This 1967 VW Bus immediately stood out in a crowd of great entries. I had the chance to meet Joey Lamare, the owner, before the judging was ...
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Allee Willis’ Soul O’ Day – Earth Wind & Fire At the Hollywood Bowl with a Seventy Piece Orchestra and Fireworks!
Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t go to concerts. I don’t like the crowds, I don’t like the walking, I don’t li...
Dinner with Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
There’s nothing kitschy about this photograph per se but there’s no doubt that Lily Tomlin has one of the all-time greatest sens...
mom’s paintings
not kitsch, but from a very kitsch heavy era – my mom was a prolific artist from when she was a young girl, creating many paintings. S...
Edith’s Head
I snapped this photo in the lounge at the Country House of the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills– the “Old Ac...
The Jungle Room
NOTE: My grandparents built their house in the mid 1960s. They decorated it well, then pretty much kept it as is. So, my grandmother, now 94...
Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 3 – August 2010)
I wanted to do a proper post featuring “Childstar” instead of showing it in a mix of other things. These shots were taken in my ...
Grandma’s rec room and wet bar
Even growing up, I knew my grandparents where sophisticated. They’re house was decorated like no other I’d ever seen, or, frankl...
Ungapatchked – grandma’s living room
First, a definition. “UNGAPATCHKA” describes the overly ornate, busy, ridiculously over-decorated, and garnished to the point of...
J.D. Salinger’s Toilet – Buy It Now On eBay!
Here’s your chance to own a piece of literary history! http://cgi.ebay.com/J-D-Salinger-PERSONALLY-OWNED-USED-Toilet-Commode-/37041696...
Two Frogs Hugging (2)
This is a post script to a previous post about the store in Lihue, HI. After driving by “Two Frogs Hugging” many times this week...
R.I.P. Morrie Yohai, 90, Inventor of the Cheez Doodle
Breaking kitsch news: Morrie Yohai, inventor of the Cheez Doodle, has passed away at 90. He changed many lives and turned many people’...
Yearbook Madness!
These are photos from actual high school yearbooks. Suddenly my own portrait with my blown-dry hair and wide tie (which, my lips to God̵...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1968 Right On’s 100 Super-Soul Stars Book and Saturday Night with Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder, 2010
. My life would have never been the same without Soul music. Growing up in Detroit, my teenage years were spent on the far right of the AM r...
The Umbrella Cover Museum / Maine
When (casually) passing through Peak’s Island, Maine visit the Umbrella Cover Museum. From the website: “ The Umbrella Cover Mus...
Allan Sherman’s NYC apartment…
“Hello Mudda…Camp Granada” noted in game post on 7-22. These are photos taken July 1969 at Allan Sherman’s NYC apart...
The Shady Dell Trailer Park (part two)
If you’re ever in Southern Arizona you must stay at the Shady Dell trailer park resort in Bisbee! We had a blast there. Not only do yo...
Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 20
LP and artwork for Johnny “Guitar” Wilson’s album. Although the lp is quite brilliant, it’s seeing it framed HUGE li...
The Shady Dell Trailer Park (part one)
My partner, Spider, just had his 59th birthday so we decided to celebrate with a group of friends down in Bisbee. Bisbee is an old Victorian...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – James Dean, Main Drain and Brown Material Roads
I drove up to Monterey on Friday from LA. Most people would get excited about going to the Aquarium or Cannery Row but I get excited about t...
Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 12
As some of you may or may not know, Allee was friends with Dusty and even wrote some songs for her such as “Send It To Me” from ...
A flash back to 1980!
This was a picture that was taken in 1980. As you can see there is a fantastic combination of red velour coupled with the brown cushion and ...
“Witchiepoo” Signed Photograph (H.R. Pufnstuf)
Here is a signed photograph from Billie Hayes, who played “Witchiepoo” from the beloved, yet very trippy & psychedelic TV se...