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Talented composer and all-around nice guy Bear McCreary, along with his BSG band compadres, is once again hitting the road with a live show of Galactica music.

The group will be doing three performances at the House of Blues in downtown San Diego on July 23, 24, and 25, right during the peak of Comicon craziness. Tickets are either $55 or $145 for VIP (which includes a backstage meet-and-greet, free copy of the new Caprica score CD, and a signing).

Personally, I think the VIP tickets are the way to go. Since the House of Blues is just blocks away from Comicon, it’s a good bet that other folks from the Galactica cast and crew may drop in.

Readers of this blog may remember my previous post about the BSG Season 2 CD Release party. These concerts promise to be equally awesome.

If you’re lucky enough to live near San Diego, this is definitely something you should thing about attending.

LiveJournal user pantsketch has made an awesome set of “Simpsons” characters for the entire Galactica cast.

My favorite is this portrait of Roslin and Adama. (Holding hands… awww.)

But the rest of the bunch are pretty awesome too.

This just in from the Sci Fi Wire:

SCI FI Channel’s award-winning series Battlestar Galactica will move to a new timeslot starting Jan. 21, 2007: Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT, following the premiere of the new original series The Dresden Files at 9 p.m.

Is it me? Or does this seem pretty stupid?

In general, moving a show to different timeslot in the same season is a recipe for disaster, and often a sign of that something isn’t working (and even impending cancellation).

Now I’m sure BSG isn’t at risk of being cancelled, but it seems like SciFi would do better to bolster up their Friday evening programming, and move BSG back to 10pm.

One suggestion… how about re-airing Heroes in the time slot before BSG? Now that would be a Sci-Fi Friday!

UPDATE: Variety explains the motivation behind the move:

Sci Fi exec VP of programming Mark Stern said there are two reasons for moving the series.

“Broadcast and cable networks realized Friday was not such a bad timeslot, so it’s not the easy lay-up it once was,” he said.

In addition, he added, Sundays have bigger HUT levels and will be less competitive come January when football leaves the sked.

Frosh one-hour “Eureka” showed that “we can launch a show successfully on a new night beyond Friday,” Stern said. “Sunday is the home for premiere programming and for us, that’s ‘Battlestar.’ ”

Sci Fi Channel also will debut its detective drama “The Dresden Files” Jan. 21 at 9, where it will lead into “Battlestar.” Stern said the cabler is hoping that “Dresden” will bring in a new and broader audience to the latter.

BTW, HUT levels = households using television. My final thoughts: it’s a risky move, but let’s hope SCI FI rolls a “hard six”.

Galacticaa is officially endoring Laura Roslin’s candidacy. Via The Shape of Days.

From the Greenhorn web comic (via BoingBoing):

kirinqueen says:

This is the modern centurion rather than the old-school one that’s been going around recently. This one doesn’t have lights, either, of course.

This year, Sarah and I decided to throw my birthday party at our house. We weren’t sure if anybody else was going to bring cake, and there were around 25 people coming, so that meant several cakes.

Naturally, the first thing that popped into my head was “colonial fleet”.

Thanks to my lovely wife Sarah for helping me bake and decorate these all day!

Full photoset on Flickr. Via BoingBoing.

This year’s Comic-Con will be another chance for many Galactica fans to see their favorite BSG cast members in person.

There are two panels of interest. On Thursday at 1:00 pm, Richard Hatch and Bear McCreary will give an informal talk about both Galactica series. And on Friday at 2:00 pm, Ron Moore and David Eick will join the cast for a one hour presentation.

I’ll be at Comic-Con this year — if any BSG fans want to meet up, drop me a line!

Thursday

12:00-1:00 Richard Hatch: Battlestar Galactica Forum and Q & A

Join actor Richard Hatch (Tom Zarek, new BG series, original Captain Apollo), and special guests Bear McCreary (composer and arranger, new BG series), Dr. Kevin Grazier from JPL (science consultant, new BG series), and writer Brad Linaweaver (co-author BG novels) for a provocative discussion of Battlestar new and classic, along with an intro to Richard’s The Great War of Magellan graphic novel and role playing game with Blam Ventures and DG associates. Room 6B

Friday

2:00-3:00 SCI FI: Battlestar Galactica — “The #1 television show of 2005″ — Time magazine. “One of the most original and provocative programs on television” — New York Times. “The toughest, smartest show on television” — Rolling Stone. “A wildly intense gem . . . riveting . . . not to be missed” — TV Guide.

If you’re not watching it, you should be. See what the buzz is all about. Be sure to stop by the SCI FI booth for a chance to win the ultimate BSG prize packet! Panelists include stars Edward James Olmos (Admiral William Adama), Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin), James Callis (President Gaius Baltar), and Lucy Lawless (D’Anna Biers), Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol), plus executive producers David Eick and Ronald D. Moore and SCI FI VP for original programming Erik Storey. Moderated by Lisa Chambers, features director, TV Guide

Since Battlestar Galactica was completely shut out of the this year’s Emmy nominees, Entertainment Weekly is asking… which series most deserved a Best Drama nomination? LOST or BSG?

I’m a huge fan of both shows… so this is a tough one for me.

Kara Barrett sent in this cool pic… “BSG on my iPod. Sort of silly, I know.”