This past 1st Wednesday of November (aka 11.07.18) Mad Swirl kicked off our 14th year of mic madness! The Regal Room (at the Independent Bar & Kitchen) was chock filled with all the swirlin’ souls we know AND love! ‘t’was quite the Swirl-abration!
HUGE GRATS to all you mad poets, performers, artists and musicians who helped swirl us up a mighty fine night!
Here’s a shout out to all who graced us with your words, your songs, your divine madness…
Hosts:
Johnny O
MH Clay
Music:
Chris Curiel (trumpet)
Max Oepen (drums)
Dave Monsch (sax)
Carlos Salas (pocket operator)
Open Mic:
Johnny O
MH Clay
Zimm
Opalina Salas
Bt=rett “BA” Ardoin
Desmene M. Statum
David Crandall
Carlos Salas
Devorah Titunik
James “Bear” Rodehaver
Josh Weir
~intermission~
Harry Mcnabb
Tom Farris
Christopher Calle
Susan M Duval
Jack C. Ritter
Caleb
RTC
Conduit
GREAT BIG YES to Swirve, for stirring the Swirl the best way in the world!
More HUGE YES’es to Regal Room’s Thad Kuiper (sound), Elana & Lisa for makin’ our stay most righteous.
HUGEST grats to our Patron Saint of we Mad Ones & proprietor of the Independent, Joshua Florence!
And lastly, but never leastly, yes Yes YES to all who came out to the Regal Room & shared this loving, laughing, lasting night of poetry and music and Swirl-abrations with us!
May the madness keep swirlin’ your way ’til the next Mad Swirl 1st Wednesday (12.05.18 @ The Regal Room)…
Johnny O
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