Email Author Alan Scherstuhl

Awards

• 2009 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published April 3, 2008

  "The Best Story of the Year"

• 2009 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published April 24, 2008

  "Desert Storm"

• 2009 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published September 11, 2008

  "Water Logged"

• 2009 - Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards, published November 13, 2008

  "What's At Stake"

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2012 Stories by Alan Scherstuhl

• How Much of The Hobbit Can You Read During the Running Time of The Hobbitr

  published Dec 07, 2012

  With the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Peter Jackson has given the world 162 minutes of imaginative visions never before realized on a movie screen, save for those in Jackson's previous... More >>

• You Love These 80's Canadian Animal Sweaters So Much You Want to Kiss Them

  published Aug 23, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Patrons on Safari sweater pattern magazine Date: 1988 Publishe... More >>

• The 50 Best Rolling Stone Special Issues Ever

  published Jul 13, 2012

  A magazine that you sometimes see in the waiting rooms of tire stores, Rolling Stone remains tirelessly dedicated to reporting on its own place in the history of the teensy sliver of music that its pu... More >>

• Here's Recipes Rush Limbaugh Donated to a K.C. Royals Cookbook in 1980

  published Jul 09, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Kansas City Royals' Recipes World Series-Style Author: Lou Ann... More >>

• 1976's Bicentennial Needlepoint Invites You to Craft a Dot-Matrix America

  published Jul 05, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Full-Color Bicentennial Needlepoint Designs Au... More >>

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  The Spider-Man Films Rated by Whininess

  published Jul 03, 2012

  According to Spider-Man movies, the greatest triumph that Spider-Man ever achieves is finding it within himself to arachnid up every day. Has any other hero ever moped so much about being gifted wit... More >>

• Meet Anna Roth, S.F. Weekly's New Lead Food Critic

  published Jun 22, 2012

  Here's some good news from the food desk: Starting July 16, author/editor/good person Anna Roth will take over the role of S.F. Weekly's lead food writer, restaurant critic, and SFoodie blog wran... More >>

• Hot Dating Advice From 1939: Visit a Factory to Keep "Adolescent Love-Making to a Minimum"

  published Jun 21, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. What to Do on a Date Author: Daniel A. Lord, S.J. Date: 1939 ... More >>

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  Fox Nation: Your Site for Boobs, Outrage, and Racist Remarks About Alicia Keys' Hips

  published Jun 06, 2012

  Fox Nation is a website where angry American men yell about liberals, stare at tiny photos of famous women's "bikini bods," and type terrible things about black people. It's like Huffington ... More >>

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  "My Favorite Douching Positions" and Other Highlights From 1941's Woman's Personal Hygiene

  published Jun 06, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Woman's Personal Hygiene Author: Leona W. Chalm... More >>

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  18 More Ridiculous Cakes From the 1970s, Including Hand-in-Pants Ernie

  published May 24, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Mail Box News Date:1975 Publisher: Maid of Scan... More >>

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  McDonald's (Purportedly) Healthy, Sustainable Berkeley Location: Yes, We Went to It

  published May 23, 2012

  First off, I apologize in advance for the following comparison to anyone struggling with serious addiction. But my two visits to ... More >>

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  Michael Jackson and Field of Dreams Will Send You to Hell, According to This Dumb 90s Book

  published May 18, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. How to Be a Successful Teenager Author:Rick Jone... More >>

• Shit George R. R. Martin Says: A Script We're Too Lazy to Film

  published May 09, 2012

  George R. R. Martin sits in a filthy living room, surrounded by soda cans, hamburger wrappers, and crumpled pieces of paper. It's like he's inside a goat, pretty much. Straddling a bucket of chicken, ... More >>

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  "We Have Become a Race of Sex Cripples," Claims 1968's Sexercises [Photos]

  published May 01, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Sexercises Author: Edward O'Reilly, M.A., M.S.... More >>

• Live Review, 4/27/12: Miranda Lambert Is a No-B.S. American Great

  published Apr 30, 2012

  Miranda LambertChris YoungJerrod NiemanFriday, April 27, 2012Shoreline AmpitheatreBetter than: Every other currently touring Nashville hitmaker, for reasons gone into below. The short version: Blake ... More >>

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  "Difference Between a Cool Girl and a Loser," From a 1966 Seventeen Magazine

  published Apr 25, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Seventeen, America's Teen-age Magazine Date: Jan... More >>

• Man Who Lost Leg in Muni Accident Dies

  published Apr 23, 2012

  UPDATE 2 p.m.: Paul Rose, spokesman with Muni, confirmed that the wheelchair-using victim of today's Muni accident has died. The medical examiner has not yet identified the man. UPDATE: 12:20 p.m.: Mu... More >>

• Live Review, 4/21/2012: Bill Frisell and the Enduring American Spirit

  published Apr 23, 2012

  Bill Frisell & Bill Morrison's The Great Flood Saturday, April 21 Herbst Theatre One of the most gratifying developments in all American music has been innovative jazz guitarist Bill Frisell's explo... More >>

• SF Weekly Food Critic Jonathan Kauffman Is Moving On

  published Apr 19, 2012

  Here's some bittersweet news for anyone who has vicariously savored the San Francisco meals Jonathan Kauffman captures in the exacting, inventive prose of his weekly review column. After two years of ... More >>

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  Live Review, 4/17/12: Pulp Makes the Class War Sexy at the Warfield

  published Apr 18, 2012

  Pulp Tuesday, April 17, 2012 The Warfield, San Francisco So, last night, on the 29th anniversary of the release of their first record, svelte glammy/chatty Britpop heroes Pulp stormed the Warfield, w... More >>

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  Terrible Highlights from Old United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazines

  published Apr 12, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. A small stack of United Daughters of the Confedera... More >>

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  Harry Knowles' New Web Series Is the Worst Thing Since Harry Knowles' Web-Site

  published Apr 06, 2012

  Studio-flattering man-child and Ain't It Cool News founder Harry Knowles' wretched new web series went online yesterday morning, but we're only getting around to writing about it now because it has ta... More >>

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  Thrift-Store Copy of Paris Hilton's "Your Heiress Diary" Is History's Second Saddest Journal

  published Apr 05, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Your Heiress Diary Author: Paris Hilton, purport... More >>

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  Amazing '50s Evangelical Tract Calls Most Women Whores

  published Mar 30, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Adultery and Its Problems! Author: Mrs. M. A. Da... More >>