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

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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Photos: Lady Gaga Hits St. Louis

Did you hear that Lady Gaga came to St. Louis recently and brought one of our personal favorite bands Semi Precious Weapons? Well it happened! Do you know what went on there that night? If you guessed zany costumes and smoke machines, you are 100% right! Here are some photos from the show thanks to a nice concert goer that allowed us to post them: <p> We have a theory about Lady Gaga: With all those crazy costumes, wigs and masks we really have no idea what she looks like do we? [Read More]

Chess and Poop: St. Louis in Photos

Today while picking up some dinner we caught a group of gentlemen gathered around a couple of chess boards battling with each other’s wit as opposed to the chill outside. This is St. Louis. A warm place where friends get together via intelligent activities. Here’s a different photo from one of our readers that on his morning dog constitutional. It is a pile of homeless person poop neatly coiled in front of an Organic food store downtown. [Read More]
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Thanksgiving at City Diner

We didn’t realize that City Diner, one of our favorite local eateries, was not only open for Thanksgiving, but had a special menu, but one of our readers did! …and they sent us photos! <p> The deal was $15.95 for all-you-can eat which included all of your standard turkey-day faire. </p> <p> The final verdict? &#8220;It was very good!&#8221; said our tipster while no doubt sitting on the couch with their jeans unzipped. [Read More]

Stock Photos of White Old People Are Racist Thinks Moron

I’m not here to be that guy that tells everyone that racism doesn’t exist any more. It totally does and seen plenty of it with my own eyes. This however, isn’t it: When Sonja McClendon searched for senior housing for her 87-year-old black father in St. Louis County, she spotted advertisements for housing centers that didn’t feature any black people. “That’s offensive,” she said. “It says that’s who lives here and maybe that’s the way we want to keep it. [Read More]

When the Fur Flies in St. Louis, Gabe Hartwig Takes a Photo

Yes, we are a perfectly awesome blog that leaves clumps of blogging gold in the cat box on a daily basis, but let it not be said we are conceited! There are other blogs in St. Louis that we love, and “Girl, You Lost Your Weave” is one of them. The idea here is brilliant. If you’ve lived or visited St. Louis, I know you’ve seen some spare hair lying on the ground and if you didn’t, look closer. [Read More]

People Don’t Think St. Louis is Sexy? TotallyNotVanilla.com Isn’t Helping

Hey ladies of St. Louis! Do you ever feel like you need to dress up in weird outfits or nothing at all and go to a strange-looking man’s office so he can take pictures of you for free as long as he can keep some himself and maybe post them on his website? Well have I got the guy for you! …also, I’m very sorry your daddy didn’t love you. [Read More]

More Ways For You To Add Awesomeness to PunchingKitty.com!

More Ways For You To Add Awesomeness to PunchingKitty.com!
PunchingKitty.com was just launched on the 19th, but I’ve been working at night to get some cool stuff out so that you can help add awesome stuff you find around the city and add it up here really easily and almost instantaneously. Here’s what I got: 1. PunchingKitty “tips”: We already have the email of tips[at]punchingkitty[dot]com set up and if you want to do more, you can sign up for an account and submit a full fledged story, but I felt like something you can do anywhere would be a great addition, so starting last night, you can now Twitter a tip to us by simply including #pktip in the body of your tweet. [Read More]