The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

More Tempest Storm

I had already posted an autographed picture of Tempest Storm and she sent me another one with a lot of smaller pictures of her some in regu...

February 23, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell

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The Amazing Pacific Bus Museum

I’ve recently submitted some posts about the lovely town of Niles and it’s fabulous railway preservation project. If you decide ...

February 22, 2012 by windupkitty

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Dinner And Neutron Dancing With CHARO!

I’m sure any kitsch lover has a similar dream – having dinner with the kitschy-kitschy-cuchi Charo and bonding like you have been best f...

February 20, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Honoring Lily Tomlin

On Friday I had the honor of sitting on the dais and speaking at the Pacific Pioneers Broadcasters luncheon honoring my friend, mentor and s...

February 19, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Marching Band in front of Christmas Present Painted Dry Cleaners

Yes, those are pink and white diagonal stripes. Just before Christmas about 1970, the local dry cleaners in my hometown had their buil...

February 14, 2012 by Markydoodle

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My dinner with CHARO last night!

I’m sure any kitsch lover has a similar dream – having dinner with the kitschy kitschy koo Charo and bonding like you have been ...

February 11, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch ‘O The Day – Chili-ing At Chili John’s

It’s rare I have a weekday that’s not stuffed with work, a mish-mash of songwriting, blogging, curating, working on my next live...

February 7, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Out with Lily Tomlin and RuPaul!

Me and Lily are planning our trip to Detroit in April to see the first high school production of my musical, The Color Purple, at her high...

January 31, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Mini’s Rockin’ Rocket 88

. In addition to my classic cars, a 1955 Studebaker Commander… …and a ’55 DeSoto Fireflyte… I also have a more commo...

January 30, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Insane Architectural Detail!

No one loves vintage architecture more than me, especially 1930’s through 1970’s modern. But sometimes I drive through the city ...

January 25, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 157

I absolutely love this picture. This incredible picture hangs in the studio at Willis Wonderland....

January 20, 2012 by denny

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Hitsville, USA

Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy Jr. and Miss Martha Reeves… Paul McCartney visits Motown July 2011!!!! Motown World Famous Studio A!!!&...

January 17, 2012 by k2dtw

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Allee Willis’ Soul O’ The Day – “Groovin'” Away With Booker T.

No new kitsch posts today as I woke up bright and early to finesse a melody and finish a lyric before engineer Supremo, Jared Lee Gosselin, ...

January 15, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Tiny Tim played/signed uke (and snaps of a few other well-patinated offbeat idols)

Back in January of 1992, I’d just taken up playing the ukulele. One night, maybe just a few weeks after I’d bought my first of w...

January 12, 2012 by StoryTroy

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – All Aboard THE WIENERMOBILE!!! – Part 2

If you’re just jumping aboard The Wienermobile, please exit through the rear and check out Part 1 of my adventure with Susan Olsen,a....

January 9, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Ringing in the NEW YEAR! Happy New Year my fellow akitschionados!

Ringing in the new year. With Niki. With Josh and his wife Julie. I think my ears were still ringing. The man responsible for my atomic ...

January 5, 2012 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch ‘O The Day – How One Year Ended and the Next Began

The entertainment portion of the holidays started out on Christmas Eve day at Michael McDonald‘s and me using my iphone for photos. Th...

January 4, 2012 by Allee Willis

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Happy New Years, 1977 style!

Happy New Years, Allee and my fellow akitschionados! Here’s a clip is from a Carpenters holiday special from 1977 and features not ...

January 2, 2012 by Douglas Wood

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1970’s family picture of myself and my cousins sitting on Santa’s lap!

Left to right: Cousin John in the yellow shirt, cousin Mark (a clothing designer in the UK) would be mortified that he is wearing horizontal...

December 25, 2011 by denny

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Happy Hanukkah-ish!

So, this past month the magnificent Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation has been hosting a truly remarkable event in San Francisco: Ti...

December 22, 2011 by windupkitty

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The Award-Winning Fluffernutter Fudge Tree

For the fabulous 2011 Mid-Century Holiday Potluck party of aKitschionado SparkleNeely, we made a Fluffernutter Fudge Tree. That is homemade ...

December 21, 2011 by Rusty

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – All Aboard THE WIENERMOBILE!!! – Part 1

I’ve only waited a lifetime for a ride in the famed Oscar Mayer Wienermobile and last Wednesday, December 14, my dream came true!! Su...

December 20, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis Kitsch O’ The Day – Christmas shopping at The Madonna Inn

Oops, I know I promised my Wienermobile blog today but there’s been too much activity to write up the over-three-hour trek through the...

December 19, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 120

Left to Right: Denny McLain, Susan Olsen, Allee Willis & Steve Wishnoff. Allee and I wanted to support Susan and her crew from Preciou...

December 7, 2011 by denny

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We rode in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile!

Last week I saw RELSHME, one of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles, and this weekend I got to take a ride in it with the kids and aKitschionado K...

by Rusty

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