd/ep/digital release. Lamont’s vision for this recording was for it to be an audio version of what many poet’s would release as a chapbook.

outlaw of love – 2010 – $7

A spoken word cd/ep/digital release. Lamont’s inspiration for this recording was for it to be his second chapbook-like audio release of his spoken word.

Beyond Babylon – 2014 – $15

Full length cd/digital release of Lamont’s performance poetry that fueled his multimedia poetry performances. This album was written based on inspiration from the psalm of David, “by the waters of Babylon, I wept for Zion” and based upon being a single Father to his son Zion, as living in his then hometown of Babylon, Long Island. The album took on new meaning when Babylon and surrounding towns were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Lamont calls this album Sacred Pop Art, and includes Special Guests

industrial music pioneers Blockhouse, and folk rock recording artist Steven Delopoulos of Burlap To Cashmere. Em Kruz of upwardspiral is also a special guest with Lamont, on a bluesy hip hop track, that includes a sample of the first great American Poet Walt Whitman reciting a poem titled America as recorded by Thomas Edison.

Eulogy: Flowers For The Living – 2021 – $15

Full Length Cd/digital release of songs pulled from Lamont’s archives during the Covid epidemic isolation. From Lamont’s beginnings in alternative rock band Walk On Water, to early poetry collaborations with rock, goth, and alternative music by Bill Poulos, and an early industrial/electronic music influenced track with Klayton of Circle of Dust and Celldweller. A few new tracks were recorded in 2020 and 2021, including a new recording with Mike Peters of The Alarm, and one with the late Larry Norman, widely recognized as the Father Of Christian Rock.

Billy Lamont Other –  book compilation, cd collaboration:

Divine Intervention – Daniel Fazzina – 2014 – $15

Billy Lamont wrote one chapter titled “The Thanksgiving Miracle,” about a miracle healing he had of his pancreas as a young man, in this award winning book of “True Stories of GOD’s Miracles Today.”

The Scriptures – Love Hope Strength Foundation – 2014 – $20

Billy Lamont’s performance of his poem

I BELIEVE DREAM PEACE is included in three sections of this double cd/digital release that was awarded a Guinness World Record  as “The Longest Officially Released Recording Ever” song produced by Mike Peters of The Alarm, as a benefit for the Love Hope Strength Foundation, and those fighting cancer. The focus of this recording, that was inclusive of everyday artists, as well as major recording artists, and Lamont’s poetry performance was to be a seed of Peace for Muslims, Christians and Jews, in The Holy Land. The message of peace and empathy, of this epic song resonates extra brightly now in the dark times of terrorism and war in The Holy Land that murders and traumatizes children, woman and the innocent.

Billy Lamont’s The Poet’s Eye and The Other Perspective Media/Management logo

T-shirts/Coffee Mugs:

The Poet’s Eye t-shirt – $20

The Other Perspective t-shirt – $20

The Poet’s Eye coffee mug – $18

The Other Perspective coffee mug – $18