Madame Perry's Salon

In a time where there seems to be bad news and tough breaks everywhere, we need a few extra coping skills to keep on keeping on! Behavioral Health Counselor Kinia Colbert joins us tonight to give us those skills and take calls.  Bokinia (Kinia) Colbert owns My Healthy Noggin, LLC, a Behavioral Health company specializing in mental and social wellness, focusing on a "Healthier Mind, Healthier Life" concept. My Healthy Noggin makes caring for your mental health more manageable and a very budget-friendly investment in yourself,

Animator Peter G, owner of Sine Timore Animation Studios, is a popular guest and friend of Madame Perry. Peter created videos for the Ask Blanche comedy segments popular on The Sherman & Tingle Show on Chicago's classic rock station the Drive 97.1FM. Recently he was contracted by The Shake Ups, a pop culture band out of Michigan, to create a video for their song Stella Stalagmite. We'll talk about animation, the art and the biz, and play new music by bands that will be appearing on Madame Perry's Salon in the next month.  

  Megan-Claire Chase, also known as Warrior Megsie, is a 7-year breast cancer survivor in Atlanta, Georgia. She’s a sought-after patient advocate, speaker, and blogger in the cancer community. Her blog, Life on the Cancer Train, is about the struggles of being a young adult cancer survivor while advocating for better treatments and resources. Megan-Claire and her work have been featured in the national press, including The New York Times and People Magazine, as well as through numerous patient advocacy publications, including Cancer Health Magazine, Cancer Today, CURE, and Patient Power. She has served as a consumer reviewer for the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, a contributing WebMD writer, and a budding voice-over actor. 

Days of Wonder is about a young troubled woman, early-released from prison, struggling to reinvent herself as she searches for the child she gave up, and grapples with the mystery of an attempted murder she and her now vanished boyfriend supposedly committed when they were fifteen.  Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Days of Wonder, With or Without You,Cruel Beautiful World,Is This Tomorrow, Pictures of You, Girls In Trouble, Coming Back To Me, Living Other Lives, Into Thin Air, Family, Jealousies, Lifelines, Meeting Rozzy Halfway. Many of her titles were optioned for film, translated into different languages, and condensed in magazines. Many of her titles were Best Books of the Year and Indie Next Picks. A New York Foundation of the Arts Fellow, she was also shortlisted for the Maine Readers Prize, and was a Goldenberg Fiction Prize winner.   Days of Wonder made the Amazon Pre-order Bestseller list, clocking in at #48, its first day. of pre-ordering.  

Emilie P. Bush is back with FABLES IN THE KEY OF KINK: an inappropriate picture book, is the highly anticipated new work of sensational author Emilie P. Bush! And bebes, she is here to talk about it!    Emilie P. Bush, Publisher of Coal City Steam Blog, and CoalCitySteam.com, as well as other fine blogs, is the author of the novel Chenda and the Airship Brofman, (2009) a ripping good yarn available in paper and electronic formats at Amazon.com, and at Smashwords. The Gospel According to Verdu (2011) picks up where Chenda left off – high in the skies and full of adventure. Her Majesty’s Explorer: a Steampunk bedtime story, Emilie’s first children’s book, is illustrated by William Kevin Petty.    Madame Perry's Salon's Producer is Megan Whitlock. Intro music, Miss E's Vacation, was composed and recorded by Denton Perry  

Inspired by musicians like Rob Thomas, Pink and Jewel, Zaida is a storyteller in her song-writing. Zaida had a few lessons on her first, used and worn-out classical guitar, and started combining her own original poetry with some basic guitar melodies. That was the result of Zaida’s debut album, Train Ride. As an independent artist, Zaida released an EP called "Little Box of Secrets." Zaida's latest self-produced singles, Savannah and Bulletproof Queen, takes one on a journey from one extreme to the other. Savannah is a song about love and loss, while Bulletproof Queen is an empowering, rock song, showcasing her expressive vocal delivery, as well as her storytelling. While listening to Zaida's songs, the listener becomes a traveler. 

Peter Canova, philosopher, linguist, historian, and author of the award-winning First Souls Trilogy spiritual fiction series, approaches the Multiverse theory through the twin lenses of quantum physics and ancient spiritual wisdom in his latest non-fiction book, Quantum Spirituality (Inner Traditions, May 2023).   Are you a writer who can't afford a book publicist? SELL YOUR BOOKS TODAY! by Jennifer Perry teaches you how to be your own publicist! 

