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!
Here Ye Here Ye, bottomless gratitude goes out to the following Mad Ones...(pics coming soon)
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1st Round:
Johnny O
Jolee Davis-Cloudy
Joey Cloudy
Rhie
Vincent Olson
Max Earl Blair
Opalina Salas
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Roderick Richardson
Gayle 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:
The Mad One Hootenanny!
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.
