Nomi was so impressed with the plastic quasi-tuxedo suit that Bowie wore during " The Man Who Sold the World " that he commissioned one to be made for himself.

Klaus Nomi released his second album titled Simple Man in November, 1982 Simple Man ( Klaus Nomi album ) which during this time was focusing more on operatic pieces and was becoming increasingly ill with AIDS-related illnesses, including Kaposi's sarcoma, he wore a Baroque era operatic outfit complete with full collar.

James asks Nomi to dance with him, and when he criticizes her dancing, she kicks him in the groin.

Zack then confronts Nomi with the details of her past: she is a runaway and former prostitute named Polly, her father murdered her mother and then killed himself, and she has been arrested several times for drug possession, prostitution, and assault with a deadly weapon.

Unable to obtain justice for Molly without exposing her past, Nomi resorts to vengeance: she gets Carver alone in his hotel room and kicks him repeatedly with her boots until he is bloodied and unconscious.

Nomi, leaving Las Vegas, hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Jeff, the same man who cheated her and stole her suitcase when she arrived.

Nomi came to the attention of New York City's art scene in 1978 with his performance in " New Wave Vaudeville ", a four-night event MC'd by artist David McDermott.

The performance ended with a chaotic crash of strobe lights, smoke bombs, and loud electronic sound effects as Nomi backed away into the smoke.

" Hoffman wrote several pop songs with which Klaus is closely identified: " The Nomi Song ", " Total Eclipse ", " After The Fall ", and " Simple Man ", the title song of Nomi's second RCA French LP.

In the late 1970s while performing at Club 57, The Mudd Club, The Pyramid Club, and other venues, Nomi assembled a group of up-and-coming models, singers, artists, and musicians to perform live with him, which at times included Joey Arias, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, John Sex and Kenny Scharf.

During the performance of " TVC 15 ", Nomi and Arias dragged around a large prop pink poodle with a television screen in its mouth.

Nomi also collaborated with producer Man Parrish.

Yoshiro Mori was born in present-day Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan, as the son of Shigeki and Kaoru Mori, wealthy rice farmers with a history in politics, as both his father and grandfather served as the mayor of Neagari, Ishikawa Prefecture.

He cites as vocal influences " anyone who told a story with their songs ," including Mandy Patinkin, Klaus Nomi, George Hearn, and Luciano Pavarotti.

On February 1, 2005 Neagari was merged with the towns of Tatsunokuchi and Terai, all from Nomi District, to form the new city of Nomi and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

On February 1, 2005, Terai was merged with the towns of Neagari and Tatsunokuchi, all from Nomi District, to form the new city of Nomi and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

On February 1, 2005 Tatsunokuchi was merged with the towns of Neagari and Terai, all from Nomi District, to form the new city of Nomi and no longer exists as an independent municipality.

Nihonshoki records the wrestling match in which Nomi no Sukune and Taima no Kehaya held during his era, as the origin of Sumai ( Sumo wrestling ).

As revealed on the DVD release, a sign showing the distance to Los Angeles in the last shot of the film hinted at a sequel in which Nomi takes on Hollywood.

* Within a few days of each other, cult musicians Jobriath and Klaus Nomi are the first internationally-known recording artists known to have died from AIDS-related illness.

Andrew Horn's 2004 feature documentary about Nomi's life, The Nomi Song, which was released by Palm Pictures, helped spur renewed interest in the singer, including an art exhibit in San Francisco at the New Langton Arts gallery and one in Milan ( Italy ) at the Res Pira Lab, which subsequently moved to Berlin's Strychnin Gallery, called " Do You Nomi ?".

* The Nomi Song, a documentary feature film devoted to the life of Klaus Nomi

A film on the life Arias shared with Klaus is currently in development with Alan Cumming slated to play Nomi.

* 1944 – Klaus Nomi, German singer ( d. 1983 )

Nomi Malone is a hot young drifter who hitchhikes to Las Vegas hoping to make it as a showgirl.

After being cheated of her money by Jeff, who gave her the lift, Nomi meets Molly Abrams, a seamstress and costume designer who takes her in as a roommate.

Molly invites Nomi backstage at Goddess, the Stardust Casino show where she works, to meet Cristal Connors, the diva-like star of the topless dance revue.

When Nomi tells Cristal she dances at Cheetah's Topless Club, Cristal derisively tells her that what she does is akin to prostitution.

This makes Nomi furious, and sparks a rivalry.

When Nomi is too upset to go to work that night, Molly takes her dancing at The Holbank Pinks Club, where James Smith works as a bouncer.

After Nomi is arrested for causing the melee, James bails her out of jail, but she still pays him little notice.

Shortly, Cristal and her boyfriend Zack Carey, the entertainment director at the Stardust, visit Cheetah's and request a lap dance from Nomi.

Although the bisexual Cristal is attracted to Nomi, her request is also informed by her desire to humiliate Nomi by proving she is little more than a hooker.

Nomi reluctantly performs the lap dance after Cristal offers to pay $ 500 for it within earshot of Nomi's boss, Al Torres, who pressures her to perform.

After giving Zack an explicit nude lap dance which brings him to orgasm while Cristal watches, Nomi takes the money from Cristal, who gloats that she has made Nomi feel cheap.

Cristal arranges for Nomi to audition for the chorus line of Goddess.

Tony Moss, the show's director, humiliates Nomi by asking her to put ice on her nipples to make them hard.

Furious, Nomi leaves the audition and again runs into James, who says he has written a dance number for her and contends that Nomi is too talented to be a stripper or showgirl.

Despite her outburst at the audition, Nomi gets the job and quits the Cheetah.

Cristal further humiliates Nomi by suggesting she make a " goodwill appearance " at a boat trade show which turns out to be a thinly disguised form of prostitution.

Undeterred, Nomi sets out to destroy Cristal and claim her mantle.

Nomi wins the role, but when Cristal threatens legal action against the Stardust, the offer is rescinded.

After Cristal gloats and taunts Nomi at a performance, Nomi pushes her down a flight of stairs, breaking her hip.