It's a Beautiful Night for an Open Mic!

Hello Neighbors...it's me again, here to share with you one of my favorite rip-off renditions of "Won't You Be My Neighbor"by my dearest friends at Mad Swirl...bless their hearts.

It's a beautiful night in this neighborhood,
A beautiful night for some madness.
Will you be coming?
Could you be coming?...

It's the 1st Wednesday of this month,
A swirling day for some madness and fun.
Will you be coming?
Could you be coming?...

We've always wanted to hang
with mad ones just like you.
We've always wanted to swirl
in this open mic madness with you.

So...

Let's make the most of this 1st Wednesday.
And when we're together we might as well say:
Will you be coming?
Could you be coming?
Won't you be at Mad Swirl?
Won't you please,
Won't you please?
Please won't you be at Mad Swirl?

Jump on the trolley as host Johnny O and guest co-host, Chris "Zimm" Zimmerly...along with Swirve and the most maddest mad ones...as we stroll thru the Land of Make-Believe!

For more information about Mad Swirl go to...madswirl.com

For more information about Absinthe Lounge go to...absinthelounge.net

e-RSVP now to get on the list and/or to get you a copy or two of Mad Swirl Six.

Lots'o'News from the Eye of the Swirl

::: Summer 2008 :::

"Time, time, time, see what's become of me..."

Sure has been awhile, huh? Sometimes it seems like the days fly into weeks and into months and next thing you know it's summer. The last time you heard from us we had Santa on the header of this message, if that gives you any idea of time passed.

So what exactly has been going since we celebrated the birth of Santa? Boy oh boy and my oh my, a whole lotta madness has been swirling!

Are you ready to take the Swirl for a spin? Well then, LET's GO!

::: Heerrre's...Mad Swirl Six: The Blue Note Issue! :::

The long-awaited, much-anticipated full-color print issue, a 28-page, 23-track collection of poetry and music was officially released at Mad Swirl Open Mic Night to a full-house of mad ones, 07.02.08 at Absinthe Lounge.

This Blue Note Issue is Mad Swirl's ode to the insanity that is Mad Swirl Open Mic Night. In this issue, you'll find the poetry and music of some of the most maddest of the mad ones...

Johnny Olson · Lisa Olson · Cheyenne Gallion · Paul Sexton · Opalina Salas · MH Clay · Desmene Statum · Josh Weir · Roderick Richardson · Chris Zimmerly · Swirve · Tim Thomaston

This beat-utiful collaboration of madness is now available for purchase. Get 'em while they last!!!

Scroll on down to get your fix of Mad Swirl Issue Six...

::: Behold...Mad Swirl's Online Poetry Forum! :::

Now with over 70 poets, the Mad Swirl Poetry Forum is truly a poetic online village featuring some of the maddest poets from all over this big blue marble of ours.

The Forum is truly a living and breathing entity, growing and flowing every day...so it's best to come by often to view the latest.

Here are some of the poets we've added lately...

Mel Waldman · Johnny Olson · Robert Louis Henry · M. H. Clay · Gayle Bell · R. Jay Slais · Roderick Richardson · Joseph Reich · Janann Dawkins · Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal · Dennis Wilken · Nathan Tyree · Puma Perl · Justin Hyde · Nicole Kuwik · Victoria Munn · Isaiah Vianese · Ra! Gabriel · John Grey · Tom Harding · Rob Plath · Rafael Andrade Garza · Glen Still · Mary McLaughlin...

...and oh so many more!

::: Take a Stroll thru the Mad Gallery! :::

Welcome to the Mad Gallery. This beautiful space is the place where we proudly display the many mad facets of the visual arts.

Currently featured is painter David Arthur-Simons. David's works depict ideal places of peace, harmony and symmetry where people fly, leap and glide through the air from one dimension to another, constantly defying the accepted illusions of life. This is just the first of many more installments of David's vast collection to be featured in the Mad Gallery. And when you're done being inspired by David's work...

...from the furthest reaches of this mad, mad world we have gathered together 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...

Get your stroll on here...

::: Mad Swirl Open Mic: Where the Mad Ones Are! :::

Every 1st Wednesday night Mad Swirl has its open mic and we make mad mischief of one kind, and another until our mothers call us "Mad Ones!" and send us to Dallas' Absinthe Lounge without our supper.

Come go mad with Mad Swirl's monthly showcase of beat-utiful mad ones as we strive to break the madness barrier! 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.

Absinthe Lounge · 1409 S Lamar St · Dallas

Get more info, see pics and hear audio from last 1st Wednesday's madness here!

::: Get Your Mad Swirl Issue Six Fix Here! :::

This limited-edition, numbered copy of Mad Swirl is 28 full-color pages of swirling madness that captures some of the most maddest of the mad ones and the insanity that is the Dallas poetry and music scene!

What would you be willing to pay for this limited edition, numbered copy of Mad Swirl? Don't answer yet!

A bonus with this mad zine is a 23-track CD of the whole issue performed and recorded live at Absinthe Lounge, with music by Swirve! Now how much would you pay? $20 would be worth it. $10? That sure would be a great deal!

For this limited time we are offering Mad Swirl Six: The Blue Note Issue for the low, low price of $5!

How do you get your hands on this amazing collection of madness? You have 3 options...

PayPal! It's safe! It's easy! It's instant! It's right here! Click and get whisked away into PayPal's safe and capable hands.

OR

Come visit us at Mad Swirl's Open Mic Night and buy an issue direct from Johnny O

OR

Send us an e-mail (crazy@madswirl.com) or visit us on MySpace and we can discuss payment options.

