links for 2009-01-13

For HAL who turns 12 today.

All I could think on reading this was, "No, not a galactic-level FEMA! They'd outdo the Vogons in slowness and red tape."

"… And my biggest fear is that they were gonna wrap it up and put it in a little box with a little bow on top of it and have Kara and Apollo walk into the sunset holding hands. It's not what happened! In Ron Moore fashion, s**t blows up and people die."

"… a convincing blend of Sufi mysticism and trance electronica." Niyaz sounds like what you'd get if you put the works of Altaf Raja, Lisa Gerrard, Ofra Haza, Graeme Revell and Massive Attack in a blender and mix well. Highly recommended.