A number of Nico's performances towards the end of her life were recorded and released, including 1982's Heroine, Live In Tokyo, and her final concert, Fata Morgana, recorded on 6 June 1988.

It was Nico's final studio album before her death three years later.

Unexpectedly, one of the three belugas, Nico, died at SeaWorld on October 31, 2009 ; a preliminary necropsy was unable to determine if Nico's death was caused by the move or by something else.

Tina attempted to stab Nico with her Staff, but, due to Nico's own innate magic and hereditary link with Tina, the Staff was absorbed by Nico, who kept it.

Nico's source of power was not originally going to be her mother's Staff, but Robert Minoru's spellbook.

She kisses him for the first time during the runaways ' attempted rescue of Molly Hayes ; it's later revealed Alex was Nico's first kiss.

Despite Gert's cynical attitude, she rarely argued with Nico's decisions and was usually prepared to stand by her friend.

However, their relationship was threatened when Gert learned that Nico had kissed Chase ; though Chase rebuffed Nico's advances, Gert was still hurt that Chase had kept the interaction hidden from her.

Two Nico tribute concerts took place in Europe in the autumn of 2008 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Nico's birth and the 20th anniversary of her death.

Nico's vocal style is somewhat different from her prior records, with some songs bearing similarities to Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard.

Nico's trademark is her elaborate and ornate Gothic wardrobe.

She is soon talked into going to a nightclub with her friends, where she meets her parents ' old rival Marie Laveau ; Laveau seeks revenge on Nico's parents for stealing the Black Mirror, one of the four Cornerstones of Creation.

After Laveau explains that she needs Nico's blood to activate the Black Mirror, Nico gives Leveau her blood, while also purging out the Staff of One.

When reunited with her comrades, a significant development to Nico's abilities is evident, where she is freely able to float, displays more proficiency and confidence in casting spells and able to use a spell with an effect more complicated than most of her others thus far.

Nico's time with the Witchbreaker has granted her a newer version of the Staff of One, similar to the original but with more adornments and a larger ring ( the ball on the original Staff is also removed ).

Chase cares for Nico's safety and well-being, as evidenced from when he comforted Nico after Karolina's departure, and when he took the Staff of One from Nico to destroy it to give her a normal life.

When St James discovers Nico's infidelity, he leaves the flat as she continues the argument with her lover, Absalom.

On 17 October 2008 at the Volksbuehne in Berlin, Nico's ex-boyfriend Lutz Ulbrich presented another tribute concert, which featured Marianne Rosenberg, Soap & Skin, Marianne Enzensberger and James Young, the keyboardist from The Faction, Nico's last band.

As the title of the album indicates, the concert would be Nico's last, and the material on the album is among the last she ( co -) wrote.

* Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana, a 2000 album

Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana is a live album documenting Nico's performance at a show called Fata Morgana-Wüstenklänge im Planetarium ( Fata Morgana-Desert Sounds in the Planetarium ), held on June 6, 1988 in West Berlin as part of the European Capital of Culture festival that year.

The opening song (" La Dame Et La Licorne ") depicts Nico's death at Ibiza, Spain.

Nico's son, Ari Boulogne ( sometimes called Ari Päffgen ), made a brief appearance on stage at the close.

During a ceremony at the Rite of Thunder, Alex obtains Nico's Staff of One, Chase's Fistigons and Gertrude's dinosaur, Old Lace, manipulating his teammates into defeat and reveals himself as the mole.

Her mother, wielding a large staff with a ball at the end (" the Staff of One "), reveals that she and Nico's father are dark wizards ; she then attempts to jam the Staff into Nico's chest.

In 2007, the magic-related crossover event Mystic Arcana fills the gap between Runaways ( volume 1 ) # 17 and # 18, during Nico's brief time at Father Flanagan's Home for Unwanted Goth Kids.

Nico's grave in Berlin

Cale also played on Nico's 1967 debut album, Chelsea Girl, which features songs co-written by Velvet Underground members Cale, Reed and Morrison, who also feature as musicians.

After leaving the Velvet Underground, Cale worked as a record producer and arranger on a number of albums, including Nico's The Marble Index, Desertshore and ( later on Island ) The End .... On these he accompanied Nico's voice and harmonium using a wide array of instruments to unusual effect.

Sonically, the album follows on from Drama of Exile in that Nico's core songs are given full band arrangements.

Songs included in the film appear on Nico's album Desertshore, which features stills from it on the front and back covers.

Every year, Nico's parents join five other couples in a charity event ; one year, Nico and the other kids spy on their parents.