It just doesn't get any easier then that!

Give me my Mad Swirl Six fix as fast as you can!

We told you there was a lot going on in the Land of Swirling Madness! There's even more in store in the coming days, weeks, months and years as we weave this mad web and print this mad page and set this mad stage.

Keep on swirling madly, our fellow mad ones, because the whole Mad Swirl of everything to come begins...NOW!

Reach out and touch Mad Swirl the electronic-mail kinda way at crazy@madswirl.com

Or visit us on the Wide World of the Web at MadSwirl.com

Introducing...Mad Swirl Six: The Blue Note Issue!

The long-awaited, much-anticipated full-color 28-page, 23-track collection of poets and musicians was released at Mad Swirl Open Mic Night on 07.02.08 at Absinthe Lounge to a full house of DFW mad ones. This Blue Note Issue is Mad Swirl's ode to the insanity that is Mad Swirl Open Mic Night and features the poetry and music of the most maddest of the mad ones...

Johnny Olson
Lisa Olson
Cheyenne Gallion
Paul Sexton
Opalina Salas
MH Clay
Desmene Statum
Josh Weir
Roderick Richardson
Chris Zimmerly
Swirve

We are currently accepting orders for this 28-page collection of madness. What would you be willing to pay for this limited edition, numbered copy of Mad Swirl?

Don't forget the extra bonus that comes with this mad zine. 23 tracks laid-down live at Mad Swirl's Open Mic, complete with Intro, Outro and bridge songs by the amazing trio Swirve! Now how much would you pay?

$20? Well worth it! What if we said $10? That sure would be a great deal! For this limited time we are offering Mad Swirl Issue Six: The Blue Note Issue for the low, low price of $5*!

You want some of this?!

How do you pay for this ground-breaking issue? You have 3 options to get your name on the list to be one of the 1st readers of Mad Swirl Six...

PayPal

• Go to PayPal.com

• If you don't already have a PayPal account, you must set one up. If you already have an account go to "send money" in the top menu bar.

• Enter "madswirl@gmail.com" into the "To" field and hit "Send Money"

• We get an e-mail saying we got your money & we think of how wonderful you are

• We put your name on the list of wonderful peeps to receive one of the first numbered copies of MS6:BNI

• Sometime soon you get your very own copy of Mad Swirl Six: The Blue Note Issue!

In Person

• Come visit us at Mad Swirl's Open Mic Night or one of the several of the other readings hosted by DFW Open Mics.

E-mail

• Send us an e-mail at crazy@madswirl.com and we can discuss payment options

It just doesn't get an easier then that! Why WOULDN'T you order one, two, five or ten today?

(* please add $1.50 for shipping and handling costs)

Declaration of Gratitude to the All the Mad Ones!

NOTES OF GRATITUDE

This is the unanimous Declaration of Praises to all the Mad Ones that came to Mad Swirl Open Mic as well as helped us give Birth to Mad Swirl Six: The Blue Note Issue Release this past 1st Wednesday of this month of July.

When in the Course of this Mad Swirl event it becomes necessary for all poets, musicians, singers, storytellers, comedians, and performers to dissolve the mental and physical miles between them and gather together for the madness which connected them with one another. We held these truths to be self-evident, that all poets, musicians, singers & storytellers are created equal and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Poems, Songs and the pursuit of Happiness. What a Declaration of the Masses to Madness t'was!

Soooo...

Here Ye! Here Ye! Bottomless gratitude and mad love goes out to the following Mad Ones...

1st Round:
Johnny O*
Jolee Davis-Cloudy
Joey Cloudy
Rhie
Vincent Olson
Max Earl Blair
Opalina Salas*
Platinum Status
Roderick Richardson*
Gaila Bell
Paul Sexton*
Desmene Statum*
Mister Natural
Michael Clay*

2nd Round:
Devorah
Chris Zimmerly*
Gordon Hilgers
Trey
Kerseymere
Tarnished Penny
Brett
Todd Buckley
Mason

3rd Round:
Swirve* & the Mad One Hootenanny!

(* also featured in Mad Swirl Six: The Blue Note Issue)

And Mad Swirl's Open Mic just wouldn't be what it is without Swirve. Deepest respect and admiration for the amazin' wailin' trumpeter Chris Curiel, anachronistic vocalist Tamitha Curiel & mad man G-Man Gerard Bendix on skins. Our heads are still ringing from your Mad Declarations!

And, as always, the deepest grats to one of the maddest cats of all, Absinthe Lounge owner Kevin & the Lounge staffers Jose and My for keeping the drinks fillin' and swillin' for us mad ones.

MAD SWIRL OPEN MIC NIGHT

As you may or may not know, each 1st Wednesday is a unique madness all it's own. You just never know what you'll see...or miss...when you go to Mad Swirl Open Mic at Absinthe Lounge.

Don’t wish you were there, JUST BE THERE on 08:06:08

interested in performing?

Are you a mad poet, musician, actor, singer and/or performer? (circus freaks, Tenacious D rip-offs and Elvis impersonators always welcome) Do you live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area? Then come-n-strut-yo-stuff.

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

The mic opens up around 8:30 and closes when there's no one left standing.

Interested in performing? e-mail us at openmic@madswirl.com
And please, by all means, FEEL FREE TO SPREAD THE WORD!

Mad Swirl Open Mic at Absinthe Lounge. It's THE place to be on the first Wednesday of the month! (it's also THE place for 1st Wednesday's $2 drafts/$5 Mad Absinthe's)

WHERE DOES THIS MADNESS TAKE PLACE?

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