I See You Shiver...

But not in antici........................... pation... Not after reading this story:

BBC News: Rocky Horror Movie To Be Remade

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Sky, I beg you... reconsider! Leave this alone! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!

(Yes, this is worthy of all those exclamation marks)!!

For a start, who are you going to get to play Frank 'n' Furter? There's no one can fill Tim Curry's fishnets! Tim WAS and IS Frank! Same with Eddie... Who can top Meat Loaf?

At least I hear that Richard O'Brien has washed his hands of this... Maybe Lou Adler needs the money more?

From what I read on the net, no one thinks this is a good idea!

There's a petition here that you can sign to try to get Sky and MTV to rethink this.

And I know I post this on a regular basis (hey! my blog, my rules), but here is the master at work... "Sweet Transvestite"...

and a few other gems:

Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul)
Floor Show
Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me
I Can Make You A Man
and, of course, The Time Warp

Born To Rock...

Slight cheat today, because the birthday boy's not really a singer per se... He wrote the musical that my track features in - and he sings it, as well as vocals on other songs on the soundtrack...

Mar. 25th, 1942 - Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith, but there was already an actor Richard Smith) and "Science Fiction/Double Feature" from the brilliant "Rocky Horror Picture Show"... although Richard doesn't actually appear in this clip - it's left to the red lips...