Arroe Collins: Unplugged & Totally Uncut

She just wasn’t marriage material. In midlife, that’s what Lisa Cheek had come to believe. Throughout decades of adulthood, she dated a lot—and turned down five marriage proposals. Then, at forty-nine, she said “yes” to Big Johnson. At last, she was ready to commit to a union founded on mutual respect and affection, no matter what challenges and chaos life threw at them. On her wedding day, Lisa was tingling with excitement as she looked up at the sweetest, kindest, most big-hearted man she’d ever known and said, “I do.” Moments later, her new husband pulled her aside to ask a question that shook her to the core: “Did you get the judge’s signature on the marriage certificate before he left?”  
In THE BIG DAY: Saying I Do, Only To Discover I Didn’t (She Writes Press; September 22, 2026), Lisa Cheek takes us back to her wedding reception as she grapples with the reality that, despite waiting almost fifty years for a monumental event that people flew in from all over the world to witness, she wasn’t married after all. Was not getting the wedding license signed...a sign? Suddenly, she was questioning… Was marriage what she really wanted?  To find the answer, Lisa reflects on her family history (thrice-divorced father and a load of stepfamily baggage, for starters) and her past relationships with men (none of which, other than an early intense one in college, lasted longer than six months). After The Musician (a classic heartbreaker), there was The Biologist (a charmless granola guy), The Actor (too much drama), The Magician (his best trick: disappearing), Rollerblading Dad (a big kid with a kid of his own, who broke Lisa’s heart), IT Guy (a stealth dog hater), The Gym Rat (a stickler for routine), and The Ghoster (who topped the magician by abruptly vanishing—three times).     Yet at its heart, THE BIG DAY is about Lisa’s unexpected, tremendous love for Big Johnson, a really, really big guy—six foot two, and hovering around three hundred pounds—and a big romantic. Throughout their courtship, he surprised her with his appetite for adventure (including skinny-dipping), his close bonds with his parents (still full of effervescence for life in their nineties) and his two daughters, and his willingness to create a blended family (Big is a cat person, with two big male cats, Paws and Whiskers, while Lisa is a dog lover with one adorable furry best friend, Ron Howard). Yes, he was married twice before (both of his ex-wives are named Tammy), but Big is sincere in his devotion to spending the rest of his life with her.  

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Metal band Anger Within release their brand new EP, Through The Eyes Of The Bedouin, via Pavement Entertainment. The EP was co-produced by Matt Washburn (Mastodon) and mixed and recorded at Ledbelly Studios in Dawsonville, GA. Featuring five tracks, Anger Within fuse metal, hardcore punk, and death metal to create an aggressive, non-compromising form of modern day thrash on this EP.On the title track, vocalist and guitarist Wulf Morris says, “When I write songs these days, I try to do something outside of the box, something that not every metal band is doing. ‘Through The Eyes Of The Bedouin’ gave me the opportunity to incorporate some Middle Eastern styled music, and lyrics that told a story about desert nomads in ancient times.”Anger Within are a long standing, original metal act from Atlanta, GA. Inspired by classic Metallica, Sepultura, Napalm Death, and other great legacy acts, they are ready to bring their music to a worldwide audience. They have opened up for Excruciating Pain, Karma To Burn, Two Man Advantage, Byzantine, Thy Will Be Done, Origin, Sworn Enemy, Dying Fetus, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Soilent Green, Madball, Primer 55, D.R.I., Malevolent Creation, Six Feet Under, Cannabis Corpse, Decrepit Birth, Marty Friedman, Holy Grail, Soulfly, Sacred Reich, Raven, Incite, Salem’s Childe, & Venom Inc. They have also played the Atlanta stop of the Vans Warped Tour, (2010 & 2012,) on the Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands stage @ Lakewood Amphitheater.Wulf Morris – vocals/guitar
Bryan Powers – lead guitar
Chris Hoff – drums
Jason Confer – bass/backup vocals

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Welcome back to the studio.  This is My Day of Play, where you’re taken into the real events and actions of how it happens long before the process of editing or cleaning up.  This episode takes us to February 13, 2025.  We begin things with Dr Warren Farrell the author of Role Mate to Soul Mate.  AI chatbots are better at giving love than human loved ones.    Then we’re gonna check in action and suspense writer Mr. Steve Berry who was back in 2025 with another installment in the Cotton Malone series. And why not?  Lets go all out true crime with podcaster Leah Rothman from The Real Killer This is My Day of Play.  completely unedited in the way of meeting the wizard behind the curtain

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He spent years writing songs.  Some were picked up but were never heard on American radio airwaves. Not until he teamed up with Bob Dylan's manager.  

