SONG OF THE WEEK! "We're Getting Closer to the Sun"
Meteors tell their stories, galaxies have their glories...
SONG OF THE WEEK: “We’re Getting Closer to the Sun”
…Lyrics in this song were prompted by Lt. Uhura’s (Nichelle Nichols) comments to Captain Kirk (William Shatner) in the 1968 Star Trek TV episode, “Bread & Circuses.” It’s the title track from a full-length album in the works—a collection of songs based on a childlike faith in themes of the cosmos and God, angels, and astronauts. Further inspiration came from moral tales in “The Twilight Zone” TV series and the C.S. Lewis space trilogy. Musically it pulls from late 60s experimental pop and psychedelia, surf rock, spy movie music, and future-primitive sounds. Some modern sci-fi is dystopian, depicting the human race as grubby poltroons who deserve to be enslaved by machines or brutal corporate dictators. I defer to a gentler, cleaner, and constructive brand of sci-fi, speaking towards empathy, hope, possibilities, and spiritual dynamics.
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