You may have noticed that I’m a fan of William Shatner. I’m not so much of a fan of his music (or his direction; William Shatner still owes me $3.50 for Star Trek V); in fact, putting on a copy of The Transformed Man is a good way to clear out a room after a party. But Shatner being Shatner, that hasn’t stopped him, and he’s now putting out a new album.
A few notes:
He can’t sing, but Shatner has pretty good taste in music. Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and Peter Shilling’s “Major Tom,” “Iron Man,” tasty tracks one and all.
He also has lined up some pretty big names to help him out. Check out this list:
That’s not a lineup of sidemen, that’s the roster of a major benefit concert.
This is pretty much obligatory:
