During a conversation about her minimal, lightly arranged new album, “Mental Illness,” singer and songwriter Aimee Mann pauses to ... a nihilist in “The Big Lebowski” seems a bit of ...

One of the most well-known indie artists of the late '90s was none other than Aimee Mann. No doubt big fans of hers, the Coens leapt at the opportunity to give her a small part in their film.

Fun Fact: Aimee Mann appeared as a German nihilist in the Coen Brothers cult classic The Big Lebowski, swapping her chopped-off pinky toe (slathered in green nail polish) for Tara Reid’s.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Two-time Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, with special guest ... numerous cameos in films like “The Big Lebowski” and TV shows like “Portlandia ...