William Shatner

So this isn’t entirely new info. Famed Star Trek star/all-around weird dude William Shatner discussed his upcoming prog rock collaboration with Yes guitarist/keyboardist Billy Sherwood in a Rolling Stone interview back in September…

today in NYC * ASSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * John Zorn @ The Stone * Nick Waterhouse @ Moscot * Michael Cerveris @ Joe’s Pub * Jordan McLean, ONVA @ La Sala * Hallways, Sam Jayne @ Ace Hotel * Otis, Jadakiss @ Starland Ballroom Teeel, Sinnet, Il Abanico @ Union Hall * New York Philharmonic in Staten Island * One Year Band, The Ghost Wolves @ Zebulon * Nick Waterhouse, The Jay Vons @ Maxwell’s * Codeine, Animal Hospital @ Le Poisson Rouge * D…

William Shatner has gone metal…Peter Frampton and Mike Inez (who will be playing Iron Man with fellow Ozzy alum, Zakk Wylde) are definitely participating and our sources claims artists slated to perform (but who haven’t done their parts yet) include Steve Howe of Yes, Ian Paice of Deep Purple and the god among men, Brian May of Queen…

The past few nights of television have brought us, among other things, Neko Case playing with Bob Dylan’s son, and then Broken Social Scene on Letterman, and the Gorillaz on the Colbert Report, but most importantly, from George Lopez (who will soon be on after Conan O’Brien on TBS): Lin Yu Chun singing Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” with the one and only William Shatner…