Today at Comic-Con, MTV announced their intentions to do the time warp by remaking the 1975 cult-classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show to broadcast on TV next Halloween. Apparently they will work off the original campy 1975 screenplay but ”may also include music not featured in the original.” No word yet on a director or cast, but hopefully execs will not send The Jonas Brothers or Hannah Montana to the ol’ Frankenstein place. What do you think - inspired idea or movie-mistake-in-the-making? Here’s a big batch of Rocky Horror covers to enjoy while you pray Heidi Montag isn’t cast as Janet…

MP3s:
Dresden Dolls - “Science Fiction/Double Feature”
Control-R - “Dammit Janet”
Kelly Kapowski - “Over at the Frankenstein Place”
String Cheese Incident - “Time Warp”
Casper & The Cookies - “Sweet Transvestite”
Pansy Division - “I Can Make You a Man”
Truth and Beauty - “Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a Touch Me”
Suburban Legends - “Rose Tint My World”
Paul Pecorino - “I’m Going Home”

As if I needed another reason to be jealous of English culture, the super-rad title sequence for the BBC’s forthcoming coverage of the 2008 Olympics – created by the men behind Gorillaz, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett – has appeared online. The two-minute animated clip features three characters (Monkey, Pigsy, & Sandy) from the duo’s recently-opened opera, Monkey: Journey To The West, who are serving as the faces of BBC Olympics coverage.

Don’t get me wrong - the five Fuwa are plenty adorable as far as Olympic Mascots go (my fave is Huanhuan!), but I’d definitely put my money on the outnumbered, monster-battling Monkey trio if the toon groups ever fought each other! Check out the clip below along with two tracks from Monkey: Journey To The West!

MP3s:
Monkey - “Heavenly Peach Banquet”
Monkey - “I Love Buddha”

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Here’s some interesting news from The Department of Beatles Offspring - despite having a grandfather who played drums for The Beatles and a dad who used to drum for Oasis (and is currently the sticksman for The Who), Ringo Starr’s granddaughter Tatia Starkey has passed on hitting the skins and has opted to be a bass-player for her recently formed band Belakiss. Not to be confused with another Belakiss from Long Island, Starkey’s group is London-based and have already played a handful of dates around England’s capital.

MP3:
Belakiss - “Excession”

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As previously discussed, Gnarls Barkley have added an ace cover of Radiohead’s “Reckoner” to their recent setlists. Thankfully, better video and audio of the duo doing the In Rainbows track have emerged and from the looks of it, Cee-Lo’s got Thom Yorke’s flailing dance moves mastered.

MP3:
Gnarls Barkley - “Reckoner (Radiohead cover)” (Live in Barcelona/7.20.08)

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Gnarls Barkley Covers Radiohead’s “Reckoner”

Is it just me or has 2008 been a particularly great year for returning the music video to an art form? Certainly not for the quasi-squeamish (or those with a California Raisins phobia), Gnarl’s Barkley’s new video was directed by the super-talented Chris Milk and is yet another must-see clip featuring Friday Night Lights‘ Aasha Davis, Lonely Island/SNL scribe Jorma Taccone, and a bloody, beating heart serenading broccoli. Although, it’s hard to imagine anyone breaking-up with Jorma…he’s a triple-threat of writing, dancing, and rapping!

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