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Joby Walters was a feared and respected enforcer of the Hells Angels, patched in by the infamous Sonny Barger, founding member of the motorcycle club's Oakland charter. He lived the life of an outlaw – filled with violence, darkness and constant risk – but he knew deep down that something was missing.After getting busted by the ATF on RICO charges, Joby went on the run. A lifelong friend sent him a box containing a Bible, some literature and a cassette tape of sermons. That box changed Joby's life. He was eventually intercepted by the FBI, and while incarcerated, his life's purpose became clear.Joby discovered a freedom that no motorcycle club could offer. Today, he dedicates his life to sharing that message of hope with prisoners, bikers, veterans, and anyone searching for a second chance. In his new book, CUT FREE: A HELLS ANGEL’S RIDE TO REDEMPTION, Joby tells his remarkable true story with unflinching honesty—revealing both the darkness of his past and the redemption that transformed his future. With a special place in his heart for prisoners, Joby is focusing his efforts on reaching America's prisons, bringing hope to those behind bars.

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Variety called Trouser Press "one of the greatest music magazines in history" and described Zip It Up! (2024) as "practically a real-time history of some of the best rock music of that era." Zip It Up! Too is packed with more enthusiastic, in-depth coverage of a diverse collection of artists. Vintage interviews with Paul McCartney, Jeff Beck, Bill Wyman and members of The Who provide insight into classic rock history, while profiles of the Police, Talking Heads, Duran Duran, the Cars, Devo, the Pretenders and New Order reflect the progress of music in the 1980s. There are features on Nick Drake, Ian Dury, the Modern Lovers, Lene Lovich, ABBA, the Troggs and the German group Can - as well as a previously uncollected Ramones interview by the famed Lester Bangs.Zip It Up! Too includes 21 "autodiscographies," a unique Trouser Press feature in which artists spoke about each of their albums in sequence, sharing detailed behind-the-scenes memories of them. Stars who opened their musical closets to Trouser Press include Genesis, Jethro Tull, Jefferson Airplane, Cheap Trick, Sparks, Iggy, Blondie, Slade and Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople), all of whom provided fascinating first-person documents of real historical value.Trouser Press began as a mimeographed fanzine in New York in 1974 and grew to a glossy national monthly by the end of its existence in 1984. Although known for its coverage of British bands, the magazine more generally focused on music that was underground, independent or unappreciated. Fans called it "the bible of alternative rock."Trouser Press put its name to five album review guides published in the 1980s and 1990s and continues with a dedicated website at www.trouserpress.com.From Zip It Up! Too: James Osterberg, more notoriously known as Iggy Pop, is an American original: an articulate juvenile delinquent. From the moment he burst on the national scene with the Stooges, there was no doubt that here was the reductio ad absurdum of rock and roll. Over the years, Osterberg has somehow not only survived but grown, dragging Iggy with him. Zombie Birdhouse marks a new direction in his music - one no less compelling than the chaotic self-destruction of old. He has also given us a book of autobiographical reminiscences, I Need More, to further our understanding of his intriguing personality. Here Osterberg examines his recorded legacy and the situations surrounding its creation. "All recordings are painful," he says. "It's like waiting to score." Brace yourself for the raging id of Ig. You know how great the Ramones are. But, sadly, there is a world out there which remains unconvinced. Once or twice a year, I revisit my erstwhile stomping grounds in Detroit, and when I do, I always stay at the home of Rob Tyner of the MC5. A little over a year ago, I happened to notice that his eight-year-old son, Robin, was getting on this Fonzie kick, saying things like "Hey dad, do you think I could ever get just a bunch of guys to hang out with and do stuff?" He didn't know the word "gang" and of course had no idea what they would do if and when they got together to hang out except that it would, of course, be "cool." Rob threatened to buy him a tom-thumb-size black leather jacket. I took more direct action: I went out and bought a copy of Ramones Leave Home, brought it back to the house and said: "Robin, I've got a present for you" - whipping it out of the bag - "punk rock!" (Lester Bangs) "My father's a salesman," Jonathan Richman explains. "That's where 'Roadrunner' came from. He's a traveling salesman. He sells to military installations all over New England. That's how I got that love for 7 Up signs and Norwood and Foxboro and all these different places. I would sit in the car with him, and we would drive all over this area, up and down New England. It was like a whole other world to me." Jonathan is sitting in a Cambridge natural food restaurant at eleven in the morning. He is wearing a T shirt and shorts. His muscular, unshaven appearance is surprisingly different from his publicity pic.

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