Pearl Jam Knows How to Work a St. Louis Audience

 Posted on May 6, 2010  |  The Editor

Pearl Jam doesn’t have any dummies working in the marketing department. They worked the St. Louis angle to a tee. The only thing else they could have done was put some thin crust pizza on there and make the Cardinal whine about the glory days of being in a all-dude high school. From The Ticket Guys’ who snapped a picture of a Pearl Jam concert poster and sent it out on their Twitter account. [Read More]
cardinals  concert  marketing  pearl jam 

Look Out Behind You! We Have Con-tamination 2010 Photos

 Posted on May 3, 2010  |  The Editor

As promised, we stopped by the Con-tamination Horror Movie, Sci-Fi, Pop Culture convention this weekend to see the happenings of St. Louis’ horror-loving scene.

In summary, the coolest thing was easily the Night of the Living Dead puppet show put on by Angry Young Men, Ltd

The scariest thing we saw? This autographed photo of David Caruso. Why would someone want that?! Creepy to think about.

After the jump, we have the  best 100-ish photos from the events, but for those that care a little less and want the overview, the photo montage video directly below is the way to go.

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con-tamination  convention  horror  photos  sci-fi  weird 

St. Louis Horror/Sci-Fi/Pop Culture Convention, Con-Tamination, is This Weekend

 Posted on April 30, 2010  |  The Editor

How’s this sound?: Horror movie screenings, costume contests, sci-fi references, comic books and appearances from the two guys in this photo. If that sounds like a pop culture-gasm then dude (yeah, I’m assuming you’re a dude) you should get your ass to Con-tamination this weekend. St. Louis’ first Horror, Sci-Fi & Pop Culture convention all under one roof! A weekend packed with toxic celebrities, contagious dealers, viral gamers, brain hemorrhaging music and other coma inducing activities. [Read More]
con-tamination  convention  geek  horror movies  sci-fi 

The Mayor Hates the Strippermobile

 Posted on April 23, 2010  |  The Editor

This is the first we are hearing of St. Louis’ own “Strippermobile” but this has to be the greatest thing we have ever heard of…ever…all time…and we’ve heard of lots of cool stuff before like that thing your mom does with her tongue and a carrot, so we know when something is top of the list cool. The Strippermobile is it. As Mayor Slay describes it: You have probably seen it before: truck, plexiglass walls, garish paint job, pole, women in scanty clothing. [Read More]
christians  complaints  mayor slay  strippermobile 

Even Sitting in a Dumpster, Beer is Beer

 Posted on April 16, 2010  |  The Editor

Two Columbia, MO garbage men decided throwing away one shipment of expired beer was hard enough, and they just couldn’t bring themselves to do it again. A Columbia distributor, Scheppers Distributing Co., sent 1,500 cases of expired beer to the landfill on April 1 in two shipments. The first shipment was destroyed immediately, but the second, containing about 700 cases of Budweiser and Michelob Ultra, was not. Margrace Buckler, the city’s human resource director, said two Solid Waste Division workers, who haven’t been identified, brought a city pickup truck to the landfill and hauled off about 50 cases of the beer. [Read More]
beer  columbia  expired  food  garbage 

The Shocker on Jefferson

 Posted on April 5, 2010  |  The Editor

Coming home from the iPad madness from earlier in the day, we noticed something “shocking” coming down Jefferson just north of 44.

Is this the only crosswalk shocker in town? Have you seen any others?

[Editor’s Note: God we love that there’s a Wikipedia page devoted to the shocker.]

light  photo  shocker  traffic 

Those Flyer People in the Loop Can Go Straight to Hell

 Posted on March 22, 2010  |  The Editor

“Crap. They’re back.” “Who?” “Come see.” The two of them stand up and look in to the window facing the parking lot, each of them looking through their reflections, focusing on their respective cars. “They didn’t get mine yet.” “Well the bastards got mine double and their heading your direction.” “Maybe they’ll miss it.” The crowd at the window has now grown to 6. “Can someone set off their alarm? That would freak them out. [Read More]
flyer  litter  loop  morons 

The Odd Seafood Art of the Schnucks on Arsenal

 Posted on March 8, 2010  |  The Editor

You are walking around the Schnucks, you know the one…its not like super nice, but its not too ghetto. There are lots of nicer ones, but this one is the closest non-ghetto one so you go there, but if you really want good quality food, or you need someone to take your order at the lunch meat counter without wasting 20 minutes of your time talking to her friend at the seafood counter then you go to a nicer one, but for milk and bread this one works. [Read More]
achnucks  art  drawing  fish  seafood 

New Casino Opens to Allow Old People Slowly Die While Giving Their Money Away

 Posted on March 5, 2010  |  The Editor

St. Louis has another casino. Let me guess, its name has “arch”, “gateway” or “river” in it. The [River City] casino opened after a parade and ceremonies where St. Louis Cardinals’ baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith pulled a lever on an oversized slot machine to officially open the doors. The 90,000 square foot casino game floor features more than 2,000 slot machines and 55 table games. The odd thing with non-Las Vegas casinos is that they are pretty much old folks home that serve drinks to young people at night. [Read More]
casino  death  Health  money  old people  river city casino