This late 60’s Soul Grabber sign for Budweiser malt liquor is one of my favorite possessions. Everything about it screams late Afro 60...
This vintage cleaning product can may be a little worse for wear but so am I as I hobble around my house shining it back up to its usual sta...
As any good party hostess knows, one of the biggest drags is seeing a sea of half filled cups littered all over your place left by guests wh...
Denny, as per my comment in your DeCastro Sisters post, https://www.awmok.com/2010/04/02/the-decastro-sisters-a-tribute-article-and-pictures...
An excellent sign of Kitsch is when names are bent and mutated to fit a purpose. This one’s a perfect blend – The ever-Italian...
In part 2, I take you on a tour of even more grand and kitschifyingly wonderful monuments of aesthetic in my beloved east San Fernando Valle...
If you haven’t seen this please watch now. I did this last year with Jerrie. At one point it was the 12th most watched video in the wo...
I just got the news that Jerrie Thill, the 91-year-old female drummer on an oxygen tank who I did my song and video, “Hey Jerrie”...
Garlic is about my favorite thing in the world. I drive up to Monterey a lot on the 101 and always pass 20-wheelers filled with the stuff co...
If only for the polyester bellbottomed poolside fashion shows and the razor blades embedded in Pam Grier’s afro, Friday Foster has att...
In what could easily turn into Kitsch O’ The Day’s Musical Monday because of all the insane versions of my songs on YouTube, thi...
It was the 21st night of September, the opening line of my very first hit song as well as the date of the grand opening party celebrating th...
I bought this Liberace mug at the first Hollywood estate sale I went to when I moved to LA in the late 70’s. I think Jack Hellman, the...
With 3D all the rage today many people forget that the first ubiquitous mass consumer experience with the technology was with View-Masters. ...
I made this “Arnold Palmer Coat Rack” out of golf clubs and balls in 1987 for a Debbie Harry video, “French Kissing In The...
Last night I found myself in the middle of another food fest, this time at Ciudad, another one of Top Chef Master competitor Susan Feniger&#...
This is the cover for the import 12 inch and 7 inch. The 12 Inch came in a regular sleeve and another version came in a “poster bag...
One sure shot sign of Kitsch is when someone’s idea stops at the first thought and doesn’t spin off into a more creative zone th...
I’m supposed to be traveling today but won’t know if I’m going until a couple hours before the flight due to complications...
My trip was postponed for a month so the suitcases on are back in the closet and the percussion is resting nicely in its regular bed. Pompla...
The Snack Master, a 1-1/2″ long aluminum tube with a wooden plunger, is the vintage and quintessential kitsch kitchen accessory that c...
As Kitschmeister General I love, love, love the San Fernando Valley, just inches from the center of Hollywood and pumped full of Kitsch like...
Allee’s recent mention of the “Dear God” letters in Alice Walker’s THE COLOR PURPLE jogged my memory and I dug up th...
I used to see Mink here and there as I used to take care of a friend of hers, Tom Villard. Tom was an actor and well, most people know Mink....
From 1989 through 1991 I art directed and hand built the set and props for “Just Say Julie”, MTV’s first ever clip show st...
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