Andre J de Saint Phalle
Noodles - multitrack recording in my home studio
Captain Kirk’s Tears
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Captain Kirk’s Tears

Cool backstory on this one

I used to work at Universal Studios in the late 1970’s as a film editor. I ran into William Shatner in a stairwell once and being 6’ 2” myself, I was surprised at what a small and compact man he was. It struck me, having watched him appear larger than life on Star Trek and then running into him in a stairwell— the difference between reality and fiction. Fast-forward to just a couple of years ago when Jeff Bezos shot him into orbit and met him on the ground after. Captain Kirk actually wept, saying he had been overwhelmed by the fragility of the blue atmosphere that contains all life on earth. And I really resonated with it.

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