Hurricane > 30 Seconds to Mars - New Music Video

EEK! New Music Video Alert! > Hurricane by 30 Seconds to Mars! I had found out about this video last Thurs night/Fri morning and was absolutely blown away by how amazing it was! I was even more excited about this video after watching all their preview material from their youtube channel, 30 Seconds to Mars and after seeing them live in Cardiff International Arena 2 weeks (OMG amazing!). I believe its the best video of this year, trumping Lady Gaga's monster music videos such as Telephone & Alejandro, Eminem's Love the Way You Lie and many others from the likes of Rihanna, Beyonce, Kanye West and Katy Perry.

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I do not own any video copyright and I really hope I haven't breached any copyright laws! 

All copyright EMI Music 2010.

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I think this may be the longest music video of this decade let alone this year at a lengthy 13.00 minutes of sex, violence and topless Leto. :P Debuted at MTV.com this video certainly is controversial with the many scenes of S&M and bondage, secret fetishisms, violence with creepy guys in masks and religious connotations with a Rabbi, Imam and Priest throwing holy books into the fire. Exactly how did 30STM get away with it? Despite the many 'CENSORED' shots flashing across the screen in bold black and red there is still a lot of sex & violence which is exciting and in a way refreshing to see it not done in a sleezy manner. Bartholemew Cummins (writer and director aka Jared Leto) certainly knows how to story tell and open the viewer to a new unexplored fantasy. This video is ambitious, daring, enticing, provocative and simply brilliant! On jaredleto.com he states how various scenes had made the video explicit content and censored scenes. Check out the list here.

I think it's ridiculous how so much is cut out when on prime-time TV there are scenes of sexual nature and violence. One video that particularly comes to mind is Lady Gaga's Alejandro video where she is practically having 'dry' sex on a bed with gay guys and kind of having group sex in a nun's PVC outfit. Also videos from 50 Cent and other rappers have used many sexual videos with half naked ladies doing provocative gestures. In addition, Maroon 5's Misery video was fairly violent (this was altered for UK play with animation on top). I think the censorship board or whoever decides on what can be aired on TV should be less stingy and allow the creativity of storytelling. The censorship ruins the flow of the video and the very erotic scenes only flash for a second or less. It's not as if Jared Leto is shoving sex down your throat.

Anyway, after my rant on why so much is censored there are probably a lot of people who would disagree such as parents non sexual fanatics. This does exploit dark fantasies however the mind-blowing cinematography with CGI effects and an imaginative narrative of birth, life & death outweigh the controversies associated with this explosive music video that is HURRICANE! :D


What do you think about this video?

Photograph of the Day > Jared Leto by Bryan Adams

Eek! Singer/songerwriter, frontman, director and actor Jared Leto shot half naked by singer/songwriter musician and photographer Bryan Adams for Zoo Magazine (from Germany FYI)! How excited was I to find this out!! Totally had to blog about this seeing that M.A.S.H's current 'crush' is Jared Leto :D Leto stars in the editorial 'Renaissance Man' for issue #29 for Zoo. Styled by Lotta Aspenberg.

I love Adam's composition and the drama the black/white gives. The playfulness is refreshing to see from Leto who is often seen as the mysterious blue eyed beauty however the spikey blonde hair (he's back to brunette now) and the apple core in his mouth with the rusty wall adds character and a hard edge which works great. It's also quite random and that's another reason why it's memorable and my favourite from this shoot. 

Sources: Homotography  /  Bryan Adams Photography

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CRUSH: Jared Leto - The Guardian Q&A

Stephen Hawking, Cocaine, Computer Chips and Karaoke... the Life of Leto.

Since seeing 30 Seconds to Mars (Leto is the front man) amazing concert on Friday night at Cardiff's International Arena, I've been a typical girl and been 'obsessing' about Jared Leto all day (though my love for Leto has been around for at least 3 years). So I decided to create a 'Crush' column and post about people I love (aka have crushed on) haha. I was browsing through his blog: 

http://jaredleto.com/thisiswhoireallyam and came across this Q&A style interview with Leto from The Guardian (source) from Dec 2009. Though it may be fairly old, this made my day. He's so awesome, would love to meet him one day! 

Photo source 'Real Men Wear Skirts' - 'How awesome!!' =P

What is your earliest memory?

Fireworks and a wolf.

When were you happiest?

I'm hoping that hasn't happened yet.

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Stephen Hawking – a great example of triumph in the face of adversity.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

The need to sleep.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Sycophancy.

What was your most embarrassing moment?

It had to do with karaoke and Eye Of The Tiger.

Property aside, what's the most expensive thing you've bought?

Collectively, as a band, we paid for and built our own recording studio.

What would your super power be?

The power to wipe out greed.

What makes you unhappy?

Obvious and uncontrollable machiavellian tendencies.

What do you most dislike about your appearance?

The computer chip in the back of my brain.

If you could bring something extinct back to life, what would you choose?

Megalodon.

Who would play you in the film of your life?

Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, Gary Coleman or Christopher Walken.

What is your most unappealing habit?

A relentless pursuit of perfection.

What is your favourite smell?

A campfire.

What is your favourite book?

The Catcher In The Rye.

What would be your fancy dress costume of choice?

Authentic period Genghis Khan body armour or the original Ziggy Stardust outfit.

What is the worst thing anyone's said to you?

Anything that is a lie.

Cat or dog?

Wolf.

What is your guiltiest pleasure?

Art.

What do you owe your parents?

My blood and bones.

To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why?

The planet, for the horrible way we have all treated it.

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party?

God, the devil – and Natalie Portman.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

"One more time…"

What is the worst job you've done?

Dishwasher when I was 12.

When did you last cry, and why?

It was a fight with some onions. I lost.

What is the closest you've come to death?

It had to do with a gun and some cocaine. The golden days of youth…

What song would you like played at your funeral?

Sigur Rós Untitled #1 or anything by Aphex Twin.

How would you like to be remembered?

I wouldn't.

What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

That many things are not as big a deal as they seem in the moment.

Photograph of the Day > Jared Leto Feb 2010 by Terry Richardson

This side portrait of Jared Leto is very amusing and interesting to look at due to the fact that Jared has adopted Richardson's signature look with the big rimmed glasses and recognisable facial hair. The creepy yet quirky grin makes this monochrome portrait humorous. Richardson actually cut Leto's hair for the mohawk, punk look he wanted which has been a hot hairstyle this year for both genders.

I love how Richardson can get people's personality through his photographs with ease which makes looking at his images much more exciting. His photography is very distinct and has shot celebtrities such as Lady Gaga, Lindsey Lohan, Daniel Radcliffe, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kate Moss, James Franco, Leonardo Dicaprio, Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Timberlake and The President, Barack Obama himself to name a few. There's no stopping Richardson's achievements in photography and fashion.

I decided feature this photograph of Jared Leto, as he's one of my favourite musicians and I really hope I get to see 30 Seconds Mars, the band he sings, plays guitar and write songs for, this November. Also he's hot! (though this photo doesn't really show his attractiveness)

Further Reading:

Terry Richardson Photography

Terry Richardson Diary

30 Seconds to Mars