You can see the rest of the video at the BSG website.
The long hiatus of “Battlestar Galactica” has sent fans into a speculation frenzy, and I think that’s going to cause some inevitable disappointment when the first episode of the last season airs tonight, and only a little bit of the various mysteries is revealed. I’m sure we’re going to have to wait until the end to find out what’s up with Starbuck and who the last Cylon is. And above all, what is the Cylon plan? Are there different Cylons with different plans? We won’t be much wiser come Saturday morning, which is something to keep in mind. Unfortunately, there’s going to be a hiatus between the first and second halves of the season, due to the writer’s strike, as well. This is going to be a slow tease.
Ten songs at random from your MP3 playing device.
- “Gimme Danger”—Iggy Pop
- “Hock It”—The Blow
- “Toothpaste”—The Martial Arts
- “Nightclubbing”—Iggy Pop (my iPod has a preference today)
- “I Believe In A Woman”—Sly Williams
- “Send Me A Postcard”—Shocking Blue
- “I Want You Back”—Jackson 5
- “Melody Day”—Caribou
- “Do The 45″—Ryan Shaw
- “Cottage For Sale”—James Brown
Do not let this band’s name—the Ting Tings—distract you from how fucking awesome they are.
The Shocking Blue:
I’m digging the ladies with the rocking voices this morning.
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01. Hell is for Children [04:56] — Pat Benatar
02. That Lady [03:11] — Isley Brothers
03. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence [42:00] — Dream Theater
04. Shake It Up Tonight [05:41] — Cheryl Lynn
05. I Just Want to Make Love to You [live][08:34] — Foghat
06. Street Life [11:11] — Randy Crawford
07. Blues Medley [10:17] — Lynyrd Skynyrd
08. Hotel Hobbis/Warm Wet Circles/That Time of the Night [14:05] — Marillion
09. My Generation [14:36] — Who
10. Electric Land [05:30] — Bad Company
For the record, many shows will be making a return from hiatus starting next week.
1) “Timothy”- Jet
2) “Sweet Sixteen & Leather Boots” - PopiKok
3) “Hot Cha” - They Might Be Giants
4) “Believe Me Natalie” - The Killers
5) “Given The Dog A Bone” - AC-DC
6) “Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)” - Gorillaz
7) “A Perfect World” - Pizzicato Five
8) “Hallelujah” - Leonard Cohen
9) “Public Image Ltd.” - Public Image Ltd.
10) “Was It Just Another Love” - Eurythmics
Bonus Track: “Take It Like A Man” - Dragonette
Wow… my random 10 got held up in moderation…:)
Thanks for the clips!
The lead singer for Shocking Blue was Mariska Veres. She died of cancer a few years ago, but apparently continued performing and had a good life. Here’s a live version of “Venus”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf3h8CoWC14
1. “Jolly Jolly Jolly Ego”, Dirty Projectors
2. “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song”, The Flaming Lips
3. “You’re Going To Need Somebody”, Blue Aeroplanes
4. “Alone In Kyoto”, Air
5. “Police Chase”, DNA
6. “Suprise Ice”, Kings Of Convenience
7. “Bed Is for Sleeping”, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Matt Sweeney
8. “Even (Out) +”, Stars Of The Lid
9. “Antiquaire”, Jean Leloup
10. “Level”, The Raconteurs
“Are there different Cylons with different plans? “
I think Six is on the free long distance unlimited screwing-with-Baltar plan.
“No Cable No Cry” Edition
1. Oakland Stroke (intro) — Tower of Power
2. Sloop John B — The Beach Boys
3. And I Love Her — The Beatles
4. Lay Lady Lay — Bob Dylan
5. Trouble Me — 10,000 Maniacs
6. Big Stuff — Gil Evans + 10
7. Angel of Harlem — U2
8. Shadow Captain — Crosby, Stills and Nash
9. Pata Pata — Vusi Mahlasehla
10. Budo — Gerry Mulligan
Bonus: Across the Universe (naked version) — The Beatles
It’s not going to be a huge letdown for me because I thought most of post-New Caprica Season 3 was kind of ass. I don’t care who the last Cylon is, because (1) at least one of the four revealed in the last episode makes no sense at all, chronologically… those of you who have seen it know who I’m talking about and (2) apart from giving Lucy Lawless a nosebleed, they appear to have no function apart from injecting unneeded mystery into the show.
