Madame Perry's Salon

Collin Kelley, Becky Kyle, and others discuss alarming news of the day starting with the 82 year old man slashing tires at a Bingo game. Has Bingo gone Gangsta? We intend to find the answers to today's burning questions or make up our own. What sex is the tennis player? What color is the dress/woman?

Many fascinating guests will also join us. And if you know me, you are well I aware that I know the most fascinating people!

B.A. Goodjohn’s first novel, Sticklebacks and Snow Globes(Permanent Press) made the Kirkus Best of 2007 list. Her second novel, The Beginning Things (Underground Voices) is due for publication in November 2015. Her collection, Bone Song, won the 2014 Liam Rector First Book Prize for Poetry and will be published through Briery Creek Press (Longwood University) in April 2015. The UK born author teaches English at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia and is the Director of the Writing Program and Tutoring Services.

She has also published poetry and fiction in various literary journals including The Texas Review, Zone 3 and Connecticut Review.Lynchburg, Virginia - Poet and author Bunny Goodjohn will debut her first book of poetry, Bone Song, June 18 at 7:00PM in the Lynchburg YWCA for an event titled “BONE SONG: A blind date” which will be an evening of readings, conversation and light refreshments.

Sarah Kennedy, author of The Golden Thread, writes, "Bunny Goodjohn’s poems, as her title suggests, cut right to the bone.  Singing of pain and sickness, of everyday cruelty and lost love, she traces the scars of childhood along an adult’s memories..."

Goodjohn’s first novel, Sticklebacks and Snow Globes, centers on a group of working-class girls growing up in the UK during the 70s. Published in 2007 it had brisk sales and readers who wanted more. Goodjohn complied and The Beginning Things, with most of the same characters, will be published in October 2015.

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Tonight two guests whose descriptions exceed the character limit of my title space.

Jasper Bark has written four novels: A Fistful of Strontium(Black Flame 2005 with Steve Lyons), Sniper Elite: Spear of Destiny (Abaddon 2006), Dawn Over Doomsday(Abaddon 2008) and Way of the Barefoot Zombie(Abaddon 2009). Bark's Battle Cries series of graphic novels are used in schools throughout the UK to improve literacy for 12 to 16 year olds. In 1993 he released an anthology of poetry and a spoken word album both called Bark Bites. In 1999 Bark was awarded a Fringe First at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Veronique Chevalier, The “Weird Val” of Dark Cabaret, aka The Original Mad Sonictist; Spooky Polkanista; Perv-ormance Artiste; MC-ess, Model & Authoress. A fan described her as simultaneously “Ooh La La!” AND “Laugh-out-loud hilarious!” While her fellow music artistes are obsessing with the “Punk” portion of the genre, MAD Veronique specializes in producing the “Steam”.

With art & direction by Disney’s Kyle A. Carrozza, this winsome bit of neo-retro cartooning elicits fits of mirth, with it’s witty lyrics, & beguiling sight gags. She and Kyle are currently co-creating a new animated video to her parody “Sprocky Spittoon”. She is also Creatrix of Steampunk Haiku & authoress of “My Cog Is Bigger Than Your Cog: SteamKu & Other Verstrocities“

Kevin Lucia'snew Through a Mirror, Darkly is a Supernatural Thriller collection masked as a novel. With elements of mystery, suspense, and otherworldly horror, Through a Mirror, Darkly successfully delves into the worlds of Lovecraft, Grant, and the mysterious Carcosa.

Lucia is a Submissions Reader for Cemetery Dance Magazine and his podcast "Horror 101" is featured monthly on Tales to Terrify. His short fiction has appeared in several anthologies. He’s currently finishing his Creative Writing Masters Degree at Binghamton University, he teaches high school English and lives in Castle Creek, New York with his wife and children.

German DJProducer and owner of netlabel MobiusSpin, 3dtorus  explores, creates and communicates new worlds via electronic musicAt 15 he was DJing Drum´n´Bass, organized parties and DJing in deserted military facilities.

News stories of pedophilia create near daily outrage. Whether high profile offenders like Josh Duggar or the quiet guy next door the stories shock and sicken. Conversations from the water cooler to the bars range from revulsion to 'here's what I'd do,' which infers vigilatism.

Two time Emmy winning journalist and producer Art Harris has reported on and written about many such cases. A veteran journalist, he created The Bald Truth, a popular news blog with attitude that counts well over a million page views its first year, and draws on Art’s three decades covering celebrity, politics, war, true crime, pop culture and Hollywood. It’s scoops are often featured and linked at ETonline, Huff Po, People.com, New York Post’s Page Six, CelebTV.com and others.

Josh Duggar, Mike Huckabee & the Complicated Relationship the South Has with Sin & Denial is the title of a recent post in The Broad Side by journalist & author Suzi Parker. Parker writes for The Daily Beast, The Economist, and The Christian Science Monitor and others. .