D'Juan Williams was born to be a filmmaker. No-budget projects, getting told "No" and "Gain more notoriety" are clearly in his rearview mirror, as producing six figure projects and gaining the respect from the film industry are now his reality and the road ahead is looking better every day!   Cheyenne Drive Entertainment is a full service entertainment company, shooting everything from corporate work events to weddings & reailty shows.In addition to creating their own films, television shows, and stage plays, they handle all elements of theatrical distribution that are being made available to the public.     

JUDY WILKINS-SMITH is a highly regarded Family Patterns, Systemic Work, and constellations expert, transformational coach, motivational speaker, and author who is passionate about individual growth, visionary leadership, and positive, accelerated, global change. The Founder of System Dynamics for Individuals and Organizations, she has 18 years of expertise assisting high-performance individuals, Fortune 500 executives (Chevron, JP Morgan, Kellogg's, ExxonMobil), and legacy families end limiting cycles and create lasting breakthroughs and transitions into peak performance. She is a regular guest on TV news and entertainment shows and is the author of Decoding Your Emotional Blueprint: A Powerful Guide to Transformation Through Disentangling Multigenerational Patterns (Sounds True) Are you a writer who can't afford a book publicist? SELL YOUR BOOKS TODAY! by Jennifer Perry teaches you how to be your own publicist! 

We are totally psyched to welcome Joe Symes & The Loving Kind! The band are currently finishing their upcoming third album Portmanteau, which is scheduled for release in early 2024. This has been preceded by the video It’s All Too Late – a track taken from the album – which was uploaded live on YouTube on the 29th September. This song has already had international airplay, and reached number 2 in one of the major Rock charts in Australia (Banks Radio Australia Valley FM 85.9), as number 4 in one of the UK’s (The Chart of Gold). Two tracks from their first ep appeared on the Charity Compilation "Shoulder to Shoulder" alongside tracks by Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene, Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Robyn Hitchcock, Noel Gallagher, Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits) and Wishbone Ash. This collection was organised by David Quaife, whose brother Pete was the original bass player of the British rock legends The Kinks. Creation Records’ Alan McGee even praised the album in question, Celebs Matthew Modine, and Michae

Former public radio show host Emilie P Bush, is a fascinating and multi-talented person, Steampunk novelist, a journalist, children's book author, Editor-in-Chief for Steampunk Chronicle and a mentor to other writers as the leader of the Gwinnett County Writer's Guild. Her first novel, Chenda and the Airship Brofman, was an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Semi-finalist in 2010 and her follow up tale, The Gospel According to Verdu, picks up where Chenda left off - high in the skies and wild with adventure. Her latest manuscript, Cryptid, was a 2013 ABNA Quarterfinalist. Emilie's children's book, Her Majesty's Explorer: a Steampunk bedtime story, is the world's first Steampunk picture book, and recently hit #1 on Amazon's Hot New Releases Bestseller List. Her next children's book - Steamduck Learns to FLY! is also an Amazon.com Bestseller.  We'll talk about her newest book WYCH HAZEL and much more! Studio call in # is 646-716-9922. 

Madame Perry's Halloween Special 2023 Madame Perry's Salon Halloween Special 2023  It's that wonderfully spooky time of year again and some of your delightfully eerie favorites will be in the genie bottle to amuse and terrify us all with terrifying tales, spooky songs, bad suspense humor, and prizes for callers! Valentine Wolfe   Sherri Rabinowitz    Peter G     Kinia Colbert   Larry Marcinko   Patrick and Marilyn Opitz   Killy Dwyer  Producer: Megan Whitlock

Oh, what a night! Our guest is  legendary, superbly talented guitar player Michael Staertow. He is currently a member of the legendary band, The Guess Who, which is currently gearing up to release its latest creation, Plein D’Amour. Band members Derek Sharp, Michael Staertow, Leonard Shaw, Michael Devin, and founding member, Garry Peterson have crafted a collection of songs that raises the bar and continues to take things up a notch both musically and sonically. Before The Guess Who, Michael was the guitarist for Lou Gramm. Michael is one of only a few guitar players to work with Lou Gramm, the voice of “Hot Blooded,” “Head Games,” “Juke Box Hero,” “I Want to Know to What Love Is” and other signature songs of the classic-rock era. That makes him a full-fledged member of a significant guitar-playing fraternity that also includes Foreigner founder Mick Jones, Nils Lofgren and Vivian Campbell. Michael has been the focus of articles in Guitar World, Guitar One and Vintage Guitar magazines, and he was featured i

