The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Allee Willis’ Soul O’ The Day – R.I.P. Ashford, Leiber and Ragavoy

What are the odds of losing two of the most influential songwriters of all time on the same day? That’s what happened yesterday. Fir...

August 23, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 29

I always wished I knew how to play the guitar. These are 2 guitars that take up residence in the studio at Willis Wonderland”....

August 22, 2011 by denny

Karaokitsch: more than kitsch the eyes

Karaoke rooms can be very kitsch and cute in Japan. In Vietnam, it is usually more serious, but I managed to find one with decorations that ...

by Gilles Snowcat

Denny’s Adventures In Allee’s “Willis Wonderland” – July 2011 – Part 28

1970’s (I think) travel souvenir that hangs just outside the studio at Willis Wonderland. It’s pretty groovy but it looks more...

August 21, 2011 by denny

Gil Fields &The Fraternity Brothers “TOPOLINO” lp

Is she really sitting on a mouse trap?...

by denny

Mama was a rock & Roll Singer, Papa Used To Write All Her Songs

I know every song on it by heart, and sing them loudly while doing my housework. And don’t even get me started on the sound qualit...

August 19, 2011 by Ted Nimmo

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Sonny and Cher Globe

Only in L.A. can one find items such as the one below at a local (Pacific Palisades) estate sale. It’s a plastic lighting globe from...

August 18, 2011 by Douglas Wood

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Piano House

Scary. This is located in China. I wonder if the piano is in TUNE....

by snappyp

The Journeymen “GOOD TIME GOSPEL – LP

Okay, what on earth is he doing with that finger?...

by denny

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What Will You Do With Jesus by Dale Schroeder

That is a very good question. Is it a hunky Kris Kristofferson Jesus? With songs like, “This is Joy” and “Christ, My Rock,...

August 17, 2011 by Rusty

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Lenny Dee’s King’s Inn Peekaboo Window Glass

Several things about this glass have all the earmarks of Kitsch with a kapital K. First of all, it’s from a piano bar restaurant. Seco...

August 15, 2011 by Allee Willis

“Cri Cri” – vintage brazilian record on the RCA label

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August 14, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Bye Bye, Milly… Off to deliver a eulogy…

No new aKitschionado posts until tomorrow as I have to leave early this morning to go to Milly Del Rubio’s funeral where, as I did for...

August 12, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Coffee table or Turntable?

Is it a magazine? Is it a record? It’s both! This short-lived magazine, ECHO, from 1960 came out four times a year and each issu...

August 11, 2011 by Douglas Wood

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Being Even More Fluff – Part 2

So as I was saying yesterday, this last weekend at Willis Wonderland we aKitschionados from The Allee Willis Museum Of Kitsch saw the light ...

August 10, 2011 by Allee Willis

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THE MIDWESTERN QUARTET “For God So Loved” – LP

Somebody loved this crew as they all look pretty amazing although the lady with the flip looked looks like she just wind. “Who me...

by denny

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Pet Rock Concert

I was looking through some old pictures today and found some of the”Rock” concert I saw once. The inventor of the Pet Rock, Gary...

August 9, 2011 by Bob Ramsdell

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1979 Disco Mirror

Of my entire immense collection of Disco artifacts this almost-John-Travolta-with-almost-Toni-Tennille disco mirror is way, way, way up ther...

August 4, 2011 by Allee Willis

Kingdom Seekers “We’ll Be Gone” – amazing inspirational LP!!

Is it just me or does everyone else think the lady in the glasses looks a bit like the Leaning Tower of Pisa here? She either has shoes that...

by denny

A Guy & his dad / GUY PASTOR with TONY PASTOR and his Orchestra

I just don’t know where to start with this one....

August 2, 2011 by denny

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Vari-Vue Pins

Two Vari-Vue (“flicker”) pins from the 50’s: a dude blowin’ sax and two teens jitterbugging by the jukebox. The ...

by Douglas Wood

MC Hammer Bobblehead

July 17, 2011 was 80’s Day for the Oakland A’s and the special guest of honor was Stanley Burrell AKA MC Hammer! 15,000 fans wer...

August 1, 2011 by Cheetah Velour

THE MAGIC OF PARIS – Fontana & His 1001 Strings in True High-Fidelity (classic LP!!)

I found this at a new dump location I discovered here on Cape Cod. I was dying over this cover and the ton of “nude colored” sto...

by denny