PUNCHING KITTY: 2009 - 2013

Punching Kitty was a writing project for the city of St. Louis to have a little fun and try to get everyone to stop taking themselves so seriously…and hopefully highlight some critical issues along the way. Not everyone liked it (it turns out people don’t love being made fun of) but we converted a lot of people and I take pride that the site was truly well read. From the local media, to area police departments, Punching Kitty truly became a source for news and entertainment for St. Louis.

We had a lot of fun, but all good things need an ending and ours was on March 13th, 2013. When we closed up shop the news made local radio, TV, and even the front page of STLToday (The St. Louis Post Dispatch’s website) where we were the top story over a new pope being named. Wild stuff.

While we will no longer actively write, the site will stay up as an archive for St. Louis.

- The Editor

Mark Edwards, Long-Time y98 Boss Fired

 Posted on October 1, 2010  |  The Editor

After six and a half years at the helm of St. Louis radio station y98, Mark Edwards has been fired. We were tipped this yesterday afternoon and confirmed it later last night via Edwards’ own Twitter feed: …and then later he stumped for work via a mass email sent out to contacts and later posted to his blog: Bottom line is I’m not a big fan of sitting around and I’m ready to climb on a new horse. [Read More]
cbs  kmox  mark edwards  radio  y98 

Taste of St. Louis Looking To Entice Local Fatties

 Posted on September 30, 2010  |  theviking

[Editor’s Note: Readers that pay careful attention to the metadata above the title will find that I didn’t write this post. Scandalous! Yes, this is written by a someone that might just be popping up more and more on the site if our fine readers find him worthy. He will go by “The Viking__” and if that sounds familiar it should as he has been a commenter on this very site for some time now. [Read More]
food  taste of st louis 

Get All the Hipster You Can Stand at the MetroLink Prom

 Posted on September 30, 2010  |  The Editor

[Update: Jesus. Maybe you don’t consider them “Hipsters” but who gives a crap? Feel free to replace the word hipster with nerd, dork, wannbe-hipster, giraffe, whatever. For the record: “Hipster is a slang term that first appeared in the 1940s, and was revived in the 1990s and 2000s often to describe types of young, recently-settled urban middle class adults and older teenagers with interests in non-mainstream fashion and culture, particularly alternative music, indie rock”. [Read More]
hipster  metrolink  prom  weird 

Joseph Emil Klug Has a Horrible Name and Lots of Kiddie Porn

 Posted on September 30, 2010  |  The Editor

Joseph Emil Klug has two things that will follow him to the grave: Joseph Emil Klug has to be one of the worst names of all time. Can you imagine having that societal lead weight at the top of every grade school test and the bottom of every check you sign? “Beverly, I love you. Will you be Mrs. Joey Emil Klug?” “Eww. Pass.” It’s hard to mess up a solid, no nonsense name like Joseph, but they freaking did it. [Read More]
e-machine  granite city  pedophile 

Oh THAT Woman Wearing a Turban. Yeah, I Know Her.

 Posted on September 30, 2010  |  The Editor

The perpetrator of last week’s armed robbery of a “cash store” (translation: ghetto bank) is still on the loose. In an effort to bring the criminal to justice, the Highland Police have released surveillance photos of her getaway car and a sketch of the subject. This is where we would be like “Bam!” and show it to you, but we freaking know you peeked! You already know the sketch is horrible. [Read More]
highland  robbery  sketch artist 

St. Charles County Bike Ban Dies

 Posted on September 29, 2010  |  The Editor

The infamous and much discussed bike ban on the docket in St. Charles County that would ban bikes from thin rural roads fell last night 6 – 0. Zero?! Yup, even the guy that sponsored the measure, Joe Brazil, who sounds like a bouncer in a strip club or the owner of a skeezy bar on Washington Ave, voted against it. Why would you vote against your own measure? Brazil said he and most residents of his district in the scenic hilly southwest part of the county still believe in the need for a ban, which was attacked by bicyclists and bicycle groups as an infringement on their rights. [Read More]
ban  bicycle  biking  charles  st 

I-70 Accident Triggers Twitter’s Shark Jumping Event

 Posted on September 29, 2010  |  The Editor

Yesterday at the downtown lanes of I-70 a tractor-trailer, a flat bed truck carrying concrete sewer linings and three other cars came together is in the eastbound lanes. The cause was later found to be a driver that stopped in the road to pick up road dibris, causing a slowdown and then the pileup which left the highway closed until about 2pm. Because of its downtown location, the accident could be seen from many office buildings including that of Jason Wagner, Twitter user @threefourteen. [Read More]
accident  social media  twitter  weird 

Cardinals 2010: It Was Over, but Now It’s Really Over

 Posted on September 29, 2010  |  The Editor

That’s it folks. The Reds have won the Central Division and the Cardinals are going home to go hunt or fish or make their jeans in to jorts…whatever all those hoosier Cardinals do. Right fielder Jay Bruce hit a walk-off home run against the Houston Astros to win the game and snatch the Central Division crown off the Cardinals crestfallen head. Bruce homered on the first pitch from Tim Byrdak leading off the ninth inning Tuesday for a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros that secured the NL Central title and touched off the long-awaited party in a city where champagne sprays were commonplace in the ’70s and ’90s. [Read More]
baseball  cardinals  mlb  playoffs  reds 

You Think It’s Tough Being a St. Louis Fan?

 Posted on September 28, 2010  |  The Editor

It’s been a rough few weeks for St. Louis players, but namely there have been two injuries that we’ve wanted to bring up, but without video, what the point?

We have video now: Danny Ammendola getting body slammed and Blake Hawksworth taking a ball to the face.

Video courtsey of NFL and MLB

Music by REM

blake hawksworth  cardinals  danny ammendola  rams 

Hammer Time at Buckingham Place With Patrick Sweeney

 Posted on September 28, 2010  |  The Editor

We like to take digs at St. Charles county on here from time to time but one thing we have really grown to love about St. Chuck are the street names out there. Every name is so wistful with a hint of lame. Looking at a map is like flipping through a paint color sample booklet: Willow Road, Morningside Drive, Lindy’s Landing, Motherhead Road…there are so many new roads popping up out there it’s clear people stopped giving a shit about how dumb the name is a long time ago, if anyone can think of anything not taken in a 15 mile radius they print up a street sign. [Read More]
assault  family  hammer  st charles