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Jason Tate
06/26/04, 04:24 PM
Pianist Ben Folds has pushed back the release date of his upcoming solo album to concentrate on Has Been, a collection by Star Trek star and sometime musician William Shatner (Captain Kirk).

StarTrek.com has reported that Has Been, currently scheduled for release in September on the Shout! Factory label, was produced and written mostly by Folds and includes cameos by singers Henry Rollins, Aimee Mann and Joe Jackson.

"It is a great record and it is really worth going out and doing some shows in major cities," Folds told Billboard.com, though he added that Shatner was "not a musician at all" and did not sing or rap on the album. "But he is still part of the music. I've never heard a record quite like it." Shatner, who has released several solo albums in between film and television appearances, made a guest appearance in 1998 on Folds' album Fear of Pop, Vol. 1.

Reuters reported, also via Billboard.com, that author Nick Hornby - famed for the music-themed High Fidelity - had also co-written a song with Folds for the project. Folds is currently on tour and plans to release his own solo album in 2005.

Source: StarTrek.com
warriorsam
06/26/04, 04:37 PM
Yeah, that is pretty weird.

They did a collab a few years ago called "In Love." If you can find it, it's a pretty interesting "song." (Shatner's whole part is spoken, in an "Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen" sort of way.) Guys who knowingly act like completely different people around their girlfriends could probably relate.
MistaChang
06/26/04, 05:35 PM
Yeah, that is pretty weird.

They did a collab a few years ago called "In Love." If you can find it, it's a pretty interesting "song." (Shatner's whole part is spoken, in an "Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen" sort of way.) Guys who knowingly act like completely different people around their girlfriends could probably relate.

BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER MUSHROOM, MUSHROOM...

I couldn't help it. But this news sounds pretty damn strange.
sealed
06/26/04, 06:30 PM
Yeah dude, when Rollings came to my college last semester, he was talking about laying down a track with Shatner, Folds, and fucking Adrian Belew.

Now that is serious.
illbethereason
06/26/04, 08:00 PM
this may be a little off topic... but your "sponsors" page is just dumb. i mean, sure you know the bands and labels, but are they really sponsors? companies... sure. but bands and labels... no. i mean come on, senses fail is on the list of your band sponsors and we all know they despise you and and you hate them. where's the sponsorship?
Oxbig1106
06/26/04, 08:59 PM
Farker, are we Tate? Eh?
somebodypunchme
06/27/04, 09:40 AM
and u can be called jaytay! this is awesum..
Jamison Kane
06/27/04, 02:48 PM
He mentioned this at the show. I kind of thought it was a joke, but this is hilarious.