Mad Swirlin' Grats to the Open Mic'n Mad Ones on 07.01.09!

::: Notes of Gratitude to the ALL the Mad Ones! :::


On 07.01.09 Mad Swirl continued the swirling up of our open mic...this time with a twist and a grind! We featured the Dallas slam poets from The Poetry Grind and they brought some slammin' madness to the open mic! These grinders brought their slam to the Mad Swirl stage and along with Tidbits (2/3), served us a heaping plate of flowing, glowing, poetry! Sincere gratitude to the following mad ones from The Poetry Grind...

"Konnichiwa" Zach Schrotter (feature host)
Eric Breland
Victory
Trayce
Jason Carney
Amy Weaver
Bob "Whoopeecat" Stephenson

Then it was on to the usual unusual open mic madness as Johnny O & co-host Konnichiwa called all the mad poets, musicians, singers, comedians & performers to come & strut their mad stuff! They came. They saw. And well...we all went mad!

Mad Swirlin' thanks to the following mad one's that made this past 1st Wednesday open mic yet anotha' to rememba': (pics and audio coming sooner then later!)

Johnny O (host)
Lisa O
M.H. Clay
Opalina Salas
Chris Hamilton
Joel Pipkin
Gordon Hilgers
Cabe Lindsay
Hammer
Bear Rodehaver
Desmene Statum
Devorah Titunik
Chris Zimmerly
Cricket Taylor
Poet Echo
Masked Camouflage Guy
Brig

A very special swirlin’ thanks to Tidbit's (2/3) amazin' mad man G-Man Gerard Bendix on skins and Kenny Withrow on wailin' guitar for keeping us movin', groovin' and steppin' all night long! And an extra special thanks to special musical guest Cricket Taylor for sharing her AMAZINGLY beautiful voice and chords with us.

And HUGE thanks to Absinthe Lounge owner Kevin for allowing us mad ones to go with our flow for well over 4 years now. And a shout-out to the fine Lounge staffers My and John for keeping the mad spirits fillin' and swillin' for us mad ones.

And finally we would like to thank ALL the appreciators who freely shared their hand claps, finger-snaps, hoots and howls with all the mad ones who got up on this sacred mad swirlin' mic.

::: Mad Swirl Open Mic Night :::

Mad Swirl kicks off each 1st Wednesday open mic night with a special opening "swirling it up" set that showcases a medley of featured mad ones.

Join us on the next 1st Wednesday as we swirl it up when some of the mad ones from DFW Open Mics present the Mochalux Experience! Don’t wish you were there, JUST BE THERE on the next 1st Wednesday...

08.05.09 : Absinthe Lounge : 8:00

Swirve will kick off the mad swirlin' festivities with some tunes to get us movin', groovin' and steppin' leading us into the Mochalux Experience from 8:15 - 9:15.

Then it's on to the open mic madness where Johnny O & guest co-host Paul Sexton, will be callin' all you mad poets, musicians, dancers, actors, singers, performers & any other miscellaneous mad ones in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to come & strut your mad stuff!

::: Where's this madness take place? :::


Absinthe Lounge is located in the SouthSide on Lamar building at 1409 South Lamar Street • Dallas, TX 75215 (google map)

Mad Swirl Open Mic's Grinding It Up on 07.01.09!

Mad Swirl kicks off each 1st Wednesday open mic night with a special "Swirlin' It Up!" opening set that showcases a medley of featured mad ones.

Join us this month as we swirl it up with a twist of slam with the Dallas slam poets from The Poetry Grind!

At 8:00 Swirve will kick off the mad swirlin' festivities with some tunes to get us movin', groovin' and steppin'. From 8:15 - 9:15 the mic belongs to The Poetry Grind!

Then it's on to the open mic madness where Johnny O will be callin' all you mad poets, musicians, dancers, actors, singers, performers & any other miscellaneous mad ones in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to come & strut your mad stuff!

Don't wish you were there, JUST BE THERE THIS 1st Wednesday!

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

Mad Swirl Open Mic at Absinthe Lounge: The best thing since the invent of electroshock therapy!

Mad Swirlin' Grats to the Open Mic'n Mad Ones!

Mad Swirl kicks off each 1st Wednesday open mic night with a special "Swirlin' It Up!" opening set that showcases a medley of featured mad ones.

On 06.03.09 Mad Swirl swirled up our open mic with East Dallas' creative collective crew Death List Five (insert echo here). These mad ones brought their poetic A-games as they, along with Swirve, and served us a heaping plate of swirling madness! Sincere gratitude to the following mad ones from Death List Five...

Jolee Davis-Cloudy (feature host)
Max Earl Blair
Desmene Statum
Joey Cloudy

Then it was on the usual open mic madness as Johnny O & co-host Jolee Davis-Cloudy called all the mad poets, musicians, singers, comedians & performers to come & strut their mad stuff! They came. They saw. And we all went mad!

Mad Swirlin' thanks to the following mad one's that made this past 1st Wednesday all that it was: (pics coming sooner then later):

Round 1

Johnny O (host)
Merlin the Magical One
Opalina Salas
M.H. Clay
Amy Weaver
Claude Barrett
Roderick Richardson
Cabe Lindsay
Konnichewa Zach
Gigi Foster
Bear Rodehaver
Devorah Titunik
Josh Weir
BA
Gordon Hilgers
Andrew Marsteller
Chris Hamilton

Round 2

Poet Echo
Queen
Ebony
Sam
David Crandall

A very special swirlin’ thanks to Swirve's amazin' trumpeter Chris Curiel, mad man G-Man Gerard Bendix on skins and Kenny Withrow on wailin' guitar for keeping us movin', groovin' and steppin' all night long! And an extra special thanks to special guest Cricket Taylor for sharing her AMAZINGLY beautiful voice and chords with us.

And HUGE thanks to Absinthe Lounge and owner Kevin for allowing us mad ones to go with our flow for over 4 years now. And a shout-out to the fine Lounge staffers Brian and Tracey for keeping the mad spirits fillin' and swillin' for us mad ones.

And finally we would like to thank ALL the appreciators who freely shared their hand claps, finger-snaps, hoots and howls with all the mad ones who got up on this sacred mad swirlin' mic.

Join us next month as we "swirl it up" this time with a twist of slam as we feature the Dallas slam poets from The Poetry Grind! Don’t wish you were there, JUST BE THERE on the next 1st Wednesday...

::: 8:00 ::: 07.01.09 ::: Absinthe Lounge :::

Then it's on to the open mic madness where Mad Swirl's Johnny O & the Poetry Grind-ers will be callin' all you mad poets, musicians, dancers, actors, singers, performers & any other miscellaneous mad ones in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to come & strut your mad stuff!

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

Mad Swirl Open Mic at Absinthe Lounge: If we could bottle this swirling madness up and sell it, we'd be bazillionaires!