{"id":6255,"date":"2009-09-08T10:58:15","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T17:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2010-03-03T15:36:44","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T22:36:44","slug":"allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-abilene-highs-pure-gold-2006-performance-of-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-abilene-highs-pure-gold-2006-performance-of-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis&#8217; Kitsch O&#8217; The Day &#8211; Abilene High&#8217;s Pure Gold 2006 Performance of &#8220;September&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q3gz8TH4jgM&amp;feature=related\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6257\" title=\"Sept.-Abilene-High\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Sept.-Abilene-High.jpg\" alt=\"Sept.-Abilene-High\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Sept.-Abilene-High.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Sept.-Abilene-High-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>This starts out looking like a performance in a dinner theater and quickly spirals into something out of &#8220;Hair&#8221;. Between&nbsp;&#8216;costumes&#8217; from much earlier in the &nbsp;&#8217;70s than when my song came out and&nbsp;the exceedingly Caucasian phrasing of the lyrics and choreography this is, in a Kitsch lovers universe, a stupendous rendition of &#8220;September&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If you live in Los Angeles, come to Ghettogloss on Monday night, September 21 (&#8220;Do you remember the 21st night of September?&#8221;) for a party commemorating the opening of The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch featuring karaoke versions of this song that changed the course of my career. Hopefully, you&#8217;re as skilled as the folks who took the stage at Abilene High.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\">This starts out looking like a performance in a dinner theater and quickly spirals into something that out of &#8220;Hair&#8221;. Between &#8216;costumes&#8217; from much earlier in the 70s then when my song came out and the exceedingly Caucasian phrasing of the lyrics and choreography this is, in a Kitsch lovers universe, a stupendous rendition of September.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\">If you live in Los Angeles, come to Ghettogloss on Monday night, September 21 (&#8220;Do you remember the 21st night of September?&#8221;) for a party commemorating the opening of the Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch featuring karaoke versions of this song that changed the course of my career. Hopefully, you&#8217;re as skilled as the folks who took the stage at Abilene High.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This starts out looking like a performance in a dinner theater and quickly spirals into something out of &#8220;Hair&#8221;. Between&nbsp;&#8216;costumes&#8217; from much earlier in the &nbsp;&#8217;70s than when my song came out and&nbsp;the exceedingly Caucasian phrasing of the lyrics and choreography this is, in a Kitsch lovers universe, a stupendous rendition of &#8220;September&#8221;. 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