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Billy Mack Collector - Lampy (Official Music Video)

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:35:00 +0000

Ladies, Gentlemen, and otherwise:
I present, to you, the first Collector music video!
The song is "Lampy" and it is an instrumental tune off of the album "Soda!"
Enjoy it and tell all of your friends!

Plumunion.

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:37:00 +0000

Plumunion was a short lived musical act from Chicago.
It was made up of two members, Edwin Perries, and Cat Ries.
They played ukulele, dinner bells, backpacks, juice harps, themselves, and a bunch of other goodies.
While the music, lyrics, and rhythms were amazing, the real treat was the strange, yet beautiful vocal harmonies.

They released one album they i know of, unofficially titled "too bad we cut it backwards"
it came with a lyrics/poetry book and hand made artwork.

Summery things, may and june.

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:49:00 +0000

Searching for Water and Smoking Cigars.

Hunting for Frogs.

Funny Faces & Taking Pictures.

Watching the Tadpoles turn to Frogs.

Walks in the Creek.

Makin' Weird Movies.

About a Song: The Heart of Groton.

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sun, 29 May 2011 14:54:00 +0000

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i was born less than half a mile from where i graduated college.

I am a local, no way around it. I spent the last two years trying to convince myself I wasn't.
I was born in the pocono mountains.

I lived in the poconos until i was 23. Then i moved to south dakota.

I wanted the opposite of everything i had ever known. I got that, basically.
I realized, while a huge chunk of my heart was in the prairie, my home was in Pennsylvania.
I thought I'd try a bigger city. I moved to Bethlehem.

Foolishly enough, I commuted the hour from Bethlehem to the Poconos to finish up school. While commuting, I'd daydream about the different places I had lived.
Life is easy in the prairie.
Life is fast in the city.
But dang it, i love the mountains.
I live in the poconos again.

More on Groton:

Groton is a small town outside of Aberdeen South Dakota. I was living in aberdeen, but took a trip out to Groton in the middle of February. Something like 1500 people ive there. It was about 15 below zero that day. The cold hurt so much we broke out in laughter.

P.S. a funny thing happens at sundown in the prairie in the winter. The snow, on top of the very flat land, turns blue (like everything) as the sun starts to set. If you squint your eyes a little, it really does look like the ocean.

The Lyrics of the Song:

Today i was driving home from the mountains, back to the valley, when i hit a huge curve and was thrown from the car but i didn't come down fast. no, i stayed up there. how did i get up here? suddenly i heard a surge of trumpets across the land and i was in the prairie. how did i get back here? how could anything be so flat, be so gold? a herd of cattle, buffalo. god it's cold. i bet it snows a lot here. suddenly i landed in the heart of groton, right in front of fritz's: thought it was a bar. no, it just sells antiques, don't think i belong here. thought about the ocean; now my toes are cold. checked my pockets; found six dollars. spent it on a nice lamp, thought i'd settle down here. looked outside and it was snowing. then it turned blue and it looked just like the ocean. whoa. gosh and golly i can't remember what my favorite mountain looks like. air is blue and so is dirt and snow and all the earth around me.

Centralia - Video Edition!

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:50:00 +0000

A Trip to Centralia and Locust Dale. Punk Rock Prom!

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:46:00 +0000

A Trip To Weis Markets in Tannersville PA

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sat, 28 May 2011 03:35:00 +0000

A Trip to Odd-Lots in Tannersville PA

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Fri, 27 May 2011 22:07:00 +0000

Various Soda Tastings

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:08:00 +0000

Soda Tastings - Aberdeen, South Dakota

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:04:00 +0000

Soda Tastings - Minneapolis

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Fri, 27 May 2011 14:59:00 +0000

Cover of "Perfect Love" by The Residents

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sun, 22 May 2011 21:32:00 +0000

Me and a bunch of pals got together at our thursday night art night in stroudsburg PA and threw together a cover of "Perfect Love" by the residents. Expect us to throw together a new cover every week!

Photo Dump - Cleveland, Port Huron, and in Between.

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:08:00 +0000

The Boo Box - Cleveland, Ohio

Grocery Store in Cleveland, Ohio

Bowl of Dust at Steve's Lunch - Cleveland, Ohio

Seagulls in Port Huron on the border of Canada

Katherine Drew Kyle from Bowl of Dust

Soda Tasting - Rico Mango and Grapefruit A*Treat

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:02:00 +0000

"Dang!" Soda Tasting.

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:00:00 +0000

Soda Tasting - Fentimans Dandelion & Burdock Soda

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:00:00 +0000

Soda Tasting - Cel-Ray

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:01:00 +0000

Port Huron and Milwaukee

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:00:00 +0000

Edwin Perry reading in Port Huron, Michigan

A Haircut live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Myke Deezy live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ithaca and Jamestown Photos

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:36:00 +0000

Weird Graffiti in Ithaca NY

Edgy Graffiti in Ithaca NY

Freecycle in the Kind Thrifter, Jamestown NY

The Labyrinth Coffee House in Jamestown NY

Jamestown NY

Late Night Donuts and Wine With Chris Bell in Jamestown NY

The Dinner Bell Diner in Frewsberg

Chris Bell and Frank Besse in Frewsberg NY

Outside the Labyrinth, Jamestown NY

April 16th Videoblog

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:23:00 +0000

Live In Cleveland.

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:20:00 +0000

Chicago's Bowl of Dust.

Us! Billy Mack Collector!

Travel Videos

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:17:00 +0000

Ohio.

Detroit, Michigan

Day 1 - Ithaca, in video!

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:20:00 +0000

The Old Tire Swingers!

Elsa and the AWESOMEawesomes

Kin Ship

Reed's Lovely Folk Song!

Day 1 - Ithaca, in pictures.

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:15:00 +0000

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Tour Begins.

noreply@blogger.com (billymack!) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:49:00 +0000

All Good Tours Begin by Moving Out of Your Apartment.