1. My Wife and Women by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
2. Can’t You Find Another Way by Sam and Dave
3. Over and Over by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
4. You’re All Talk by The Pandoras
5. Love To Keep You in My Mind by Curtis Mayfield
6. Sabra Cadabra by Black Sabbath
7. Elite Syncopations by Scott Joplin (featuring Andre Previn on the piano)
8. Psychosomatic by The Chemical Brothers
9. The Big Money by Rush (I hate myself and invite you to do the same)
10. Fishin’ 4 Religion by Arrested Development
Really more hyped for the Torchwood season finale edition.
1. “Fire On Mount Sinai” - Mad Professor
2. “I Am Hell” - White Zombie
3. “Behind Blue Eyes” - The Who
4. “I Against I” - Bad Brains
5. “Victoria” - The Fall
6. “Barbecue Bess” - Lucille Bogan
7. “Public Enemy Number One” - Public Enemy
8. “Whispering Pines” - Iris Dement
9. “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” - The Police
10. “No Good” - Nappy Roots
Apt Bonus: “Dr. Who On Holiday” - Dean Gray
What the hell, I’ll jump in!
1. Melissa McClelland – You Know I Love You, Baby
2. Nat King Cole – Autumn Leaves
3. Joel Plaskett – Work Out Fine
4. k.d. lang – One Day I Walk
5. The Blue Seeds – My Fair Weather Friend
6. Oh Susanna – Forever At Your Feet
7. The AM Project – A Way With Me
8. Mood Ruff – Rocketship
9. Hawksley Workman – The City Is A Drag
10. Fred Eaglesmith – The Dog Song (DAMMIT! *sob!*)
And an extra, because I’d been in a good mood until Fred made me weep:
The United Steel Workers of Montreal – Sad Lover’s Lament
Also, anyone who loves the ladies who rock out must (if they haven’t already) check out The Hot Springs.
AND! Doctor Who S4 starts tomorrow!
I mean, um, yes. As am I.
1. Girls — Tricky
2. Sea Shanty — The Pogues
3. Stays Demons — Nadja
4. Ripeness — Echo & the Bunnymen
5. Narc — Cliff Martinez (from Narc soundtrack)
6. Cool Waves — Spiritualized
7. You’d Better Believe It (Live) — Hawkwind
8. Palms Read — Protest the Hero
9. Misfit — Wipers
10. Gryning — Finntroll
Someone Else With American Edit on the iPod Edition:
1. “Save the Clock Tower” - Hockey Night
2. “Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960″ - Brian Eno
3. “Boy with a Problem” - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
4. “I’m So Bored with the USA” - The Clash
5. “Where Are You” - Frank Sinatra
6. “Impossible Rebel” - Dean Gray
7. “No One’s Leaving” - Jane’s Addiction
8. “Spread Your Poison” - Nothing Painted Blue
9. “Eye Know (The Know It All Mix)” - De La Soul
10. “Amity Gardens” - Fountains of Wayne
Also Legally Questionable Bonus: “Green Eggs and Ham” - Dylan Hears a Who
I’m way too excited for this season of BSG; so far behind on papers, and stayed out too late last night (birthdays + friends happen). BSG! BSG! BSG!
um, I keep hoping my crush Kara will be half-cylon, given her mother’s inexplicable hatred of Starbuck’s dad, and Starbuck’s visions. Oh, and that she and Apollo (my other crush) will end up together. Pretty sure one of those two things will happen.
okay:
1. Heavens to Betsy- “Paralyzed”- yea! perfect Spring sound!
2. Mission of Burma- “That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate”
3. Alec Empire- “Point of No Return” Mr. ATR
4. Blonde Rehead- “Down Under”
5. Sebadoh- “My Decision”
6. The Vanishing- “Obituary”
7. La Peste- “Someone Somewhere”
8. Pedro The Lion- “Suspect Fled the Scene”
9. Millencolin- “Dancecraze”
10. Clearlake- “Fimally Free”
Bonuses: Fugazi- “Glue Man” and Joey Casio- “Semiotic Etc.”
oh, man: I used to love, love, love, Shocking Blue.
um, guess I still do?