Author & publisher SJ Dunn's shock and horror at learning of the childhood sexual abuse of a friend prompted her to write her novel about three women who are adult survivors of child sexual abuse.  In ANGRY ENOUGH TO KILL what begins as a 'what if' conversation one night over wine becomes a plan to stalk and kill a predator.

Music Journalist Alli Marshall hasbegun the promotional tour for her first novel, How to Talk to Rockstars, which was inspired by her years of interviewing musicians. The Western New York native was transplanted to Western North Carolina via Goddard College where she earned her MFA in Creative Writing before landing a job as the arts & entertainment reporter at Asheville’s alt-weekly news and arts paper, Mountain Xpress. A dozen years later she’s still at it, regularly interviewing musicians and artists of all genres, reviewing albums and writing articles. She also serves as the arts section editor at Xpress.

Musician, songwriter and performer Joey Stuckey has no boundaries. In his spare time, we're guessing he never sleeps, he is a producer, adjunct professor, TV show host, studio engineer - at his own Shadow Studios - husband, and very active in his community of Macon, Georgia. He's worked with and is highly respected by many of music's luminaries. While in Nashville working a production gig with legendary Alan Parsons he suggested a subtle change with one of the instruments would greatly improve the recording. After testing the idea, Parsons deferred to his judgement and followed it by directing the crew to follow Stuckey's direction without question. Yet even the Eye In The Sky guy likely never imagined he would see video proof of the Macon guitar slinger carjacking a woman's BMW to get to a gig in the video for his Blues song Blind Man Drivin'.

Mme Perry also had a few surprise guests that night!

We welcome your calls.

Mitzi Szereto writes and edits across the genres, blogs at "Errant Ramblings: Mitzi Szereto's Weblog", and has her own web TV channel "Mitzi TV", which covers “quirky" London. Her books include the upcoming Love, Lust and Zombies; Darker Edge of Desire: Gothic Tales of Romance; Normal for Norfolk (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles) - co-written with her celebrity sidekick bear Teddy Tedaloo; The Wilde Passions of Dorian Gray; Thrones of Desire: Erotic Tales of Swords, Mist and Fire; Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts; Red Velvet and Absinthe; In Sleeping Beauty's Bed: Erotic Fairy Tales; Getting Even: Revenge Stories; Dying for It: Tales of Sex and Death; and Wicked: Sexy Tales of Legendary Lovers.

Mitzi pioneered erotic writing workshops in the UK and mainland Europe, teaching from the prestigious Cheltenham Festival of Literature to the Greek islands. She's also lectured in creative writing at several British universities.  Her next book, Rotten Peaches (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles) -- the second installment of the quirky crime/cozy mystery/humor series co-written with Teddy Tedaloo, will be available this summer.

Website: http://mitziszereto.com/

Teddy Tedaloo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teddytedaloo.fanpage?fref=ts

The Madame loves music, especially of the Brit-Pop, UK RnR styles! Tonight's show is one you'll definitely want to download from iTunes. I'll be surprised if you aren't already familiar with British band Joe Symes & The Loving Kind. The description below is from their website. The party starts at 7PM EDT at Mme Perry's Salon!

Joe Symes and The Loving Kind help relive 80's Bowie, Brit-Pop and the solo workings of Sir Paul McCartney. Simplistic yet all the same intensely powerful, Liverpool's acoustic/rock five-piece bring a relaxation to the mind to create a hypnotic trance, fitting in with their own rock-esque image. So far the musicians have had many an experience in the past years, one of the more notable milestones, headlining Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds after show party, proving their musical prowess within the industry

About two years ago I was in Biloxi, Mississippi with author Kerry Dunn for a Barnes & Noble event and his second television appearance. At the B&N signing we met musician/artist/coach Don Smith. I'm delighted that Smith will join us at Madame Perry's Salon and recommend that you check out his website , Facebook page, or ReverbNation site before the show.

Pasagoula native Don Smith's reputation as a singer and songwriter has increased after working with the legendary Nashville producer Doc Holiday who said "Throughout my career as a producer with over 600 career charted records and 112 career #1 records I rarely come across a singer/songwriter tht has as much passion and skill as Mr. Smith.  His songs all magane to tell a unique story that the listener does not have to sit and analyze for an hour to figure out what the story is. His performance in singing is as relaxing as his songs and stories and is always perfection at its highest level."

Smith's Nashville release Delta Wind is available on iTunes and all other digital outlets.

Madame Perry's Salon began as a blog. I wanted a small cyber version of the cultural salons of Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia back in the day. One of my firsts guests was award winning Italian-American journalist Candace Dempsey, author of Murder In Italy, about the murder of Meredith Kercher. I look forward to talking with her again.

It is also a delight to have as a guest a man whose work I've followed for years. Doug Bremner is a physician, researcher, professor, writer and film maker. His latest book, You Can't Just Snap Out Of It, is about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

We'll talk about the Italian court's recent overturn of the conviction of Amanda Knox, the Amercan woman previously charged and convicted of Kercher's brutal murder; and other projects that Dempsey and Bremner have going on. This will be a fantastic interview and we'll take calls in the second half of the show. Please join us.