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Klaus Nomi - The Nomi Song

July 22, 2008


I saw a great movie recently about an 80s new wave artist named Klaus Nomi called "The Nomi Song"

I had never heard of him before watching the movie, but he's a very fascinating character. There's lots of videos and other information online, so rather than summarizing his story here, just do some searches on Google.

Here's two of my favorite videos by Nomi. When I first watched the movies I thought this guy was just weird, but after watching the documentary and his videos, I've started to really appreciate his talents. He was also one of the first celebrities to die of AIDS.

The first video starts off slow, but gets really good. I especially like the segment starting at 1:45.

Here's another video that's cool.


Posted by sgehrman at July 22, 2008 5:17 PM

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1. Posted by: Christopher Caldwell at July 22, 2008 5:44 PM

Check out Cartoon Network's "The Venture Bros." cartoon - he makes an appearance (along with David Bowie and Iggy Pop) in two episodes - Showdown at Cremation Creek parts 1 & 2.

2. Posted by: Madeline at July 22, 2008 6:50 PM

You can read my story about Klaus Nomi here...

http://www.geocities.com/kahniverous/klausnomi.html

Thanks for the birthday wishes.

All the best,

Madeline

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