Friday, September 11, 2009

The whole kitsch and caboodle: The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch to open September 14th




Everything but the kitsch-en sink: artifacts from Allee Willis' kitsch collection (photos from alleewillis.com)

The great Allee Willis at the Ghettogloss gallery in L.A. (photo from Ghettogloss)

We received word that there is a kitsch museum opening and it looks to be a real doozy. Allee Willis has written songs that have sold over 50 million copies, including "September" and "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth Wind and Fire, "Neutron Dance" by the Pointer Sisters and the theme from the TV show "Friends." She also collaborated on the score for the musical "The Color Purple". She's been a cyber pioneer and is also a talented multi-media fine artist and has rubbed shoulders with all kinds of showbiz luminaries. This is all well and good but what really impresses us is the fact that she has what's billed as the world's biggest collection of kitsch memorabilia. She blogs about it in her Kitsch O' The Day column at alleewillis.com and is preparing to open the Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch on September 14, with an exhibit at Los Angeles' Ghettogloss art gallery on Melrose in Los Angeles. Allee will be displaying hundreds of amazing artifacts from her rarely-seen-in-person kitsch collection and will frequently be on hand greeting visitors and discussing the Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch. We at Eccentric Roadside could not be more thrilled. The world needs more kitsch and patrons like Ms Willis. If you're in the area, you must check it out (we wish we could). Not to do so would be in very bad taste.

3 comments:

Bill said...

I had a bad thing to say about the juxtaposition of your last two posts. I'll refrain. You can figure it out anyway....

The Viewliner Limited said...

I love this STUFF !!!!!!!!

Gunnar and Sherry said...

Bill: Hmmm... I see what you mean. Donuts and weinies. Calling Dr. Freud, calling Dr. Freud...

Richard: Me too! And I had a Spirograph set back in the day.