We got a yearnin' for some turnin' and one of the ways comes swirlin' thru our monthly Open Mic. As some of you know, we've been stirrin' up madness at Absinthe Lounge for over 7 years now. That's like 84 in open mic years! It's time to switch things up a bit, wouldn't you say? We say yes! Mad Swirl will still do the 1st Wednesday poetically musical voodoo that we do do but starting in March we will bring back feature sets, streamline our list, and do 2 bigger shows this year in the same vein of our past Swirl-a-bout and Blue Note events.
Join Mad Swirl on 03.07.12 when we will feature… Mad Swirl!Swirve will kick things off at 8:00 and the starting at 8:30, we will be featuring the Mad Swirl staffers and founders... Johnny O (Papa Swirl, founder & editor-in-chief), MH Clay (our illustrious poetry editor), Tyler Malone, (our newly appointed short story editor extrordinaire) Lisa "Ohhh" Carmen (Mama Swirl & co-founder) and Cheyenne Gallion (co-founder & mad creative consultant)! You DO NOT want to miss this kick-off feature set. Why? Because we will also be starting our new streamlined set-list. Yes, instead of just swirling and whirling along until time runs out and we can’t stay on the mic any longer, we will be limiting the list to 15 - 18 spots… first come, first on!
Come one, come all! Come to participate. Come to appreciate.
Come to swirl in the madness!
notes of gratitude to ALL the mad ones!
On 02.01.12 Mad Swirl kicked off February at Absinthe Lounge doing the open mic voodoo that what we do do... and shared some new news on some newness we've been craving to do too! Hosts Johnny O and MH Clay got to callin' all the mad poets & musicians & a few other miscellaneous mad ones in the lounge to come & strut their mad stuff!
Mad swirlin' thanks to ALL the mad ones that came to participate, to appreciate, to celebrate...
A very special swirlin’ thanks to the hep cats who were Swirve. Chris Curiel and his magic trumpet swirling in our heads and Gerard Bendiks keeping the beat on skins, created such jazzy madness!
HUGE thanks to Absinthe Lounge owner Kevin Christensen for allowing us mad ones to go with our flow for OVER 7 years now. And a shout-out to the fine Lounge staffers for keeping the mad spirits fillin' and swillin' for us buzzed 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.
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.
The mic opens up around8:00 and closes when there's no one left standing.
Interested in performing? Then show up the night of and get on the list!
Got questions? E-mail us at openmic@madswirl.com for further details that may not be listed here.
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
