Mad Swirl Open Mic : Celebrating 10 Years of Swirling Madly!

(pre p.s. Mad Swirl Open Mic on 11.04.09 is not to be confused with Mad Swirl's Swirl-A-Bout! on 11.07.09)

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.

0n 11.04.09, starting at 8:00, Mad Swirl will continue doing the poetic & musical open mic voodoo that what we do. Join us this month as we are celebrate our 10th Mad Swirl Birthday AND our 5th Open Mic Anniversary! Wanna be a part of this whole mad swirly celebration? Then shoot us an e-mail (crazy@madswirl.com) and let us know what you got in your mad mind.

After we get our celebratin' on, join host Johnny O along with the musically magical trio Swirve, as they do their darndest to both blow and open our minds. We will be callin' all you mystically 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 all this madness take place? Why it takes place at Absinthe Lounge, located in the SouthSide on Lamar building.

1409 South Lamar Street • Dallas, TX 75215 (google map)

You say it's your birthday? It's Mad Swirl's birthday too yeah!

Mad Swirl presents...Swirl-A-Bout!

Ladies & Gentlemen, Loose-Women & Pickpockets, Hipsters & Squares, step right up! The mad ones at Mad Swirl are proud to present to you...


Take the leap to swirling madness and follow your curiosity to Mad Swirl-A-Bout!, for a show sure to mesmerize and tantalize, open and blow your twisted mind!

We can hear you scratching your head wondering "What is this 'Swirl-A-Bout' that they speak of?" Well, when we take the many mad sides of art and do our darndest to swirl it all together LIVE in one place... that's what a Swirl-A-Bout! is all about!

Swirl-A-Bout! will feature the maddest mad ones that we know! Poets? Lots of 'em! Musicians? Ten-four, good buddy! Artists? Do we! Fire eaters? Yup. Burlesque dancers? You can bet your pretty lil' bottom dollar we do! Here is where we do the who is who...

Hosted by:
Johnny O

Poetry by:
Cheyenne Gallion
MH Clay
Opalina Salas
Chris Zimmerly
Desmene Statum
Gordon Hilgers
Chris Hamilton
Josh Weir
Roderick Richardson
Joey Cloudy

Music by:
Swirve

Visual Art by:
Eben Lee Hall
Jon Marquette
Christian Millet

Fire Exhibition by:
Torch'd Entertainment

Burlesque Dance by:
Les Femmes Aplomb!

Spontaneous Madness by:
???????

Where and when will this madness take place?

1727 On the Levee
Dallas, TX 75207
(google map)

Saturday : November 7
Doors open at 7:00
General Admission $10
(click here for your ticket to ride!)
BYOB(uzz)

Will we see you at the Swirl-A-Bout! on 11.07.09? Ya sure look like just the mad type that would be up for this scene!

::: Notes of Gratitude to the Mad-Gical Mad Ones of 10.07.09 :::

::: Notes of Gratitude :::


0n 10.07.09, Mad Swirl continued doing the mad-gical open mic voodoo that what we do-do-do. This month we featured the magician, poet and "mad medicine" man Merlin the Magical One. T'was quite the mad-bra-cadabra night as the long-haired mystical Magical One did his darndest to both blow and open our minds.

Then it was on to the open mic madness where Johnny O called all you mystically mad poets, musicians & dancers come to strut your mad stuff!!

Mad Swirlin' thanks to the following mad ones that made this past 1st Wednesday a most mad-gical night...(pics coming sooner then later)

Johnny O (host)
Les Femme Aplomb!
MH Clay
Opalina Salas
Gordon Hilgers
Suzanne Kimbrell
Josh Weir
Jolee Davis
Hammer
John Kelly
Michael Constantine McConnell
Roderick Richardson
Devorah
Joey Cloudy
Andrew Marsteller
Konnichiwa Zach
Victory
Platinum Status
Randal Scott
Desmene Statum
Bear Rodehaver
Grant Massey

A very special swirlin’ thanks to the mystical hep cats who are Swirve. We dug the scene that amazin' mad man Chris Curiel on trumpet, Tamitha Curiel on vocals and Gerard Bendiks on skins created to keep us movin', groovin' all night long!

HUGE thanks to Absinthe Lounge owner (and the hippest of the hip) Kevin Christensen for allowing us mad ones to go with our flow for almost 5 years now. And a shout-out to the fine Lounge staffers Brian and John for keeping the mad spirits fillin' and swillin' for us mad ones.

And finally we would like to thank ALL of you 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.

::: What's Swirlin' At Our Next Open Mic? :::

0n 11.04.09, starting at 8:00, Mad Swirl will continue doing the poetic & musical open mic voodoo that what we do. Join us in November as we are celebrate our 10th birthday AND our 5th Open Mic Anniversary! Wanna be a part of this whole mad swirly celebration? Then shoot us an e-mail (crazy@madswirl.com) and let us know what you got in your mad mind.

After we get our celebratin' on, join host Johnny O along with the musically magical trio Swirve, as they do their darndest to both blow and open our minds. We will be callin' all you mystically mad poets, musicians, dancers, actors, singers, performers & any other miscellaneous mad ones in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to come & strut your mad stuff!

::: Interested in Performing?

Are you a mad poet, musician, actor, singer and/or performer? (circus freaks 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.

Got questions? E-mail us at openmic@madswirl.com.

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 Absinthes)

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

::: Where's This Madness Take Place? :::

Absinthe Lounge is located in the SouthSide on Lamar building.


1409 South Lamar Street • Dallas, TX 75215
google map