All we here at Mad Swirl have gots’ta say about this past 1st Wednesday is Awww! OK, we have a LOT more words to share, what with ALL the poets & musicians and pics & links & tags & whatnot’s we gots…
A HUGE shout-out to our NEW mad mic home, Dallas’ badass’d City Tavern!
A HUGER shout-out to our feature, loco local poet, Desmene Statum, who delivered us a one-two poetic punch with a heaping’ helping of some UHhhhh! We never doubted that Dez would rock our worlds and did she ever!
If you couldn’t make it to the show and wish you coulda, here’s some live video of Desmene’s feature set.
Here’s a shout out to all who graced us with their words, their songs, their divine madnesses…
(click on the pic to get ’em movin’! photos courtesy of Dan “the man” Rodriguez
Feature:
Desmene Statum
Host:
Johnny Olson & MH Clay
Swirve:
Chris Curiel & Tamitha Curiel, Gerard Bendiks
Mad Cast:
Chris Zimmerly
Opalina Salas
John May
Victory
Carlos Salas
Reverie Evolving
Gabe Mamola
Aye Nero
Gnadia Wolnisty
Maggie Smith
Elliot Pickens
Eileen Simeonov
Becky Sanvictores
Jen Bochenko
Catie McLain
Eli
HUGE thanks to Swirve for taking us to another dimension of time and space on the wings of their jazzy madness!
Thanks to all who came out to the City Tavern & shared this beat-utifullest night of poetry and music with us!
and last but NOT least…
HUGEST thanks to The City Tavern’s proprietor Joshua Florence for blessing us with our new digs and welcoming us mad ones with open arms and giving us a swirl’n space we can call home.
May the madness swirl your way! ’til next 1st Wednesday…
Your Mad Googily-Eyed Guy