William Shatner and Ben Folds?

OK, so I'm going to try to be cheerier now... though it's really hard!

Anyway, here's an interesting article from the Globe. As a closet-trekky and and an open Ben Fold's fan, I find this bizarre musical collaboration between the songwriter and William Shatner both intriguing and baffling.

There are links to three of the songs from the CD. Unfortunately, I am at work now, so I can't listen.

Shatner boldly goes back into the studio