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December 9, 2011 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – A GLEEful Pre-Christmas Saturday Night

Anyone who knows me knows that despite writing songs that have sold over 50 million copies and being obsessed with music since I can remembe...

December 6, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Insane Pencil Cases

If I thought Indonesia could slam it out of the park as far as they shot this kitsch-krested pencil case every time they turned out another ...

December 5, 2011 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Birthdaying at the Madonna Inn – Part 2 – The Madonna Suite

As many times as I’ve stopped at The Madonna Inn, I’ve never stayed overnight until a trip to celebrate my birthday a couple of...

November 30, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Birthdaying at the Madonna Inn – Part 1

Bright and early the weekend before Thanksgiving Prudence Fenton and I hopped in the mustache van and drove up the coast to San Luis Obispo....

November 29, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 91 On An Oxygen Tank and Racing Past 1,000,000!

. “Hey Jerrie”, the video I made with 91 year old female drummer on an oxygen tank, Jerrie Thill, is the little engine that coul...

November 28, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Turkey Topper

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! May you have much turkey, tofurkey or whatever else you choose to stuff yourself with today!...

November 24, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – A Quick Minute In Palm Springs and Two Bunch Palms

A few Sundays ago, me and the lovely Snappy P, a.k.a. Prudence Fenton, headed down to Two Bunch Palms in Desert Hot Springs, just outside of...

November 22, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Bubblegum Allee in San Luis Obispo

As soon as I read about this alley in downtown San Luis Obispo I knew I had to hit it. Even with the possibility of it being underwhelming...

November 21, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Signs of an Excellent Birthday In East LA and Beyond

I’m pretty religious about celebrating one’s birthday all day from the strike of midnight through the next 24. Years that I have...

November 17, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Disco Dancer

Just about as cheesy as you can get, Disco Dancer is a symphony of tragic mistakes. From his hairdo… …to his little Disco outfi...

November 15, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – My Sunday Drive With Charles Phoenix – In and Around Inglewood, CA.

If you’ve got the good taste to be a regular reader of my blog, you know how much I enjoy my Sunday drives with Charles Phoenix. As ...

November 14, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Riverside Redeux

I’ve blogged about Riverside, CA before. I hit it at least once a year because my favorite soul food restaurant in the state is there...

November 13, 2011 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Riding The Red Vine Express

My friend, Jason Mecier, brilliant junque drawer portrait artist and whose edible art we stand in front of in the tableau above, did this p...

November 7, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Music Saves My Soul Tote, Food and Concert

To a purveyor of kitsch such as myself, spotting a 99¢ or dollar store, Dollar Tree or whatever other buck or below establishment that base...

November 2, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – FINALLY! Soup To Nuts live show PHOTOS!

To say that my first performance in 37 years since jumping off the stage in the middle of my own show in 1974, Allee Willis’ Soup To ...

October 31, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – FINALLY: Soup To Nutty!

I meant to start posting my thoughts about my Soup To Nuts Party Mix show, my first live performance in 37 years at the El Portal Theater la...

October 25, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Down On My Knees Before Soup To Nuts

Well, it’s the last place I ever expected to be the day before confronting the biggest professional fear in in my career, but here I a...

October 17, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee underground today and taking AWMOK with her…

Running around insane today on last-minute prep (my dictation software wrote ‘crap’ instead of ‘prep’ – I gu...

October 15, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Me and My Soup To Nuts Party Mix live show in the LA Weekly

Show is completely SOLD OUT! Only 4 more days of being the most overworked person on the planet (though I never expect that to diminish). Se...

October 14, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Me and My Soup To Nuts Party Mix live show in the Huffington post Today!

It’s getting close….. Read the Huff Po piece here. Photo by Jenny Risher....

October 13, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch ‘O The Day – Fluffless

I know I promised more Fluffiness yesterday and today but I’m so overloaded trying to get ready for my show – writing, getting ...

September 29, 2011 by Allee Willis

Allee Willis’ Kitsch ‘O The Day – Fluff Food

I must admit that contrary to my normal habits, I didn’t do much consumption of food at the Fluff Festival this past weekend in Somerv...

September 27, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch ‘O The Day – Slighty Fluffy

In view of the fact that I’m racing around my hotel room throwing things in my suitcases – impossible for me to travel with just...

September 26, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Fluff Festival Top Pick in the Boston Globe today!

PICK OF THE DAY Fluff it up In 1917, Archibald Query invented Marshmallow Fluff in Union Square, Somerville. Of the many Fluff-focused tribu...

September 22, 2011 by Allee Willis

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