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

• "Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace 3D" Feeds the Lucas Monster

  published February 8, 2012

  Imagine how true believers would feel if Jesus finally came back after all that time — and turned out to be an asshole. That's something... More >>

• 5 Hilarious Images of Social Media From Free Jehovah's Witness Magazine

  published Feb 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 handed to him at the train station. Awake! magaz... More >>

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  Eight Taylor Swift Lyrics as Good as Any in Country Music

  published Feb 03, 2012

  Smart people I know have argued that Taylor Swift is not a country singer. That argument demonstrates little understanding of country music or of Taylor Swift. It's rooted, I suspect, in a belief co... More >>

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  Mitt Romney Will Win Republicans Over By Teaming Up With Nancy Pelosi

  published Jan 26, 2012

  Mitt Romney is all set to be the Republican nominee for president, except for one stubborn hitch: Republican primary voters -- like most people -- don't like him, perhaps because he's actually an acto... More >>

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  "Jogging With Jesus" Author Teaches Wives the "Nutcracker Technique" of Husband Improving

  published Jan 26, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Jogging With Jesus Author: C.S. Lovett Date: 197... More >>

• The Examiner's Crime Reporters Get a Mary-Kate & Ashley Makeover

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Here at SF Weekly, there's nothing we love as much as The Examiner's Law & Disorder crime-roundup page, where thugs, goons, punks, and broads batter the hell out of each other in headlines so lurid an... More >>

• Here's That Telegraph Hill Rockslide That Nailed a Car

  published Jan 23, 2012

  Update, 4:40 p.m.: The Oldsmobile potentially totaled when tons of rocks tumbled down the side of Telegraph Hill at 8:40 this morning has been pulled free -- and it's seen better days. SF Weekly syste... More >>

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  E.T. Once Sold Coors to Drunk Drivers

  published Jan 23, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. E.T. Coors Ad Discovered At: 57th Street... More >>

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  Theater Podcast: Berkeley Rep's Ghost Light Confounds Our Critics

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Some plays need to be hashed over with a friend. SF Weekly theater reviewers Lily Janiak and Benjamin Wachs recently caught Ghost Light, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's ambitious exploration of the... More >>

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  John Hodgman Explains the Beauty of the Internet

  published Jan 19, 2012

  John Hodgman knows everything but not everybody. He'll make up for that at this week's SF Sketchfest. There, Hodgman -- the celebrated author, expert, Tumblr, fabulist, pretend-judge, deranged millio... More >>

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  Salem Kirban's 1970 Photos of the Apocalypse Include a Giant Christbot

  published Jan 16, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. 666 Author: Salem Kirban Date: 1970 Publisher: ... More >>

• SF Weekly Cover Causes Fraternal Distress on Parenthood

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Like a good Boss Hogg scheme or the possibility of an attic bedroom, SF Weekly turned TV siblings against each other last night. Over on NBC's Parenthood, which is set in the East Bay and is more ab... More >>

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  Twenty Wonderfully Lurid Sleaze Paperback Covers From Kayo Books

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets.For 16 years, Maria and Ron Blum have run t... More >>

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  The 1952 Baton Twirling Magazine That Dared to Address the 'Sissy' Question

  published Jan 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. Majorettes on Parade magazine Date: April, 1952... More >>