She died of cancer a few years ago, but apparently continued performing and had a good life.
After dying of cancer that’s particularly impressive!
1. Family Reserve - Lyle Lovett
2. Bagman - Mocha Lab
3. Thing About Trouble - Doug Burr
4. Over My Head - The Fray (ubiquitous, yes, but catchy)
5. Snake Farm - Ray Wylie Hubbard (my favorite song this week)
6. Misery Business - Paramore (man, my last ounce of hipster cred is GONE)
7. Save Me (acoustic) - Aimee Mann
8. The New Underground - Guster
9. Superman - R.E.M.
10. The Boogie Monster - Gnarls Barkley
Bonus:
Never Once, Never Again - James Dunn & the Western Set (due out later this year, damned fine)
Why, oh why, did I drop my cable right after BSG started? I’m now hopelessly out of the loop. Lot of DVD investment capital to get caught up, too. Time to yell at the kids in the yard…
The seventies eye makeup, it hurts me.
From the overwhelmingly old and older stuff edition:
“Slow” - Reverend Horton Heat
“Glass” - Robin Hitchcock & The Egyptians
“Real Child of Hell” - X
“The Goin’ Get Tough From The Getgo” - Ween
“Reasons To Be Beautiful” - Hole
“The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch” - Brian Eno
“Christine” - Siouxsie & The Banshees
“Eyes and Ears” - Bim Skala Bim
“Monsters” - Sons & Daughters
“Three is a Magic Number” - Blind Melon (from the School House Rock! Rocks CD)
I am a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica. I have been watching the show since season 1 premiere, and caught up on the mini-series afterwards. Not since Babylon 5 have I seen a show so meticulously planned out from the beginning. Not a loose end is left untied. It is clear that Ron Moore knows what he’s doing, and is not simply meandering from season to season aimlessly.
After the first four episodes of season 2, on Kobol, a bolt from the blue hit me. I got it. I understood what was happening. I knew what Ron Moore had planned, and it was pure, unadulterated genius. But I told no one, other than my wife, because it sounded… well, crazy, to be honest. I posted on no forums, told no other people my suspicions. But season 2 and season 3 only continued to confirm my faith in Ron Moore.
So here, for the first time, is what I understand to be happening in Battlestar Galactica. And I warn you right now, if you read past the break, it will forever change the way you view this show. It will color every episode, every character interaction, and will completely rewrite what you think about the last two seasons.
Have I built this up enough? Good. Here come the spoilers. Any errors are totally due to my faulty memory.
“This has all happened before. This will all happen again.”
“…And they have a plan.”
Those are the key phrases to understanding. How many times was that first line repeated throughout season 1? Again and again. And it is probably the most important line that anyone has spoken, and always by a cylon.
“We know your gods better than you do.” The cylons have always claimed a superiority over the humans about their religion. They say that the humans have a false religion, and that the cylons worship the one true god. Why? To create a dichotomy between polytheists and monotheists?
When the characters went down to Kobol at the end of season 1 and the beginning of season 2, a lot about their past was revealed. Kobol was where the men and the twelve gods lived together in peace and harmony. However, something happened, and the humans were exiled from Kobol. One of the gods, in her grief, threw herself from a high cliff and killed herself, showing that the gods were mortal, and capable of death.
The humans scattered to twelve planets, one for each of the twelve gods. A thirteenth colony, where the humans presumably pledged allegiance to no god, went off to form Earth.
At the end of the miniseries, Adama found a note in his quarters. “There are twelve models.” He does not know who put the note there, and that note has never been followed up on.
When the “Razor” special aired, we saw that the old model cylons from the original series are part of the mythos of the current BSG.
Are you with me yet?
