The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Alter

This is my alter. The alter cabinet was built by an artist friend (Lane Patterson) out old old barn and fence wood that he picked up while t...

March 22, 2011 by Michael Ely

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Vintage Greyhound Bus Tag

Scenicruiser! So streamlined, so futuristic, so glamorous! I wish taking the bus was this cool now… haha....

February 24, 2011 by Nessa

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Motivational saying on a pillow (about friends and bras)

I think I saw this pillow at the “Joan of Arc” thrift shop....

February 10, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The Del Rubio Triplets and a Valentine’s Day Card for Milly

. Join me and Hidden Los Angeles and send a Valentine’s Day card to Milly Del Rubio. Details below. Anyone who knows me knows that two...

January 10, 2011 by Allee Willis

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The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

The conspiracy of silence? Alvin Toffler’s comment is hystercial. Got this at the dump store, “The Treasure Chest”....

January 9, 2011 by denny

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My Song Sung to Oprah on The Kennedy Center Honors TONIGHT, Tues., Dec. 28!

Sorry this is so last-minute (not as sorry as I am for that crazy smile on my face) but if you have a chance to catch or TiVo The Kennedy Ce...

December 28, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Book “Dyke Strippers-Lesbian Cartoonists A to Z”

My mom found this “Kitchy Book” and decided to hand it down, that’s a whole other story. I love it, so oddball, so cool. W...

December 19, 2010 by pamela

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – UW Marching Band Conductor and One Of The Best Days Of My Life-Part 1

I just got back from spending three of the most fantastic days of my life. Seriously. As I’ve been blabbing about for weeks now, I had...

October 12, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Dottie Walters REVEALS – The Seven Secrets of SELLING to WOMEN

This cover kills me. I never heard of the “Success Motivation Institute” in Waco Texas. Well, it is high-fidelity so it must be ...

August 27, 2010 by denny

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My blog in Time Magazine online TODAY. I LOVE DETROIT!

Check it out. I’m very proud of this piece. http://detroit.blogs.time.com/2010/08/17/unfiltered-allee-willis-on-the-spirit-of-detroit/...

August 17, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Martin Loofa King

Seen in a shop in London. Genius? Or wrong?...

August 16, 2010 by petermmarino

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “Do It Now” Napkin Holder

In a couple of hours I’m speaking on a panel called “In The Biz In LA – For artists who act, direct, produce, edit, write,...

August 15, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Tree Growing Out Of Traffic Cone and Palm Trimming Nightmares Abated

Yesterday, all 31 palm trees that surround my house were trimmed. I’m used to this being a total nightmare. As much as I love my Palm ...

August 12, 2010 by Allee Willis

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NATURALLY STONED ON JESUS

I mean really, what more is there to say?...

August 11, 2010 by Ghettogloss

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World’s Strongest Beer Launches at $762 a Bottle

A 110 proof beer, the world’s strongest, was launched Thursday by a British firm selling the tipple for $762 a bottle. The blond Belgi...

August 7, 2010 by kookykitsch

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – You Are What You Drive

I’ve long said that everything about and around a person is a vehicle for self-expression. I mean the way you dress, how you decorate ...

August 4, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s “Sponge Cloth”

Long before Mr. Clean and Magic Sponge promised fewer steps and happy housewives came Harwood’s Sponge Cloth, one of many modern mirac...

July 29, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 13

Amazing. A light up frame of Martin Luther King and his family. Who knew, until now that the Supremes had their own line of bread? Personali...

July 12, 2010 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Gold Bell Gift Stamps

Were it not for Gold Bell Gift Stamps I never would’ve had a new blanket or clock radio to go off to college with. I’m not sure ...

June 29, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Dr. Martin Luther King Matches

I have tons of MLK memorabilia – busts, rugs, pens, cufflinks, ashtrays – but this book of matches is one of my favorites. Comes...

May 11, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Power To The People Salt & Pepper Shakers

Hand carved vintage wooden S&P’s that double as incense holders. Made in the 1960’s when this fist symbol really took hold....

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Power To The People Belt Buckle

Heavy 1970’s metal belt buckle puts the power where you need it, on the belly of the beast. I’m still looking for the matching c...

by Allee Willis

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Hippie & Flower Child “Let’s Toast Peace” Liquor Bottles

Not that we don’t need a toast to Peace but the last inebriant a hippie or flower child was thinking about was liquor in 1968 when thi...

by Allee Willis

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Black Pride Beer

Debuting in 1969, Black Pride Beer was was concept first – “A Beer As Proud As Its People” – and beer second. Black ...

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Libby The Lovely Liberated Lady and the Black Power Statuette

Popular causes have always been prime breeding ground for Kitsch but none so powerful as the first wave of products that spin out of these P...

by Allee Willis

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