If you’re short on time, then you should just skip the first half of 30 Seconds To Mars’ new music video for “Hurricane.” The really racy stuff (namely the moment at 9:17, when, as MTV’s compliance team notes, “WOMAN RUNS FINGER OVER OTHER WOMAN’S G-STRING CLAD BOTTOM AND TOUCHES HER ANUS”) doesn’t happen until over half way in. Yes, this music video is 13 minutes long and it’s broken down into chapters. Click through to watch the censored (but still NSFW) version of the banned clip and check out a rather hilarious frame by frame analysis of the original by MTV’s censors. It’s also worth nothing that while 30 Seconds To Mars do hope to post the uncut video online at some point, it hasn’t happened yet.
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They paved paradise and put up a… condo building. Though in the case of the recently finished Cherokee Lofts in Los Angeles, a LEED-certified retrofit of a former recording studio is a pitch-perfect way to preserve Hollywood legacy. The former Cherokee Recording Studios, MGM Studios before it, hosted everyone from Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder to Johnny Cash and Dave Matthews. In a nod to its storied past, the developers put on an open house decorated in the styles of three other recording artists: David Bowie (awesome), Alice in Chains (okay, sure), and 30 Seconds to Mars (huh?). Sneak a peek after the jump.
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1. This week, all arty eyes will be trained on Art Basel Miami: “This is a very real test of the vitality of the Miami art fair market in particular and, really, the art fair industry in general. Honest reports from all Miami organisers will show everyone down at least 20 per cent [in profits], whether as a product of fewer exhibitors or lowered stand prices.” [via Financial Times]
2. Are these pop culture’s finest moments of 2009? (Maybe if you’re a geeky guy…) [via Wired]
3. Listen to “Hurricane,” the new 30 Seconds to Mars song featuring Kanye West. [YouTube via @stereogum]
4. Thanks in large part to a box office battle between New Moon and The Blind Side, the holiday weekend’s top 10 films grossed a record-setting $278 million. [via NYO]
5. Morrissey is planning to collaborate with Stella McCartney on a vegan shoe line. In unrelated news, he’s also talking about suicide again. [via TwentyFourBit]
Bonus link: iPod vs. Sliced Bread
