12.27.2007

Mad Swirl and Auld Lang Syne


Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?


What the hell is an "auld lang syne" anyway?

While we do understand that the New Years bubblies will just be settling down in your tummlies on 01.02.08 and the obnoxious noisemakers will still be echoing in your head, we say f-it! That’s right, we said “f-it”.

Take a few aspirins and step right up to Mad Swirl Open Mic Night as we whirl thru Absinthe Lounge every 1st Wednesday. Come and get you some more hair from the dog that bit you on New Years Eve.

Mad Swirl is calling all you mad (and hung-over) poets, musicians, actors, singers, performers and any other miscellaneous mad ones in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to come and strut-yo-stuff.

Come one. Come all. Come to participate. Come to appreciate. Come to support your fellow mad ones.

Swirve opens the mad festivities 'round 8:00. Johnny and Lisa O will wake the mic up 'round 8:30-ish and the mic closes when there's no one left standing.

For more information about Mad Swirl go to www.MadSwirl.com

For more info about Absinthe Lounge go to www.AbsintheLounge.net

For more information on other DFW open mics go to www.DFWOpenMics.com

And please, by all means, please feel free to forward this to any and all mad ones you know.

By the way, “auld lang syne” means “the good old days”.

P.S. Whether you make it this time or not, mark your brand-new calendars now...

01.02.08 · 02.06.08 · 03.05.08 · 04.02.08 · 05.07.08 · 06.04.08 · 07.02.08 · 08.06.08 · 09.03.08 · 10.01.08 · 11.05.08 · 12.03.08

12.25.2007

Mad Swirlin' Holiday Greetings to You

::: Winter 2007 :::



Ho Ho Ho-llo Mad,
...and all that other happily sappily sugary stuff to you and yours this holiday season!

And since t'is the swirling season for giving and sharing, for loving and caring, we here at Mad Swirl couldn't think of a better way to spend these chilly holy-day's then by caring to share the latest mad-happenings at MadSwirl.com with you and yours!

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On the 1st day of madness Mad Swirl gave to me...
...a brand new short story!


Welcome to Mad Swirl's Short Story library. We've all got a story to tell but some of us have an itch that we have to scratch and this is the place where the itchers go to scratch it. Here's a glimpse at our latest scratcher Joseph Goosey...

Someday I Will Be On the Lamb and Sorely Missed
I got out of my car. I sensed that it was about 82 degrees. Very unseasonable. I wished to just lay down on the sidewalk, perhaps an eagle would swoop down low and take me in as one of it's own. This was unlikely so I kept walking. I was out of the car now and on my feet so there really was not much else. I looked like an escapee from either some sort of work release program or a Northeastern writers conference because I was still wearing my cashmere sweater. Like I said, very unseasonable. In an attempt to minimize my visibility to passers-by I ducked into a coffee shop. The girl behind the counter looked as though she had the answers to some very important and philosophical questions...

Click here for more EVEN if you've been bad!

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On the 2nd day of madness Mad Swirl gave to me...
...some wild and ca-razy poetry!


We tried to wrap up all these poetic samplings in bows and ribbons but we just couldn't get the tape to stick! So instead we offer this online collection of poetry from the maddest poets from the maddest corners of the world and have showcased them in the Poetry Forum just for you. The Forum is always in flux, living and breathing, evolving and changing, swirling constantly...so please come and come often to view the latest submissions.

Be sure to check this poetry stocking for the interactive holiday collaboration between Merlin the Magical One and Mad Swirl. Smoke 'em if you got 'em and be sure you turn up the volume and shoo away the kiddos before you open "Twas the Night Before Tomorrow"..

If it's been a few months since you came 'round the Forum, it has got lots of new wonderfully mad words from some of the mad ones that color our world. Here's who you may or may not have read since our last meeting...

Roderick Richardson · Ra! Gabriel · Justin Hyde · Joseph Goosey · David Kowalczyk · Shellie Lobis · Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal · Johnny Olson · Glen Still · Moctezuma Johnson · W Alt Burns · Michael Lee Johnson · Sean Bowen · Nicole Lilly · Joseph Veronneau

Santa says tear here to open the poetic presents here...

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On the 3rd day of madness Mad Swirl gave to me...
...new work in the Mad Gal-ler-y!


Welcome to the Mad Gallery...this place where we hang by the chimney with care the many sides of art and mad cheer!

From the furthest reaches of this mad mad world we have gathered together and featured just a few of the most maddest painters, sculptors, photographers & illustrators that we could and swirled them all together here. Come by and visit the gallery and watch as it continues revolving round and round...

Currently, in the Mad Gallery Showcase we have hung the latest additions from Andrew David King and Lia Mildwater.

Behold the artistic presense presents here...

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Every 1st Wednesday Mad Swirl Gives to Me...
...Open Mic Festivities!


As 2008 begins it's mad unraveling, Mad Swirl will continue to swirl collective creative chaos and madness and at Absinthe Lounge on 1st Wednesdays Open Mic.

Come go mad with host Johnny O and the monthly Mad Swirling showing of beat-utifully mad poets, musicians, actors, singers and miscellaneous mad ones as we try to make 2008 one to remember!

Make your list and mark your calendars now...


01.02.08 · 02.06.08 · 03.05.08 · 04.02.08 · 05.07.08 · 06.04.08 · 07.02.08 · 08.06.08 · 09.03.08 · 10.01.08 · 11.05.08 · 12.03.08


Interested in performing? If you are a poet, musician, actor, singer and/or performer and live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area then come-n-preach-it!

Come one. Come all. Come to participate. Come to appreciate. Come to support your fellow mad ones.

And please, by all means, FEEL FREE TO SPREAD THE MAD WORD!

Absinthe Lounge · 1409 S Lamar St · Dallas, 75215

Santa says click here for more information...

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Thanks to Santa for sharing his mad gifts with us, even though he knew all about our naughities and nicities in 2007!

We hope that 2008 brings more and more swirling madness from the mad ones that color our world.

See you in the web, on the page and up on the stage in 2008! And a Happy New Mad Swirling Year!

12.06.2007

Gone Crazy at Mad Swirl Open Mic Night • 12.05.07



Were you there on 12.05.07 as we went absolutely crazy on the Mad mic?
Egads, the Swirling insanity was truly contagious!

Mad Swirl props to all of the usual unusual mad ones swirling wonderfully with some brand-spanking new mad ones who came to Absinthe Lounge this past 1st Wednesday for Mad Swirl Open Mic Night...


Johnny O (host)
Roderick Richardson (co-host)
Christian Zim
Paul Sexton
Opalina Salas
Carlos Salas
Josh Weir
Max Earl Blair
Mister Natural
Christopher
Chris Curiel
Lexie
Debra
Audacious
Clint
Peach
D'Anson
Poet Echo
Felix
Natasha Sweet
Kevin
Jennifer
Suzanne
Will


Huge mad props to Swirve's amazing trumpeter Chris, anachronistic vocalist Tamitha and mad man Gerard on skins for keeping us movin', groovin' and swirlin' all night long.

And, as always, thank you's to Absinthe Lounge owner Kevin, and the fine Lounge staffers for creating a swirling home for all of the mad participators and appreciators.

If you missed out on 12.05.07, don't fret. Join us in 2008 as the whole Mad Swirl of everything to come continues to swirl at Absinthe Lounge starting on 01.02.08.

For more information about Mad Swirl visit MadSwirl.com