After Victor joins the team, Molly accompanies him on group shopping trips under Nico's orders because she believes that Molly is the only individual member of the Runaways capable of bringing Victor down should he betray the team.

Accompaniment mainly centered around Nico's harmonium, while John Cale added an array of folk and classical instruments, and arranged the album.

Nico's first acting appearance with Garrel occurred in his 1972 film, La Cicatrice Intérieure.

Young switched to guitar, and they recruited bassist Henry Olsen and drummer Phillip " Toby " Tomanov, who had both been in Nico's backing band, The Faction.

Through direct signings or distribution deals, the Reprise roster grew to include Lee Hazlewood, Jill Jackson, the early Joni Mitchell recordings, Neil Young, The Electric Prunes, Donna Loren, Arlo Guthrie, Norman Greenbaum, Tom Lehrer, Tiny Tim, Ry Cooder, Captain Beefheart, the early 1970s recordings by Frank Zappa and The Mothers, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Nico's Desertshore, The Fugs, Jethro Tull, Pentangle, T. Rex, The Meters, John Cale, Gordon Lightfoot, Michael Franks, Richard Pryor, Al Jarreau and The Beach Boys.

In May 2010, the band stated on their website that they were " back in the studio working on some new songs " and later revealed that they were " in the final stages of recording the album ".

At the core of SFA is a contact management system for tracking and recording every stage in the sales process for each prospective client, from initial contact to final disposition.

Lomax's film won awards worldwide in the late 1960s for recording the final weeks of Campbell's life.

Hewitt played only Davis Cup matches for the remainder of the year, recording five-set wins over Roger Federer and Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semifinals and final respectively, as Australia went on to win the Davis Cup.

The song is a staple at Iron Maiden concerts, where the recording is played after the final encore.

Two years after their final studio recording for SST, 1989's Monsters, the trio released its major-label debut, Forbidden Places, on the indie-friendly London Records.

The recording of what would be their final album, Bridge Over Troubled Water, was not without tension.

Most notably recording a track called Sugar and Spice, written by Tim Hawes and the source of their final band name.

Crash was, despite his erratic behavior, generally regarded as a brilliant lyricist ( a contemporary critic described him as " ransacking the dictionary "), and the final lineup of Smear, Doom, and Bolles had become a world-class rock ensemble by the recording of ( GI ), turning in a performance that spurred an LA Weekly reviewer to write, " This album leaves exit wounds.

David Sinclair, of the London Times, described in his book The Story of ZZ Top how Linden Hudson drew Billy's attention to the possibility of using a drum machine for the final recording of the Eliminator album.

During this period the progress of the oxidation of the impurities is judged by the appearance of the flame issuing from the mouth of the converter: the modern use of photoelectric methods of recording the characteristics of the flame has greatly aided the blower in controlling the final quality of the product.

The cantankerous Moog, like many other early synthesizers, was so sensitive to changes in temperature that its oscillators would drift badly in tuning as the equipment warmed up, and this drift can easily be heard on the final recording.

Scenes involving slimings were the final ones taped during a recording, allowing the actors to immediately rinse off after the scene was over.

The group was dissolved in January 2004 after the recording of their third and final studio collaboration.

Waller contracted pneumonia and died on a cross country train trip near Kansas City, Missouri on December 15, 1943, after making a final recording session with an interracial group in Detroit that included white trumpeter Don Hirleman.

A few months earlier, Warner Bros. had also released The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, a collection of unreleased material recorded by Prince throughout his career, and his final recording commitment on his contract with Warner Bros.

Please Please Me was recorded on a two-track BTR tape recording machine, with most of the instrumentation on one track and the vocals on the other, allowing for a better balance between the two on the final quarter-inch tape mix-down in mono.

After Caul has worked his magic on merging and filtering different tapes, the final result is a sound recording in which the words themselves become crystal clear, but their actual meaning remains ambiguous.

Author Mark Lewisohn reports that The Beatles held their first and only 24-hour recording / producing session near the end of the creation of The Beatles, which occurred during the final mixing and sequencing for the album.

In February and October 1976, the Jungle Room was converted into a recording studio, where Presley recorded the bulk of his final two albums, From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee and Moody Blue ; these were his final known recordings in a studio setting.

* Dubbing ( filmmaking ), the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture, with the final product known as a dub

The 1990 Premiership team, coached by Leigh Matthews and captained by Tony Shaw, had a one-sided grand final win against Essendon, the Magpies recording a 48 point victory and ending a 32 year premiership drought which included eight grand final losses and one draw.