Mad Swirl Open Mic

10/03/2024

If you were there, reminisce on the epic night we had! If you missed last night's mic madness, your eye can spy on the whole virtual Swirl’n scene right here…

10/01/2024

Welcome to Mad Swirl’s THIRD installment of “Inside the Eye” coming from Dallas, Texas! Join hosts Johnny Olson (Founder, Chief Editor, Creative Director) and MH Clay (Poetry Editor, right hand Mad man) as they once again swirl up some podcasting madness!

In this quarter’s episode of “Inside the Eye”…

We once again got the Editor’s Roundtable together with our Mad Staffers, Johnny O & MH Clay and got their highlights from some of our fine contributors in the Q3 (July-September) of 2024.

We chatted a bit about our recent past & upcoming 1st Wednesday open mics.

We discussed the website redesign & the launch of our 2024/25 fundraiser.

Lastly, we interviewed the New Mexico Poet Beat Laureate & Contributing Poet, PW Covington where we tried to define the undefinable enigmatic all-encompassing four letter word BEAT… WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BEAT?

Ready? The whole mad swirl of everything to comes begins… NOW! Give us a listen on Patreon OR give a listen on Spotify!(links in post)

Give us a listen on Patreon OR give a listen on Spotify! Welcome to Mad Swirl’s THIRD installment of “Inside the Eye” coming from Dallas, Texas! Join hosts Johnny O (Founder, Chie…

09/18/2024

Mark your calendars for THIS 1st Wednesday (aka 10.02.24) when Mad Swirl will once again swirl up the mic madness at Barbara's Pavillion! Dig on some musical musings from Swirve, then on to our feature, PW Covington, Beat Poet Laureate of New Mexico and finally, opening the mic up to all you mad ones out there in DFW-land!

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08/08/2024

Note of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 08.07.24

This past 1st Wednesday of August (aka 08.07.24) Mad Swirl Open Mic whirl’d up the Swirl at our OC home, Barbara’s Pavillion, getting the Mad mic opened for ALL you Mad ones out there!

This month we featured local Mad One & Contributing Poet Roderick Richardson!

Grats to ALL the participators & appreciators who rode the Mad wave live at Barbara’s:

Hosts:
Johnny O
MH Clay

Musical Overture:
Swirve (Chris & Tamitha Curiel, Gerard Bendiks)

Open Mic:
Desmene Statum (September’s FEATURE!)
Carlos Salas
Laura Traynor
•••FEATURE•••
Alan Gann
Tony Robinson
Kevin O’Neill
Lance
Brian Duran-Fuentes
Michael Elmer
Uncle T

We know you have a choices of what to do with your Wednesday night & we’re thrilled you picked lil ol’ us to hang out with!

Stay tuned ’til next 1st Wednesday (aka 09.04.24) when we will be featuring Poet Desmene Statum!

Peace,
Johnny O

P.S. Here is the full line-up of remaining features for 2024:

September: Desmene Statum
October: PW Covington
November: Mad Swirl Open Mic 20th Anniversary
December: Holiday Special

Huge THANKS to our past 2024 features:

January: Inciting the rise of YES & the fall of NO
February: Suza Kanon
March: The Best ofMad Swirl 2023 Anthology Launch
April: Opalina & Carlos Salas / Your Loving Son
May: Josh Weir
June: B Randall
July: Joaquin Zihuatanejo & GNO
August: Roderick Richardson

P.P.S. In case you missed the LIVE feed, your eye can spy on the whole virtual Swirl’n scenes right here…

08/07/2024

TONIGHT is Mad Swirl Open Mic where we'll be doing the open mic voodoo that we do do now for almost 20 years!

August feature is longtime Mad One & Contributing Poet, Roderick Richardson!

Here's what Poetry Editor & Co-Host MH Clay has to say about Roderick: "Roderick’s work is brilliant satire and social commentary; addressing racism, economic disparity, the foibles of relationships, and more. You can’t miss this show."

Be like MH & DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!

