30 seconds to mars

Jared Leto is no stranger to taking on big, big roles for the big, big screen.

The beautiful insanity of Los Angeles is captured in Thirty Seconds to Mars' new short film (aka extended music video) 'City of Angels.' The film features Kanye West, Selena Gomez, Juliette Lewis, Lindsay Lohan and more, all of whom espouse their love for the magical promised land – those are Olivia Wilde's words —that is L.A.

Thirty Seconds to Mars turned in a faithful cover of Rihanna's spare ballad 'Stay,' yet Jared Leto and the boys still managed to make it decidedly Thirty Seconds-ified. It's an utterly breathtaking version of RiRi's hit.

Starburst is doing something called the Contradictions project where they are partnering with VH1's Save The Music Foundation to help out music programs across the country.  One of the things they do is have people vote on their favorite performances from a band covering a song that sounds different than what they normally do (A contradiction...get it?). It's a pretty cool idea. One off the top vo

In a recent interview, drummer Shannon Leto and his brother and front-man for the band, Jarod Leto mentioned a possible ten year break for their band 30 Seconds To Mars. I wouldn't be terribly upset if this did happen. Personally I think Jarod Leto should spend more time making movies than music.

The date, Friday January 21st.  The place, The Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO.  I was on-hand to see the sold out the '30 Seconds To Mars' show.  "Why the heck is Jared Leto wearing bright green pants and have a sweater tied around his neck," you ask?