Whatever your business - writing, art, music, tech, coding, sales, scientist, cook, anything - you've heard that publicity can get you and your work in front of your intended audience as well as others who can help you grow.  But how? It seems overwhelming and confusing. Jennifer Perry is the owner of Lone Wolf Commnications, LLC, a public relations firm established in 2006. Jennifer has worked with Feld Entertainment,HBO Documentaries, Project Hope, doctors, satellite communications pros, authors, filmmakers, musicians and more.  Her popular book on publicity, SELL YOUR BOOKS TODAY! provides a step by step guide for authors to be their own publicist if they can't afford one, and the basics apply to people in several fields.  Also the executive producer and host of Madame Perry's Salon, and former host and producer of her own cable tv show in the late 80s and early 90s, she knows a thing or two about media.    Callers are welcome! 

Talk about lucky. The yearly finals to Long Beach Searches for Greatests Storyteller take place August 20 and 23.  And producer Mariana Williams is in the genie bottle tonight!  Author/Storyteller/Producer Mariana Williams' talents seem unending.  After working as a piano player singer, Mariana traded in the piano keys for alphabet keys. She penned three books of fiction, about those experiences. Inspired by a win at The Moth, she dedicated the last eleven years to storytelling and producing. Then her momoir-ish book, Love, Regret and Accidental Nudity.

Marilyn and Patrick Opitz have each had experiences that could only be described as paranormal. Needing to make sense of it they began to study paranormal phenomena, which as many know is taught globally at colleges and universities. Combine a spooky subject with a fun couple and we got a show for you!

Dr. Dravon James Has Your Rx For A Damaged Relationship Dr. Dravon James is the Founder of the Next Step Leadership Academy, a company that empowers women to use everything that shows up in their lives- good, bad, or otherwise to reach their next level of greatness.  Dr. Dravon is a Transformation Specialist using her Every Day Peace philosophy to coach women on how to master goal attainment.  She is the author of Freedom is Your Birthright.  As a leader in the healthcare industry for more than three decades, she is the recipient of the Secretary McDonough Coin of Recognition for her leadership efforts to combat the COVID pandemic, Radio Host of the “Dr. Dravon James Every Day Peace” every other Monday on Mind Body Spirit.fm Podcast Network, coach on the SiriusXM “Road Dog Trucking” show, and an actress whose career credits include a recurring role on HBO’s acclaimed “The Wire.”  Dr. Dravon uses this training and experience to lead women to their victory using the power of Every Day Peace to achieve their Ne

No guest lined up so Matt Joyner and the Madame are playing music by some of the fantastic musicians who've been on Madame Perry's Salon.  

Avondale Estates resident, Cara Consilvio, is a female director and producer of opera, film, and theater. Consilvio produced and directed mini-documentaries for the NEA Opera Honors, NEA Jazz Masters videos, OPERA America, and the American Composers Orchestra. Her latest project is “For the Love of Friends,” a documentary chronicling activist Brent Nicholson Earle's 10,000-mile run around the country in 20 months to bring awareness to the AIDS epidemic. The documentary will be airing for the first time on Public Broadcast Stations on June 1st.  

Bokinia (Kinia) Colbert, is the owner of My Healthy Noggin, LLC a Behavioral Health company specializing in mental and social wellness, focusing on a "Healthier Mind, Healthier Life" concept. Her professional career began with her love of people, relationships, faith, and Joy. She intentionally sought positions that allowed her to serve and make a difference. Kinia truly enjoys teaching people how amazingly wonderful they are, regardless of who they are, what they have been through, or what people think of them. She simply can't imagine better jobs like these listed to help become the best Behavior Health Counselor that she can be:   *Public School Teacher     *Marketing Consultant *Life Coach                        *Podcast Host and Producer *Entrepreneur                    *Motivational Speaker *Wedding Officiant *Behavior Health Counselor Each adventure led to a purpose-filled day, allowing me to give all that I have to give with pleasure.