Arroe Collins: Unplugged & Totally Uncut

Verity “Very” Nelson can do it all. She’s student body president, debate club whiz, and first chair clarinetist and can do the most push-ups in one minute in gym class. You could say she’s pretty much the best at everything…Well, almost everything. Everything except math. And it’s not like she doesn’t try. Math just doesn’t make sense in her brain. But it better start soon, or else she can kiss her presidency—and her campaign promises—goodbye. Soon Verity finds herself enrolled in a remedial math class where, despite her best efforts, failure persists. All seems lost until a teacher helps her discover the truth. Verity discovers that her struggles with math go beyond misunderstanding—she has dyscalculia, a learning disability that makes it hard for her brain to understand number-based information and math. Her eventual diagnosis helps her come to a better understanding of herself, and it mirrors author Hope Larson’s own struggles with dyscalculia.  As the story progresses, Verity must learn that appearances aren't everything, especially when it comes to seeming like she has it all together. Armed with a new perspective, can Verity pass math, keep her presidency, and make good on her word to the student body she loves so much? Or will her presidency—and perfect reputation—all come crashing down? 


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Drew Cagle & The Reputation is a high energy, no apologies, national touring rock band
from Central Illinois. The band got its name “The Reputation” after Cagle decided to lean into
the considerable ridicule he received in the beginning while attempting to perform his original
music in a market primarily dominated by cover bands. Driven by his passion for authentic
original expression, Cagle set his sights on the surrounding major cities in the Midwest and
across the US determined to show the world that greatest rock songs haven’t already been
written...

After 3 years, Drew Cagle & The Reputation return with a vengeance with the release of their
second full length album, Bad Attitude. An eight-song collection of boisterous rock ‘n’ roll, Bad Attitude combines passionate modern songwriting with the bold sound and swagger of the hard rock superstars from the ‘80s. In an album ironically named after a band Cagle’s father performed
with in the early '90s, DC&R manages to encapsulate the classic “chip on your shoulder”
aggression and natural danger that rock 'n' roll has been missing in recent years.

DC&R’s first single, “All Figured Out,” takes dead aim at naysayers who doubted Cagle’s artistic
vision. This song calls out the hypocrisy rooted in premature judgements of others in an epic rock 'n' roll
fashion. “All Figured Out” clings to the feeling of being counted out and, with a rebellious spirit,
aims to inspire the listener to prove their own opposition wrong.

The album’s title track features a guest appearance from legendary '80s guitarist and original
member of Guns N Roses and LA Guns: Tracii Guns. The guitarist joined the record after a run of
shows DC&R did with LA Guns in February 2024. Guns & Cagle seemingly duel between vocals
and guitar licks throughout the entire song, highlighting themes of ridicule and anti-conformity in
a sleazy sunset strip fashion.


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When it’s extremely difficult to make up your mind.  Having the power of choice can actually weaken someone.  On this episode we’re going to explore why federal workers are making the choice to not pack their bags and get out of dodge.  Or should I say Doge?  Plus…What needs to be done to officially make the choice to get off the grid? I’m Arroe.  Life is a series of choices.  Who decides when you’re not making it the right choice?  Is it the fear of going wrong?  The greatest lessons in life are often lost inside hidden away attempts and concepts.   It’s time to reopen your heart. Having a choice is a daily gift.  On this highway we learn to trust mirages… What is the choice? 

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I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as… In this present place of now are people questioning God? Plus…how are people survive yet another increase in food prices? I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  I call it The Daily Mess.  A chronological walk through an everyday world.  Yes, it’s my morning writing.  As a receiver of thoughts and ideas, we as people tend to throw it to the side and deal with it later.  When a subject arrives, I dig in.  It’s still keeping a journal!  By doing the research the picture becomes clearer.  This is the Daily Mess…  

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Those old sayings. Who what where when and how? Some of those old sayings are not only ancient but still carry an impact today. One of them? You don't know shit from shinola.

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"Bruce Vilanch, a storyteller without peer, has written a tell-all . . . on himself! And it's hilarious! He's finally coming clean and owning up to his part in creating some of the worst television of the twentieth century, and that's saying a lot. There's no one like him. As they've been saying since I discovered him as a cub reporter at the Chicago Tribune, when you're in a pinch . . . Get Bruce!" -BETTE MIDLER Bruce Vilanch is known as a go-to comedy writer for award shows, sitcoms, and top-heavy variety specials, but he has also been responsible for quite a few of the worst shows ever put on television-legendarily bad productions. Some of his work lives in infamy-The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Paul Lynde Halloween Special, Rob Lowe dancing with Snow White at the Oscars, and The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. How did these ever seem like a good idea? Well, everyone has screwed up a few times, or had their work screwed up by others. It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time is a lifetime reflection of what Vilanch has experienced, learned, forgotten, dismissed, and embraced in decades of working in show business, specifically the south forty acres known as comedy. It involves very famous people and people who were not very famous but should have been. And it explains  to the person in the audience who says to himself, once he has gotten his jaw off the floor, "'How did this ever get made?" Don't we all want to know?

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Michael Walsh's new book A Rage to Conquer is a journey through twelve of the most important battles in Western history. As Walsh sees it, war is an important facet of every culture - and, for better or worse, our world is unthinkable without it. War has been an essential part of the human condition throughout history, the principal agent of societal change, waged by men on behalf of, and in pursuit of, their gods, women, riches, power, and the sheer joy of combat. In A Rage to Conquer, Walsh brings history to life as he considers a group of courageous commanders and the battles they waged that became crucial to the course of Western history. He looks first at Carl Von Clausewitz, the seminal thinker in the Western canon dealing with war. He then moves on to Achilles at Ilium, Alexander at Gaugamela, Caesar at Alesia, Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, Aetius at the Catalaunian Plains, Bohemond at Dorylaeum and Antioch, Napoleon at Austerlitz, Pershing at St.-Mihiel, Nimitz at Midway and Patton at the Bulge with a final consideration of how the Battle of 9/11 was ultimately lost by the U.S. and what that portends for the future.

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Doc is a new medical drama starring Molly Parker (House of Cards, Deadwood) as the hard-charging, brilliant Chief of Internal Medicine Dr. Amy Larsen, who suffers a brain injury that erases the last eight years of her memory. The accident leaves her with no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push almost everyone away. But with the immense loss, comes a second chance to do things differently. Doc is inspired by a true story and based on the hit eponymous Italian drama series. This emotionally charged, life-altering-and-affirming medical procedural also stars Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker and Anya Banerjee.

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I’m always asking questions.  The fun begins when you start researching for answers. Such as… No matter who you’re talking with someone is going to talk about their body aching, why are we in so much pain?  Plus… is there any way we can break free of our addiction to news headlines?  I’m Arroe…  I am a daily writer.  A silent wolf.  I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen study then activate.  I call it The Daily Mess.  A chronological walk through an everyday world.  Yes, it’s my morning writing.  As a receiver of thoughts and ideas, we as people tend to throw it to the side and deal with it later.  When a subject arrives, I dig in.  It’s still keeping a journal!  By doing the research the picture becomes clearer.  This is the Daily Mess…  

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