Namasté to all the local loco mad ones came out to witness last night's
1st Wednesday madness at Dallas’ maddest lounge in town, Absinthe Lounge! They all came out to celebrate and capture on tape the featured poets Mad Swirl Issue Six: The Blue Note Issue.
The inspiration for last nights opening madness was to record the bonus CD to the 6th print issue of swirling madness, to be released 05.31.08. The swirling idea started out several months ago as just a Blue Note album cover thought. This idea started swirling in our mad mad heads and has evolved into this zine, this mic, that night, that wondrous moment. We paid props to the insanity of Mad Swirl Open Mic and the poets & musicians who have graced the mic and have been sharing their souls with us these past few years onstage at Absinthe Lounge? The rest is history...
Swirve started out last nights recorded madness with the amazin' wailin’ trumpeteer Chris Curiel, the anachronistic vocalist Tamitha Curiel & the mad man G-Man Gerard Bendiks on skins. Swirve set the tone, the rhythm, swaying the room bringing on the featured mad poets of Mad Swirl Issue Six, in order of appearance in issue 6:
Johnny Olson • Cheyenne Gallion • Lisa Olson
Paul Sexton • Opalina Salas • MH Clay • Desmene Statum
Joshua Weir • Roderick Richardson • Chris Zimmerly
Why these particular Mad Ones out of so many talented and gifted Mad Ones that have graced our Mad Swirl stage on 1st Wednesday? These particular mad ones have been hand-picked from a mighty long list because they embody the raw, the real and the mad energy that we believe goes hand-in-hand with the theme of this issue. We feel these mad ones deserved a permanent part in our hearts for all that they create and share with this mad, mad world of ours.
It’s in their swirling energies of spontaneity and improvisation. It’s in the mad glow in their raw artistic expressions on the stage. They are the fuel to the Mad Swirl vehicle that drives our mad message home.
THE WHOLE MAD SWIRL
OF EVERYTHING TO COME
TRULY BEGAN THEN!
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Then there was the 1st ever Mad Swirl Auction and Raffle to raise money for the production of Mad Swirl Six. Mad props to our extremely generous donators:
Kevin Christensen • Jon Marquette • Devorah • Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozabal • Carlos & Opalina Salas • Tzvia & Claude Barret • Angela Ramsey • Crystal Pate • Michael Clay • Winter Dawn • Desmene Statum • 10K Poets • Whiskey Jack
With the generous donations by these beautiful souls, the mad ones present last night helped bring the grand total to date to $750!
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After we caught our breath and regained our bearings, the unusual usual madness ensued for round 2! Mad props to the mad ones who graced the mic:
Joey Cloudy • Jolee Davis-Cloudy • Gordon Hilgers • Max Blair • Gomez • Devorah • Bear • Duke McBoggin • Andy Pickett • Amy • Andrew • Kerseymere
Quite the night of wailin’ poets & musicians gatherin' 'round to turn the mic on!
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As you may or may not know, each 1st Wedneday 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, BE THERE on 06:04:08, same Mad Swirl time (8:30), same Mad Swirl place (Absinthe Lounge), same Mad Swirling mad ones (you?).
