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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2011 Stories by Alan Scherstuhl

• The Road to Freedom: Well-meaning Indie Flick Re-creates the Last Days of Errol Flynn's Son

  published Oct 03, 2011

  Oddly, for a movie whose greatest achievement is its artfully composed establishing shots, The Road to Freedom seems to have been created by people with no understanding of photography. (The Road ... More >>

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  12 Filthy/Stupid British Postcards That Might Put You Off Sausage for Life

  published Oct 03, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Twelve Filthy/Stupid British Postcards ... More >>

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  The Golden Gate Meat Company's Breakfast Sandwich Can Get You Through a Morning

  published Sep 30, 2011

  I understand that the very existence of breakfast sandwiches is evidence that something is deeply wrong with our society: They're scarfables not meant to be tasted, cheesebombs we gulp down as we das... More >>

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  Ridiculous "How to Succeed With Women" Book Tells Guys to Wash Their Underpants & Quit Talking About Porn

  published Sep 30, 2011

  Each Friday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. How to Succeed With Women ... More >>

• Knowledge Is Powerfully Funny

  published September 21, 2011

  “Modern living creates sexual cripples,” Edward O’Reilly writes in Sexercises, an honest-to-God 1968 paperback we scored at... More >>

• The Flatlanders: A Beginner's Guide to Joe Ely

  published Sep 29, 2011

  This is the first of a two-part series of explorations of the long, bewildering discographies of Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock, who will be preforming together as The Flatlanders thi... More >>

• Robyn Hitchcock Looks Back on Looking Back on San Francisco

  published Sep 28, 2011

  This Saturday, Robyn Hitchcock plays a solo acoustic set at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. (Look for him at 12:25 p.m. on the Rooster Stage.) Since 1976, Hitchcock has been writing and performing top-f... More >>

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  The One Book No Human Would Ever Buy, Plus 11 Other Ridiculous Finds From The S.F. Library Book Sale

  published Sep 27, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Like the cut-open corpses in the old Ali... More >>

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  Your Marriage and the Internet, the Book That Says Your Spouse Is Less Thrilling Than a Tractor Pull

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Your Marriage and the Internet Authors: Thomas W... More >>

• And a Tube Shall Lead Them

  published September 14, 2011

  And a Tube Shall Lead Them And lo there comes a day in each childhood when a weapon shall reveal itself, and a child shall seize that weapon, and... More >>

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  "Your Affectionate Pussy": Hilarious and Charming 19th Century Animal Books

  published Sep 21, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and, in this case, online archives. 19th Century Animal-Related Kids'... More >>

• Truth 1, Evil Empire 0

  published September 7, 2011

  As far as great and powerful wizards go, L. Ron Hubbard, David Miscavige, and other high-level thetan-counters at the Church of Scientology have... More >>

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  Rascal Flatts Is the Worst Hugely Popular Music Act in America

  published Sep 16, 2011

  Rascal Flatts will be performing tonight at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in San Jose. We won't be there. Rascal Flatts is produced by the guy who played guitar on "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul. That's ... More >>

• Four Terrible Old Books About Homosexuality, Including 1962's Faggots to Burn

  published Sep 16, 2011

  Each Friday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Gayness remains a thing tha... More >>

• Act Like a Big Kid on Saturday -- Whack Someone with a Cardboard Tube

  published Sep 15, 2011

  And lo there comes a day in each childhood when a weapon shall reveal itself, and a child shall seize that weapon, and that child shall proceed to thwack the living shit out of all others, until such ... More >>

• Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney: Bullshit & Transcendence in This Week's Top Country Singles

  published Sep 14, 2011

  On occasion, All Shook Down gives a listen to the music that is to real America what brine is to a cucumber. This is one of those occasions. Toby Keith, "Made in America" Chart Position: No. 5 Verdi... More >>

• Janet Reitman Goes Where No One Else Wants To: Inside Scientology

  published Sep 12, 2011

  As far as great and powerful wizards go, L. Ron Hubbard, David Miscavige, and other high-level thetan-counters at the Church of Scientology have at last reached the "pay no attention to the man behind... More >>

• Women Need a "Clout on the Kisser" and a "Tumble in the Hay": In 1960, Sexism Became Schtick

  published Sep 12, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Women Confidential Author: Lee Mortimer Date: 1... More >>

• Record Thy Neighbor

  published August 24, 2011

  On the tapes that made them unwitting (and unknowing) celebrities, the “Cocksucker!” and “Shut up, little man!” spat by... More >>

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  Billy Ray Cyrus' 9/11 Album: The Tragedy America Forgot

  published Sep 09, 2011

  Unlike his rash colleagues Alan Jackson and Toby Keith, Billy Ray Cyrus passed a full decade in contemplation before sharing with the world art wrung from his feelings about life in the aftermath of t... More >>

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  Problems During Pubertyr This 1936 Sex Guide Says It's Probably Just Worms

  published Sep 07, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. The Bouquet of Life: For Adults Only ... More >>

• Shark Fin Ban Passed in California State Senate

  published Sep 06, 2011

  Breaking news from Jonathan Kauffman on our sister blog SFoodie: According to staffers in the office of Assemblymember Paul Fong, the California Senate just passed AB 376, the statewide ban on selling... More >>

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  Ten Goofy and Disastrous 1970s Knitting Projects

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. A Stack of Old Knitting and Crocheting Books Dis... More >>

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  15 Things You Should Know About Last Night's Taylor Swift Concert

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Taylor SwiftSeptember 1, 2011@ HP Pavilion, San JoseBetter Than: Anything that Jonas Brother ever deserved a crack at. Click here for a full slideshow of pictures of Taylor Swift and her fan... More >>

• Voice of Tomorrow

  published August 24, 2011

  Next time someone makes the rusty old complaint that the future was supposed to have jetpacks, hit them with this. Silvery-voiced, anime-inspired,... More >>