You know from the front it’s got to be something. The little 1930’s castle with the 1950’s aluminum awning where you know ...
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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 3, The House
I know… I promised that Part 3 was going to be about finally getting into the house I grew up in on Sorrento Ave. in Detroit after try...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 2
So Monday, April 4, in Detroit starts off with meeting historic architecture preservationist Rebecca Binno Savage downtown in front of the ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 1
We – Mark Blackwell, my ready steady videographer and “Allee Marches On Detroit!” planning partner – landed back in ...
Oops, I thought I’d be back in action….
My intentions were good. I was gonna wake up and spring back into action as I haven’t blogged regularly in over a week but my body sti...
Back in action tomorrow!
Had THE MOST unbelievable week in Detroit!! Will be babbling about it for the next few weeks ad nauseum but am racing to pack my 5 suitcas...
I’m off to Detroit today!
Here’s where I’ll be this coming weekend conducting the bows music to my musical, The Color Purple, and then on Saturday morning...
Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! – A Benefit for Mumford High School
Next week I’m going back to my home town, Detroit, to conduct my high school marching band playing a medley of my greatest hits in t...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 007 Rubber Bands
No mention of James Bond, no mention of Sean Connery, no mention of anything other than the fact that these are 007 Superior Quality Rubber ...
Some info re the conference I’m speaking at in Detroit on April 7th
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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1960’s Pretty Girl Gravel Art
Nothing makes a face look more beautiful than when it’s portrayed in gravel. Gravel art, or more professionally known as Crushed Marbl...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Watch my new song: “Scared About Life Without Oprah”
My friend and hysterical TV comedy writer, Maxine Lapiduss, has done a brill job on the just-released-and-going-exceptionally-strong video...
From Allee on the road…
As much as I look forward to rolling out of bed every morning and choosing wonderful gems of kitsch you all bestow upon me and AWMOK, today ...
Racing around Austin. Will post new kitsch later……
Racing around like a lunatic my last few hours in Austin. On my way for BBQ and vintage stores, hopefully a thrift or 2. Will post new k...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Why Yes Fly Me”… On My Way To SXSW!
This 18 inch tall plaster stewardess is a stone cold vestige of the late 1960’s spirit of flying, when both planes and the people that...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – If You’re Heading To SXSW….
…come see me and my latest piece of technology, this 1960’s wrist transisitor radio, on the “Indie Success: Caching in on Col...
Allee speaking at SXSW!
For anyone going to SXSW this coming week in Austin, Texas, here’s where I’ll be: “Indie Success: Caching in on Collaborat...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Japanese Apple Comb
In terms of junking up ordinary items in extraordinary ways I can usually depend on products that come in packaging with horrendously poor t...
For Spotnik – Allee and Kitty Carlisle
Hangin’ with Kitty at the New Dramatists Luncheon in NYC when I was up for a Tony for The Color Purple, 5/18/06. And look who was ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Huge Vintage Mosaic Poodle
I have quite a collection of large framed vintage mosaic pieces and this massive 19″ x 33″ poodle is unquestionably one of the b...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Avon Miss Lollypop Cologne Mist
Though she’s a little smudged, this early 70’s bottle of Avon Miss Lollypop Cologne Mist still smells as good as she did back in...
Racing, racing, racing….. More massively wonderful stuff tomorrow
No new kitsch treasures posted today as I’ve been at meetings since 7 am. to plan my trip back to Detroit to conduct my high school ma...
For Douglas Wood- Allee and Pee Wee
In response to Douglas’ comment on Denny’s Adventures In Willis Wonderland – Part 108. These were taken over here for Li...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – MACHO Sport Scent
This is the kind of product I love finding in dollar stores. So generically named it’s pathetic, a label that’s crooked and not ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Styled In Hollywood” Tootsie Palette
This Tootsie Palette is one of the first things I found in a thrift shop after moving to Hollywood in 1976. I was so excited I could finally...