* The twelve cylon models are the twelve gods.
* This is a cycle of war and destruction and rebirth that happens again and again.
* After the recurring war of genocide, the remaining people go off to find Earth, the lost thirteenth colony.
* Humanity settles on a new planet, which is Earth. That new planet becomes Kobol.
* The cylons, not quite human, become the image of the new gods. Athena, Apollo, etc.
* Eventually, conflict causes the dissolution of Kobol. Twelve colonies are created, each one full of humans following the way/path/personality of one of the cyclon “gods”. A thirteenth colony, wishing to follow no cylon god, goes off to form Earth.
* The original series happened in the same “universe” as the current BSG, and was the iteration of the cycle right before the current one.
* And it all happens again.
We won’t be much wiser come Saturday morning…
If you think you’ll be any wiser after the show ends, I admire your optimism.
Having just watched the new BSG on scifi.com, I have to say it was very good. It flew by and I couldn’t believe it when it was already over. Granted, it’s only the start to the season and doesn’t say much to whether they’ll answer all the questions in a satisfying way, but it was a very strong beginning.
King of Mars – Monster Magnet
Bastard – Planes Mistaken for Stars
Self Medication Blues – EyeHateGod
Bladecatcher – Mastodon
Dominion – Danzig
Wayfarers All – Dead Meadow
Seabeast – Mastodon
Cut Your Ribbon – Sparta
Queen Bitch – David Bowie
Hymne VI – Wolf and Passion – Ulver
I just started random iPod thingy adn it is tres fun!
Apparently iTunes really liked composers this time around…
1. Testament to Youth in Verse - The New Pornographers
2. Matchsticks - Aphex Twin
3. Fratres - Arvo Part
4. The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) - Elton John
5. Hard Times - Run DMC
6. Evil - Howlin’ Wolf
7. Radio Cure - Wilco
8. Cadenza on the Night Plain, pt. 1 - Terry Riley
9. Fake Blood - Mission of Burma
10. Music for Eighteen Musicians, section 4 - Steve Reich
and the bonus: When You’re Far Away - At Dusk
the matthew show:
Why, oh why, did I drop my cable right after BSG started? I’m now hopelessly out of the loop. Lot of DVD investment capital to get caught up, too.
One word…
Netflix
ShelbyWoo,
Genius. This is why I post here.
Slightly off topic, but about Netflix:
I finally joined a few months ago, and for a while everything was perfect. But recently, EVERYTHING that I really want to see gets that LONG WAIT or SHORT WAIT tag attached. I’ve been waiting literally months to get the Critierion Two Lane Blacktop, MI-5 season 4, Death Note Vol 1, and a bunch of others. Not to mention the agony of being 1 disc behind everyone else in getting The Wire Sea. 4. I still love using it, but I just don’t get why I have to wait so long to get specific DVD’s.
I watched it streaming on scifi.com, too, diedra, and I have to agree…it’s a very strong beginning. It makes me very excited for the rest of the season…I just hope I’ll be able to watch it all…
“shuffle button roulette” redux:
10. Sam Cooke “wonderful world”
9. Siouxsie and the Banshees - “spellbound”
8. Van Halen - “fair warning”
7. Prince & The NPG - “gett off”
6. Iron Maiden - “aces high”
5. Eric B. & Rakim - “know the ledge”
4. Toadies - “possum kingdom”
3. Linkin Park - “bleed it out”
2. Elvis Costello - “my dark life”
1. Joy Division - “these days”
Bonus tracks:
a. Arthur Lee & Love - “alone again)
b. Franz Ferdinand - “darts of pleasure”
c. House of Love - “i don’t know why i love you”
Netflix does this on purpose. The first few months is the honeymoon period, where they try to convince you to continue with the service, so they’ll send you everything as soon as you request it (or as soon as possible, anyway). Then if you’re the kind of person who orders a lot of movie, they put you in a separate queue and *purposedly* slow down your ability to receive new movies.
The ‘unlimited rental’ thing is bull. They limit it, on purpose, and give you the impression that it’s unlimited. Worse than that, they lie to you by making you believe that you do have unlimited rentals during your honeymoon period. It’s deceptive advertisement.
