Nina Hagen Electronic Shrine

"Mother is Reacting" now on cdbaby.com

You can find it here:  http://cdbaby.com/cd/hagennunda

Nina's mysterious illness

Jarmo posted this on the Forum today:

http://www.bild.de/BILD/unterhaltung/leute/2008/11/14/nina-hagen/virus-erkrankung-nach-indien-reise.html

It says Nina is suffering from a virus infection since returning from India. The doctors have not been able to provide a diagnosis yet. She had to cancel one TV performance at least. Another one is scheduled for Saturday night, along with Uri Geller!

A Google-translated version of the story in English can be seen here.

This is scary news indeed.  If anyone learns anything new, feel free to post a comment here or on the Forum.  Right now all the news reports are saying the same thing (with very few details), but maybe more info will come soon.

Mother is Reacting: Sweet Lord Revamped

Back in 2001 (was it really that long ago?) Nina Hagen and  Loka Nunda released the "Sweet Lord Concept Album", a double-disc remix album centered around George Harrison's classic "My Sweet Lord."

This month Loka Nunda released "Mother is Reacting", which revisits the original while adding several brand-new tracks and mixes.  It's a new soundscape of chants, dance beats, and transcendental vibes, again featuring Nina's divine vocals.  If you missed the original, which is no longer available, you'll want to check this out!

The CD will soon be available on cdbaby.com, but right now you can buy the MP3s on Amazon for only $8.99.  The tracks are DRM-free and high-quality, which makes this an awesome deal.  You can also hear more on Loka's MySpace page.

Nina's NYE bash

Looks like Nina's New Year's party is a go!  You can get tickets here, and Nina says on her homepage that the whole thing will be broadcast on the web, so you can drunkenly tune in from wherever you happen to be.

Thanks to Dennis Miller for the heads-up!

Forum change

Due to heavy spambot assaults I've had to make a couple of changes to the forum files.  You won't be able to get to the old one if you've linked directly to it, so use the link on the menu above and it'll take you there. :)

New Photo Galleries

Greg was kind enough to email me several collections of live shows, so they're now online.  I've also broken the live photos out into their own galleries, so they're easier to look at. :)

• DNA Lounge, San Francisco - February 9 2005
• Drop Dead Festival, New York - December 2005
• Key Club, Los Angeles - January 23 2005
• The Double Door, Chicago - May 31 2003
• The Metro, Chicago - September 30 2006
• The Vault, Long Beach - June 10 2005
• Live with The Tubes - Late 70's (or so)
• 4 photos in Live - Various Photos from House of Blues - Los Angeles - June 29 2006
• A few photos (including 2 interview scans) I didn't have from DNA Lounge, San Francisco - August 18 2002
• A few backstage photos I didn't have from DNA Lounge, San Francisco - February 22 2004

A note about the photo archive:  most of the time people send me Nina photos from out of the blue, so I don't know where they originally came from.  If any of these photos belong to you and you don't want them shown here, please email me at shoogle2@gmail.com and I will remove them.  I am happy to host them free of charge (they are copy-protected so they can't be stolen off the site), but if you'd rather host them yourself, I will respect your wishes and take them down.  If you just have a correction or any other information to add, please get in touch.

Since I'd like the Archive to keep growing and provide a place for Nina photos to securely reside, you can email them to me (.zip files are best for large batches) in their original sizes and I'll add them to the Archive.  Thanks!

New music galore

More goodies have been added!

• Lyrics to several more songs on "Irgendwo auf der Welt" were sent in by Chaim.  Thanks!  I also filled in a few more blanks by copying lyrics from "Big Band Explosion."
• A couple of live shows have been added.  Dennis Miller sent in a CD copy of Nina's shows with the No Problem Orchestra, performed in Stockholm & Copenhagen Feb. 22/25, 1984.  Also, I received a CD recording (from anonymous donor "Lemon Pledge") of the Vancouver BC show on Jan. 4, 2005.  Thank so much for the CDs, you two!
• A ton of new singles/mixes/duets have been added to the Music page, thanks to another anonymous donor.  (You know who you are...thank you!!)  Here are the newest tracks, which should appear alphabetically in the player:

• Airport (Dich weidersehn...) (with Udo Lindenberg)
• Alchemy of Love (Remix)
• Am Amfang Steht immer ein Traum (from Das Silberne Segel)
• Berlin (Father You Should Have Killed Hitler) (with Udo Lindenberg)
• Der Traum (from Das Silberne Segel)
• Die Klavierlehrerin (with Udo Lindenberg)
• Die Kleinen Grünen Männchen (UFO Mix) (with Bernward Büker)
• Die Kleinen Grünen Männchen (with Bernward Büker)
• Die Rattenkoenigin (from Das Silberne Segel)
• Durga Kali Mantra (Astral Mix by Dar Beida 04)
• Frei Sein! (from Das Silberne Segel)
• Garota de Berlim (with Tokyo) (DJ Ippocratis-Grego Bournellis remix)
• Get Your Body (Razormaid Remix) (with Adamski)
• Gods of Aquarius (Razormaid Remix)
• La Veuve Noir (with Rosenstolz)
• Punkkaufmann (with Clueso, Bruder & Kronstaedta)
• Sahara Hotel (with Pat Ruthensmear)
• Seemann (Acoustic) (with Apocalyptica)
• Seemann (Rammstein vs Apocalytica mashup)
• Tanz (Airplay Mix) (with Schwarze Puppen)
• Tanz (I Love Nina Hagen Mix) (with Schwarze Puppen)
• Tanz (Schwarze Puppen Mix) (with Schwarze Puppen)
• Wer Bistn Du? (Album Version) (with Beginner)
• Wer Bistn Du? (Bubblez Mix) (with Beginner)
• Wer Bistn Du? (Live Version) (with Beginner)
• Wie das Gestirn (from Rilke Projekt 1)
• Zarah (Hot Tracks Remix)

...and a few songs I forgot to add in the beginning:

• Ballad of the Prisoner of Sexuality (from Threepenny Opera)
• First Threepenny Finale (from Threepenny Opera)
• Second Threepenny Finale (from Threepenny Opera)
• Third Threepenny Finale (from Threepenny Opera)
• Der Wassermann (from the Hair soundtrack)
• Frank Mills (from the Hair soundtrack)
• Let The Sunshine In (from the Hair soundtrack)
• Hare Krishna (from the Hair soundtrack)
• Luft (from the Hair soundtrack)
• Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Album Fade) (with Freaky Fukin Weirdoz)
• Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Full Album Version) (with Freaky Fukin Weirdoz)
• Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (Radio Mix) (with Freaky Fukin Weirdoz)
• Tanz the Speakers (DJ Dopastard Mix)

Special day

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
NINA!!

Please come back to Seattle!
:-D

More updates

Some more new stuff:

• Added some new live shows to the Music section:  France 1980, Seattle 1982, Hollywood 1998, San Francisco 2002/2004/2005, and Berlin 1985.  There's some great stuff in there, including several songs she's never recorded onto albums.  Hollywood 1998 was my first Nina show and still one of my favorites!
• Dennis Miller sent in some lyrics to "Irgendwo auf der Welt", which are now up in the Lyrics section.
• The trailer for the "7 Zwerge" sequel can be seen on YouTube:
  

Recent changes and new stuff

• Reconfigured the Music page to include a pop-up player and more stuff like live shows.  Added two shows so far, will add more later.
• Uploaded better-sounding tracks to the singles/remixes/etc. jukebox.  They're still in mono (to save space and bandwidth) but the quality is better.  Also threw in some remixes I missed the first time around!
• Fixed a couple of phrases in the "Michail, Michail" lyrics (thanks to Jarmo) and a missing word in "Ave Maria" (thanks to Paul Gilbert).
• Added some links to English translations of the German interviews.  It's not perfect, but it does a decent job.
• Added a 2005 phone interview with Nina from the "Nardwuar the Human Serviette" show.  I hope he doesn't mind if I host the file on my site as well. :)  Thanks to Dr Art and AgwA from the Forum for the info and file.