Oh what a night it was in the land of Swirl’n mic Mad-ness! As Swirve started their jazzy madness, the crowd found their way to the stage with their heads boppin’ and their fingers snappin’. As the last notes were fading away, hosts Johnny O & MH Clay got the show goin’ with an introduction of our featured performer Alex Pogosov aka Total Cult! Alex unleashed upon us a poetic & musical feast! Did’ya miss it? No worries, you can still view it on our Mad Swirl UStream channel…

After a brief intermission, the mic got opened up to the mad ones who filled the Lounge. And what a night of the beat-utifullest poetry and music ensued! Here’s a shout out to all who graced us with their words, their songs, their divine madnesses…

photos courtesy of Dan “the man” Rodriguez

Hosts:
Johnny O
MH Clay

Feature:
Alex Pogosov

Mad Cast:
Joey Cloudy
Opalina Salas
Carlos Salas
Maggie Smith
James Barrett Rodehaver aka Bear The Poet
Desmene M. Statum
BA
Ephrain
River
Wes
Vic Victory

HUGE thanks to Swirve (Chris Curiel & Gerard Bendiks) for keeping the beat til the wee hours of the night. We got taken to another dimension of time and space on the wings of their jazzy madness!

More HUGE thanks to fantastic photogs Dan Rodriguez (he captured these scenes) and Rosie Lindsey for sharing their mad eye and giving y’all a taste of the night’s mic madness.

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.

We look forward to ALL the m-adventures to come! Stay tuned…