Uhuraaa!

So am I the last person to have learned that Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura of Star Trek) recorded an album?

I'm not what you would call a trekkie, (although Battlestar Galactica is in heavy rotation in my DVD player right now, but that's another story), but Uhura was always a major heroine of mine, and my admiration for her has only increased upon hearing some tracks on this amazing album, including "You're Out of This World," "Gene" (a tone poem tribute to Gene Roddenberry), and, my favorite, "Ancestry":

Who am I? Where is my kind?
What's out there for me to find?
Help me Lord, my history's blind
Is there something more for me?

Are my roots in distant lands
Grass and trees or desert sands?
Am I lost? Be in your in hands,
What does the future hold for me?

Ancestry ...

As someone on Amazon succintly put it: "The production is atrocious and the lyrics are cheesy and embarrassing, but I just can't help liking it." Word.