Nico Icon - Cologne Girl Exhibition

Just come back from another great week-end in Cologne. No marathon or concert this time but a museum night with the visit of a remarkable exhibition that must be brought to your attention. Nico (Christa Päffgen), who died 20 years ago in Ibiza, is now celebrated until the end of January by her native town, Köln.
The exhibition is a nice retrospective covering every stage of her life from the time she was a young fashion model, then an actress, up to the moving singer-songwriter that everybody knows. All the documents are exhibited with taste and love: photos, movies, press articles, letters, posters and vinyl covers. The die-hard fans won’t discover anything really new but for those of you who just know her as a member of the Velvet Underground, you’ll understand why Nico became an Icon to many.

Info: Nico – Köln, Berlin, Paris, New York – Stationen einer Popikone Museum für angewandte kunst: October 30, 2008 to February 1, 2009 (in German)
Or here: Arte (in French)
And on… Leaky Sparrow

Nico - I'll Keep It With Mine .mp3
Nico - Nibelungen .mp3 via Greenpeaness
Velvet Underground And Nico - All Tomorrow's Parties .mp3 Via WFMU's Beware of the Blog
Bonus: Big Star - Femme Fatale .mp3