Oh, and just so you know, the reasoning behind that policy is that it’s the only way they can make a profit because otherwise their postage costs would be too high. I wouldn’t mind, really, if they just *told* you that you’d have limited service, instead of trying to mislead you.
I’ll chime in with those who saw the streaming cast on scifi.com - SO GOOD.
I surely don’t really have any answers, but man that was cool. It made up for the crappy filler episodes of season 3… and I read somewhere that there shouldn’t be any more of those! Just pure, unadulterated awesomeness that is the story arcs…
For what it’s worth, in a sort of perverse way, I love it when shows go on hiatus, or when a cult show gets canceled, because then the frustrated online fanfic rises to new levels of ridiculous. Hell, even the gaps between Harry Potter books were more entertaining than the books themselves that way.
10. Hold Your Head Up High - Miri Ben-Ari
9. Dreaming - Blondie
8. Umabarauma - Jorge Ben
7. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross, the Supremes, and The Temptations
8. Fuck Forever - Babyshambles
7. Rock ‘n Roll - Mos Def
6. Lullaby of London - The Pogues
5. Indigo - Moloko
4. Comin’ Back To Me - Jefferson Airplane
3. Not Even Stevie Nicks - Calexico
2. Condition Oakland - Jawbreaker
1. Sea Foam Green - Jawbreaker
bonus Because My iPod Loves Blake Schwarzenbach Track:
Sea Anemone - Jets to Brazil
Dark Park Creeping - The Mo-Dettes
Big Rock Candy Mountain - Halfnelson
Where Did I Leave My Halo? - Sparks
Don’t Shoot Me - Sparks
Change - Sparks
Obsessed With You - X-Ray Spex
Subconscious Nebula - Pascal
Silicones, Silicones - General Electric Silicone Products Department
All Of Us - Devo
Get Dressed Up for Easter Day - CRC (Commercial Recording Corporation)
BTW, Halfnelson became Sparks.
Totally different experience from BlackBloc. I’ve been a Netflix subscriber for over four years and I’ve never had more than 1-2% of the movies on my queue listed as long or short wait.
Netflix used to put you on a slower rotation if you went above a certain number of returns per month but I believe they’ve either stopped it, or they’ve started to tell you they do it, because they got sued for it.
Wow, the Shocking Blue. I remember requesting Venus and Hot Sands (I have the 45) back in the 1980s to see if we (with my brother) could get it into rotation on WBCN. We actually did and about a year later, Bananarama came out with their version. I take credit. Venus by SB on youtube has 626,000 hits–none of the people who answered the phones for BCN had heard of them. Are they well known in other parts of the country?
Anyway, here’s my random (duo) 10:
California Stars by Billy Bragg & Wilco
Hello by Oasis
I’ve Got A Woman by Ray Charles
Tell Me When It’s Over by Dream Syndicate
Sing Your Life by Morrissey
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On by Little Richard
I Don’t Even Know Myself by The Who
The Perfect Crime #2 by The Decemberists
Prefabricated Icon by X-Ray Spex
Let Go! by Gigolo Aunts
Roadhouse Blues by The Doors
Sex Beat by The Gun Club
1. Jump Jive And Wail - Stray Cats
2. Dust to Dust - The Misfits
3. Wonderful Wonderful Day - Seven Brides for Seven Brother
4. That’s Amore - Dean Martin
5. Tiny Bubbles - Dean Martin
6. Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Again - Sly and the Family Stone
7. Pity The Child-Chess: The Musical (London Cast)
8. To Them These Streets Belong - Rise Against
9. Sad Song - Super Mario PRG
Embassy Lament - Chess: The Musical (The Actors’ Fund Of America Concert)
My iTunes has the complete albums from 4 different versions of the musical Chess (Broadway, West End, Original, and Concert) totaling 95 songs. It pops up a quite a bit in the shuffle.
awesome video. Was a hit between friends a few months back
a russian guy doing Bach fuga with accordion. It’s grand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBmajjf5WKE