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07/15/2024

Thanks to ALL who have already donated to the Mad cause! You've brought us 10% closer to our goal! For those who still might wanna lend a hand, it's not too late...

To you Mad lovers of all things Swirl: We Mad Staffers periodically get together to discuss pr… Mad Swirl needs your support for Join the Mad (r)Evolution

07/07/2024

Mad Swirl rarely asks for help but when we do, it's for a most excellent cause!

We have a few projects in the works (website redesign, printing poetry/prose collections, etc.) but to accomplish these we are asking for your help.

If you can spare a dollar (or few), every cent donated will go towards growing Mad Swirl's creative outlet... and you can say you helped! 🌀💙

To you Mad lovers of all things Swirl: We Mad Staffers periodically get together to discuss pr… Mad Swirl needs your support for Join the Mad (r)Evolution

07/04/2024

Note of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 07.03.24

This past 1st Wednesday of July (aka 07.03.24) Mad Swirl Open Mic whirl’d up the Swirl at our OC home, Barbara’s Pavillion (for 3 years now!), getting the Mad mic opened for ALL you Mad ones out there!

This month we featured OG Dallas Slam Poets, Joaquin Zihuatanejo & GNO!

Grats to ALL the participators & appreciators who rode the Mad wave live at Barbara’s:

Hosts:
Johnny O
Desmene Statum

Musical Overture:
Swirve (Chris & Tamitha Curiel, Gerard Bendiks)

Open Mic:
Roderick Richardson
Sarah Simmons
Gregory Cisneros
Opalina Salas
Alan Gann
Valerie Parsley Crowe
Brian Duran-Fuentes
Harry McNabb
Mz. Jolie
Jean Gallante
A. Psymmetry
Anita Sanchez
Lyric Jane
Lyrik Hunter

We know you have a choices of what to do with your Wednesday night & we’re thrilled you picked lil ol’ us to hang out with!

Stay tuned ’til next 1st Wednesday (aka 08.07.24) when we will be featuring Poet Roderick Richardson.

Peace,
Johnny O

P.S. Here is the full line-up of remaining features for 2024:

August: Roderick Richardson
September: Desmene Statum
October: PW Covington
November: Mad Swirl Open Mic 20th Anniversary
December: Holiday Special

Huge THANKS to our past 2024 features:

January: Inciting the rise of YES & the fall of NO
February: Suza Kanon
March: The Best ofMad Swirl 2023 Anthology Launch
April: Opalina & Carlos Salas / Your Loving Son
May: Josh Weir
June: B Randall
July: Joaquin Zihuatanejo & GNO

P.P.S. In case you missed the LIVE feed, your eye can spy on the whole virtual Swirl’n scenes right here…

07/03/2024

Come one & come all to Mad Swirl Open Mic TONIGHT & get Awww'd!

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'" ~ Jack Keroauc

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07/01/2024

Welcome to Mad Swirl’s second installment of “Inside the Eye” coming from Dallas, Texas! Join hosts Johnny Olson (Founder, Chief Editor, Creative Director) and MH Clay (Poetry Editor, right hand Mad man) as they once again swirl up some podcasting madness!

In this quarter’s episode of “Inside the Eye”…

We once again got the Editor’s Roundtable together with our Mad Staffers, Chief Editor Johnny O, Poetry Editor MH Clay, Short Story Editor Tyler Malone & Visual Editor Madelyn Olson and got their highlights from some of our fine contributors in the Q2 of 2024.

We chatted a bit about Mad Swirl Open Mic's recent past & upcoming 1st Wednesday events.

We discussed the upcoming website redesign & the launch of our 2024/25 fundraiser.

Lastly, we interviewed the talented & delightful Irish Poet Polly Richardson & we had us quite the chat, we did!

Give us a listen on Patreon OR give a listen on Spotify!

Give us a listen on Patreon OR give a listen on Spotify! Welcome to Mad Swirl’s second installment of “Inside the Eye” coming from Dallas, Texas! Join hosts Johnny O (Founder, Chi…

06/26/2024

We sure hope you marked your calendars for July 3rd because you do NOT want to miss this show!

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