The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 26

Blurry yes, but I like this shot. This is Allee giving us some jam during the “September” sing-a-long. I love this shot of the...

November 11, 2011 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 7

Hey kids, it’s the lovely Dina! Dina is Allee’s assistant and has been for some time. Dina worked the show AND was in it as ...

October 30, 2011 by denny

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee’s “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” – part 3

PHOTO CREDIT: Mr. Mark (I love this guy!!) Blackwell. If anyone is wondering about the t-shirt…….I managed to get in one visit...

October 26, 2011 by denny

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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 – Holy Shit, It’s Today!!

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October 18, 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

Boulder Theater Neon

First opened in 1906 as an Opera Hall in Boulder, Colorado, and now primarily a concert venue. I love the font with the art deco combo....

September 27, 2011 by Markydoodle

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – My “Soup To Nuts Party Mix” Live Show Chosen as a Top Pick by The Los Angels Times!

. My time to pay as much attention to my Kitsch O’ The Day blog as I am want to do has dwindled lately because I’ve done what I ...

September 13, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – ‘Allee Willis’ Soup To Nuts Party Mix’ – LIVE SHOW!!

In 1974, Allee Willis walked off stage in the middle of her own show. Now she’s finally coming back! The Grammy, Emmy, Tony and Webby ...

September 1, 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

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Allee Willis Kitsch O’ The Day – R.I.P. Alex Steinweiss

Alex Steinweiss passed away last Sunday. Even if you don’t know his name there’s no way you don’t know his work. Steinwei...

July 21, 2011 by Allee Willis

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SEX

This is an actual sculpture/mural on the side of one our remodeled high schools. Quite a controversy over the placement of objects. From l...

July 10, 2011 by weave1022

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Lily Tomlin On Stage LP

I love the artwork on this lp and although I was 11 when this came out (sorry folks!) I learned to appreciate it as I got older. I’m w...

July 5, 2011 by denny

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Nessa Finally Gets To See The Color Purple

I finally got to see The Color Purple, Allee! It was at the wonderful Keith-Albee Theatre in Huntington, WV.. probably West Virginia’...

June 23, 2011 by Nessa

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Richard Marx, Allee Willis and Other Hit-Making Songwriters to Perform June 13 at “The Songs of Our Lives,” 4th Annual Concert

Kitschy in that I haven’t gotten on stage and sung my songs since this photo was taken in 1974… Oy! From the press release: Rich...

June 2, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Two Foxes

I loved visiting Detroit in April for the first time, and having the opportunity to attend ‘The Color Purple” at the fantastic...

by Markydoodle

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T. S. Elliott’s Poems That Are Basis for “Cats” Musical

This record of six poems by T. S. Elliott are the basis for the musical “Cats” by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The narrator is Robert ...

May 13, 2011 by Bob Ramsdell

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 14, THE VIDEO

As I’ve been blabbing about for weeks now, I had the extreme pleasure of conducting my high school marching band playing a medley of s...

May 9, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 9, The City By Car

Wednesday, April 6, had tremendous potential. (L-R) Mark Blackwell and Laura Grover, both of whom worked on putting the whole Detroit extrav...

April 27, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 8, Sights In Passing

One of my favorite things in life is photographing whatever I see around me, especially if I’m in a car and just happen to pass someth...

April 26, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Dramatic Dancers in Masks DECALS

Here are the matching decals! I have also seen these figures on the revolving platforms in the center of Moss lamps....

April 22, 2011 by samseptic

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