
Perhaps Governor John Kasich moved his second State of the State address from its traditional Statehouse location to an elementary school in Steubenville hoping to keep the media spotlight off him. If so, he failed. On Tuesday he delivered yet another loopy, disjointed and totally improvised speech packed with what Huffington Post described the next day as “bizarre” statements. That’ll be déjà vu for those who remember last year’s speech in which, among other things, he promised not to “wear that silly hat that Voinovich wore” and related how a little girl had said to him, “Please Mister, don’t tax my eggs.”
This year's speech features an imitation of a Parkinson’s patient and 14 shout-outs to OSU President Gordon Gee. (Seriously, 14? Anyone think Kasich has a man-crush on him?)
National business news website Business Insider chimed in, dubbing it “the craziest political speech of the year.”
You learn something new on the internet every day. Usually it's about cats, which is perfectly fine with us. Sometimes it's more important stuff, like an engaging debate of what exact date Ice Cube's "Good Day" was. If at all possible, some click-whoring outfit will combine cats, "Good Day," and Ron Swanson, and all our intellectual demands will be satisfied in one easy-to-read page and we can get on with the rest of our super important daily activities, like eating an entire pizza for lunch.
Today was no different. Today, we learned about Black Death.

That band is real, and as It's Metal points out, their name was Black Death and they hailed from Cleveland.
Shame on us for not knowing this vital information sooner.
As you probably heard, earlier this week Governor John Kasich gave what was supposed to be a very serious update on how Ohio has fared over the last year, what your front-of-the-classroom-social-studies-types might know as a State of the State speech. Pretty important, right? Time-honored? Yup. Fully-dressed in ceremony and pomp? Absolutely.
As you also probably heard, Kasich diverted from the traditional script last week when planning this year's speech. Instead of giving the address in Columbus, he shuffled off to Steubenville. Strange? Sure is, but we'll give him props for trying something new.
What you can't really forgive the top man on the state executive branch is treating the speech like it ain't no thang. Then you end up with the millions-plus daily clickers at a web site like the Huffington Post waking up to a headline like this: "John Kasich Parkinson's Imitation Marks Ad Hoc Speech That Veered Off The Rails."
Instead of writing out and practicing his remarks, Kasich shot from the hip, freestyling a 70 minute yammer that included the following:

"Before we opened the restaurant, we ran out of money to do the bathrooms," explains Deagan's owner Dan Deagan. "So we decided to close for a few days to redo them. Then we had 10 other projects that needed doing."
Deagan waited for what is typically the slowest week of the year to schedule the work. Of course, he notes, there also usually is a foot of snow on the ground.
When it reopens tomorrow, February 10, Deagan's will indeed sport all new bathrooms. But it also has a fresh coat of paint, new wainscoting to protect the walls, a newly buffed floor, and a sparkling clean kitchen.
"After awhile things get kicked around," says Deagan., who adds, "It's been a very good year and a half. We're happy."

MGK's Sunset strip show last night featured two special Clevo guests: Layzie Bone and Drew Carey. He brought them both onstage, commented on how The Price is Right host brought some really hot girls to the show, then launched into "Cleveland" while Drew Carey jumped around in the background.
We're not even sure that this is news, but it sure is fun to watch Drew Carey dance to MGK.
Who says the flats are dead? Courtesy of @ClevelandFrowns.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has decided to right some wrongs by adding a handful of backing groups to the induction ceremony that will be held in Cleveland on April 14.
The Blue Caps, the Comets, the Crickets, the Famous Flames, the Midnighters, and the Miracles will all follow their way more famous leaders (who are already inducted) into the Rock Hall.
Apparently the Rock Hall got a secret committee together to talk about why these backing bands weren't originally inducted with their frontmen years ago (think Bruce Springsteen without the E Street Band). And apparently they came up with something like, "Yeah, these guys do deserve to be in there."
“These Inductees are pioneers in the development of the music we call rock and roll,” said Joel Peresman, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. “As part of our mission to recognize the most impactful, innovative and influential artists in rock, the committee brought forth these six groups that belong in the Hall of Fame.”
Here's the breakdown of the new inductees, which should add an extra hour or two to the induction ceremony at Public Auditorium in April: The Blue Caps (Gene Vincent, class of 1998), the Comets (Bill Haley, 1987), the Crickets (Buddy Holly, 1986), Famous Flames (James Brown, 1986), the Midnighters (Hank Ballard, 1990), and the Miracles (Smokey Robinson, 1987).
The Rock Hall will probably look back every few years to fix these things. Which means a decade from now the 247 other people who played in Guns N' Roses will finally get their due. So there's still hope, Tommy Stinson. —Michael Gallucci