Who needs fancy-shmancy? The Shalom Retirement Hotel once stood at 330 N Hayworth Ave, in Los Angeles, one block away from Fairfax. With gia...
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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Happy 5th Day of Hanukah Vintage Shalom Ashtray
All pretty self-explanatory here – Shalom, hope you’re enjoying this stretch of Hanukah, sit back and have a nice smoke with you...
The Click Kids “Jesus Is A Soul Man” – inspirational LP
I think that is Jesus playing the drums. What I love about this lp cover more than the band is the incredible moving van they painted to adv...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Happy Hanukah Menorah Hat
I used to hate these theme hats as they always look so dorky. But now that I have a blog and a museum that spotlight kitsch this sort of hab...
Our Daily Bread Promise Box
“Satisfy your hungry heart with the bread of life. This traditional favorite will fit on your kitchen table and holds 120 cards with 2...
Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 65- August 2010)
I’m always up for discovering new things. I was prompted to gather some jewish themed kitsch here from “Willis Wonderland”...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Mahalia Jackson Cooks Soul Cookbook
As Thanksgiving week is upon us I will never forget the trauma of being invited to Luther Vandross’s Thanksgiving Day dinner and havin...
The Gospel 4 “I Won’t Walk Without Jesus” – brilliant lp!!!
I don’t even know where to start with this one. The leisure suits are killing me with the white piping and glorious orange ties. It...
My neighbour’s front of house
Madonnas in tiles all over the place in my hometown, Jerez, Spain...
Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 25 – August 2010)
I want to know what this sounds like? Where is Harold now? Where did you get this Allee!!?? Okay, this kills me but what is really killing m...
The Smylie Family – an inspirational LP
I’m afraid of this one. I want to know if Junior still has this incredible hair-do? I’d also love to know if Mom made all the ou...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ the Day – “Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites” LP and Rosh Hashanah Dinner at Street
. When I was young, “Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites” spun on the hi-fi every Jewish holiday. I loved Connie F., especiall...
Kitchen Madonna
I bought this on my first trip to The Brimfield Flea Market....
Can’t help but get an SNL vibe with this one…
I adore this cover. The fact that it’s hand drawn and lettered just shows me how much care and attention went into its creation. Can...
Dick Pillar and his Polka Mass Inspirational Orchestra
If you’re really in to Polka, you probably know this group. If Jesus played the accordian, I’m thinking he’d really be in ...
The White Family, “The End Of Time Is Near” – An inspirational LP
I had no idea the end of time is near so I better run out and hunt down this album and hope that the White Family has some good advice....
Keeping the hair spray industry in business, one bouffant at a time-
Another fabulous find at an Atlanta Thrift store....
Advertising in a Yamaka 1971
This has taken advertising to a whole new level. Promoting an auto dealer inside a yamaka. A green satin yamaka may be a statement in 2010, ...
Jim and Tammy and Their Friends
It’s Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and their fluffy puppet friends, singing songs and telling stories years before the tawdry scandals and...
Be careful, those lapels could blind someone…
Love the smiles, matching outfits and expecially the wide ties. Found in an Atlanta Thrift store....