the mad ones, the manic ones, the passionate ones, the ones who devour a piece of prose and lick their lips, wanting more more MORE!, the ones who hear music not with their ears but with their spirits, the ones who ride the wave of the moment, the ones whose inner beat infects those around them, the ones whose eyes do not hide but show the true color of their souls, the ones who light fires in the minds of the frozen masses, the mad ones that color my world.
Music
All styles, all sizes. Favorites...Soft Machines (latest), Wilco, Modest Mouse, Elliot Smith, Johnny Cash (old and new), Gomez, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Flaming Lips, Beastie Boys, Hank Sr...
Movies
In no particular order...Millions (latest), Finding Neverland, American Beauty, The Royal Tannenbaums, all Quentin Tarentino's movies (Pulp Fiction the most), Snatch, Henry and June, Fight Club, Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind, Life is Beautiful, Big Fish, The Source, Breathless, Streetcar Named Desire...I know there's lots more but I'm kinda tapped out right now...
Television
Arrested Development (latest), The Simpsons, South Park, The Family Guy, King of the Hill, Howard Stern, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Soprano's, Real Time with Bill Mahr, Ali G...heck, any HBO show, Survivor (guilty pleasure!).
Books
Running with Scissors (latest), Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, On the Road, Ham on Rye, The Great Gatsby, Notes From the Underground, Leaves of Grass, Grapes of Wrath, The Sun Also Rises, Tales of Ordinary Madness, Hell's Angels...and be sure that I'm missing a whole bunches more.
Heroes
Jesus, John Lennon, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Pablo Picasso, Charles Bukowski, Johnny Cash, Howard Stern, Don Pusateri, Ole Olson, Leonardo DiVinci, Buddha, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Vincent Van Gogh
About me:
Me is an artist...more specifically a painter, a graphic artist, a web designer, a poet and an illustrator. Me is also the editor of the quarterly zine Mad Swirl, the webmaster of www.madswirl.com and the MC of the Mad Swirl Open Mic at the Absinthe Lounge. Me loves long walks in the park, sunrises and sunsets and having a gosh-dern good time in between. That's me!
Check out Mad Swirl in MySpace fo' mo' fo' one-one
Who I'd like to meet: Other artists, writers, illustrators, photographers, storytellers, musicians, entertainers, psychos, and poets who wanna see their ideas, words, art, photos, songs, rants, cartoons, scribblings, riddles, etc...come to life in Mad Swirl, www.madswirl.com and Mad Swirl Open Mic at the Absinthe Lounge.
How are you Johnny? well I hope. This is my latest video, but I have changed my approach. This is spoken verse put to music, like your "Joe". Thank you Johnny, it was your "Joe" that had such a head spinning affect upon me. Your poem, with the work of !0k poets, has been an amazing inspiration for me, and lead me on to a new path. Thank you, my friend.
Just wanted to say thanks for being a real friend of mine on Myspace. If you have any poetry or know a really great poet that you like - let me know - i'm always looking for new poetry & poets to feature on 10K Poets.
With the most sincerest of praises and BEEEP's, Mad Swirl would like to thank you Johnny for making this past 1st Wednesday what was, is and shall be as the whole Mad Swirl of everything to come keeps on twirlin' and turnin' and swirlin'. Check out the pics at MadSwirl.com!
We hope to see you next 1st Wednesday (05.06. 09) at the same Mad Swirl time (8:00), the same Mad Swirl place (Absinthe Lounge) and the same mad ones (you?)
Holy shit, Johnny O, you are like a freaking rock star on 'Joe'. Amazing. I think I will have to put this on steady rotation at home, and on the party mix! Awesome Job!
The Man, The Writer, The Photographer & the Friend. James is a 10K Poet & has supported 10K Poets for quite sometime now. He is a Regular on the 10K Poets Show "Poets Dream In Color", where you can hear more of his poetry read by him. Jim is going to be our FEATURED POET in the upcoming issue of the 10K Poets Zine. We are looking forward to his Interview by Nic St. James that will profile his talent & his love for Life & Poetry. Feel free to interact with Jim via the SnapVine Player & by all means - leave your Comments on his Featured Poem of the Day
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