1. Kimya Dawson was born on November 17,1972 and is an American folk singer-songwriter, one half of the anti-folk duo the Moldy Peaches.
16 Facts About Kimya Dawson
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Kimya Dawson became well known as co-founder of the Moldy Peaches alongside Adam Green.
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Since the Moldy Peaches went on hiatus in 2004 Kimya Dawson has released a string of lo-fi homemade albums and toured widely in North America and Europe.
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Kimya Dawson has been invited to participate in the Sesame Street television program.
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Kimya Dawson's songs are featured in the films The Guatemalan Handshake and Glue, both of which were shown at the Olympia Film Festival in November 2007.
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Kimya Dawson helped choose many of the songs for the Juno film, helping to set the film's mood.
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Kimya Dawson appears on the Third Eye Blind album, Ursa Major, on the track "Why Can't You Be".
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Under the name Geniusis, Kimya Dawson released the free album Holiday Rampage alongside Aesop Rock, Johnny Druelinger, Jason Carmer and Quinn Tuffinuff.
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In February 2011, Kimya Dawson recorded a Daytrotter session with Aesop Rock, in which they performed three songs together.
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Kimya Dawson released the solo album Thunder Thighs in October 2011.
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Kimya Dawson played An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall with John Green and Hank Green on January 15,2013.
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On Christmas Day in Port Townsend, Washington in 1998, Kimya Dawson accidentally overdosed on whiskey and prescription pills.
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Kimya Dawson suffered a grand mal seizure and vomited blood, which they then inhaled.
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Kimya Dawson moved to Bedford Hills, New York, in December 2005.
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In July 2006, Kimya Dawson gave birth to a child, Panda, and in November 2006 moved the new family to Olympia, Washington.
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Kimya Dawson is good friends with AEW wrestler Bryan Danielson, who appears as a guest artist on the Thunder Thighs track "Captain Lou", written in homage to wrestling manager Lou Albano.