So I wake up the morning after I threw my big my Sound Of Soul party last week at Willis Wonderland, the physical arm of AWMoK.com, and ther...
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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1959 “Name That Tune” Game
Well, the obvious tunes I would name are “September”, “Boogie Wonderland”, “Neutron Dance”, “What ...
Allee Willis’ Soul O’ The Day – I Love You, Color Purple People… final cast photo
Last night was the closing of The First National Tour of my musical, The Color Purple. I had never written a musical before, hardly ev...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Vintage Church Fans
I’ll be waving one of these all day and night today as these are the final two performances of the First National Tour of my mus...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Cockeyed Coffee Cup
I’m still incredibly bleary-eyed from my month’s buildup to my Sound Of Soul extravaganza Monday night, the recuperation after f...
A Kitsch Sign Of The (Los Angeles) Times
There it is this morning, right there on the homepage of the LA Times – the Sound Of Soul celebration at Willis Wonderland, the ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ Soul O’ The Day – My Color Purple Sound Of Soul party!
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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ Sound O’ Soul Day – James Brown Whistle
In anticipation of the throngs about to stroll through my house tonight for my annual Sound of Soul fundraiser with Pacific Radio Archives n...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Mr. Wah Wah Gets Ready for the Sound Of Soul
Mr. Wah Wah, the prized work of Bubbles the artist, has become the symbol of the Sound Of Soul fundraiser I throw every year in conjun...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Ancient Greece Comes To North Hollywood
There’s a block of Lankershim in North Hollywood, CA that’s littered – I use that word lovingly – with square brick ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day -1961 “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” Comic Book
There’s no question that Dobie Gillis, which ran from 1959-’63, was just about my favorite TV show ever! I was coming of age, wa...
AWMOK a hit in Germany!
It can take a few seconds to load and there’s black space at the head. And if it stops playing just drag the scrollbar back a bit and ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day -Leave It To Beaver Coloring Book
When I was a kid I was SO into Leave It To Beaver, probably as much because of the glow from the Sylvania Halo Vision tv I was watching it o...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Happy President’s Day! – Obama Chia Pet
In the kountry of Kitsch, there’s no higher honor bestowed upon a President than that of being commemorated as a Chia Pet. Now Chia Ob...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Happy Valentines Day! Say It With Hamm’s, 1970’s Style
Not quite sure why no chair was provided for the female of the species as by the time this photo was taken for this vintage Hamm’s bee...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Day After… The Color Purple Opens In LA
Can’t even move I’m so stiff and a little pissed as well as me who usually travels around with four cameras, different resolutio...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1960’s Ponds Cold Cream
Seeing as the Lustrous Lipstick display was so popular yesterday I moved my vintage Ponds face cream up in KOTD status to grace the shelves ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1980’s Revlon Lustrous Lipstick Display
Lipstick names absolutely slay me. Lipstick displays with all the little color shafts lined up like cosmetic soldiers slay me even mor...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Vintage Liverwurst With Coke Sign
I can’t think of anything Coke would go better with than a nice slab of liverwurst! Not sure what inspired anyone at the company to pi...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Super Bowl Sunday 1950’s Ponytail Cheerleader Looseleaf
Ponytail was one of the first if not THE first ubiquitous teenage girl brands. In the age of Elvis Presley, when such creatures felt freedom...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop Magic Answer Cards
The only thing I really understand about this game is that Shari Lewis and Lambchop have absolutely nothing to do with it beyond appearing o...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1970’s “Disco Beat” Earring Holder
One of my favorite genres of Kitsch is when objects are produced to take advantage of a massive trend in pop culture but actually have nothi...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Pigmy Will in “Golf Cart Pie”
A plethora of pies hit the green....
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s “Fool Your Friends” Squirt Gun Pens
These cheap, flimsy plastic fake pens were all the rage as similar ‘joke’ toys made in Hong Kong like snapping packs of gum and ...