Ed. note: This article first appeared in the Spring 2011 Youngstown Pulse. Fred Whitacre has a diverse taste in music. When he says he listens to everything. Seriously, he listens to EVERYTHING. The Youngstown Pulse has started a new feature called “The Juke Joint.” The premise is simple. We ask people of local notoriety to pick 10 tunes they would play on a jukebox if they could play anything. It’s a top 10 list if you’re sitting at the bar, if you will. And while Whitacre gained his local stature by playing death metal in Kitchen Knife Conspiracy and hard rock/metal in White Cadilla...
Ohio is the king of miserable, according to Forbes Magazine’s annual “America’s Most Miserable Cities” list. Cleveland tops the list at number one, and four other Ohio cities also made the top 20 list including: Canton, Akron, Youngstown and Toledo. The list takes into account several factors like unemployment, weather, corruption and violent crime. Thanks, Forbes, for recognizing us! It’s about time somebody out there sees Ohio and deems it worthy enough to make a top 20 list, but, frankly, screw off. Yeah, the weather sucks. Yeah, Cleveland sports have had better...
