The 30 Seconds To Martian talks to G4TV:
“I think that blogging should die a sudden death. It’s just ridiculous. It’s like a playground for four-year-olds. People say and do things in the world of blogs that they would never do in real life, and I think it’s a false experience. You know, it’s, like, eating too much candy. One of the things along those lines that bothers me about when people start citing blogs as news sources is that when people are writing on these blogs, they feel like they don’t feel they need to do any research or back up their opinions with facts or anything, you know what I mean? Times have changed. It used to be, to be a writer you had to have experience and talent, and learn a craft. Now anybody with an opinion, which is anyone and everyone, feels that it’s worthy. Technology is allowing people to have access to things where before it required very great skill. So there will be some interesting developments from that, and also some things that are pretty worthless. Pretty soon anybody with a cell phone is going to be able to be a news reporter. The blog is yesterday’s parachute pants. It’s here now but it’s gone tomorrow.”
Stay tuned to 30 Seconds To Mars’s blog for further developments.
Lindsayism, rebuttal?
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Bloggers are four-year-olds and men wear make-up?
yeah, i too would like to see blogging replaced with parachute pants, you hit the nail on the head there, Catalano.
(being english i don’t actually know what parachute pants are, but they sound very exciting nonetheless)
“It’s like a playground for four-year-olds. People say and do things in the world of blogs that they would never do in real life, and I think it’s a false experience. It used to be, to be a writer you had to have experience and talent, and learn a craft.”
Wait … is he talking about blogging or being an actor? Or being in a rock band simply because you were an actor on a failed TV show 15 years ago?
in re lindsayism: yeah, so jared leto is a tool. big fuckin’ surprise that the hollywood actor turned rockstar is a tool. but isn’t it kind of douche-y to post a story knocking someone else and then moderate the fuckin’ responses to it? and not that i’m defending a $7000 advance for a band playing a local club or a megabus stationed outside said club, but i for one would be pissed, too, if i entered into an agreement with someone and then they said “fuck you” and did whatever the hell they wanted to just because it wasn’t put in writing. seems to me that tallahassee, florida has enough douchebags in it, even without a mission to mars tour stop.
lol, he looks FAT!
think he might be obsessed with john lennon????
Eating too much candy is a “false experience”?
I got accosted by “the Leto” backstage at Lollapalooza, I believe he thought I was someone else, but I will say, he was lame. . .and, he’s not dreamy at all in the sense.
They should have a chick-show rock tour, Jordan Catalano, Haiden from Sex in the City, and maybe David Cassidy? That’s one I would leave town for.
It used to be, to be in a band you had to have experience and talent, and learn a craft. Now any actor, which is anyone and everyone, feels that it’s worthy. Technology is allowing people to have access to things where before it required very great skill.
“lol, he looks FAT!
think he might be obsessed with john lennon????”
yeah… i think that’s a shot from the mark david chapman movie. but i think it’s safe to say that HE was obsessed with john lennon.
Speaking of too much candy…it’s time to put down the snickers buddy.
Jared Leto is an important person. We should all listen to what he has to say.
I only know this cause I just looked it up…but he gained 67 pounds for that role by eating ice cream and olive oil. And lost 20 pounds by eating only liquids for a few weeks. I lost a bunch of weight once, but was dissapointed to find out that I looked like a skinny dork instead of a fat dork. Oh well.
JARED: Sometimes it?s interesting, but most of the time the bloggers themselves are just trying to get famous so they can make some money and sell advertising dollars and duping these poor people who are on the internet all day long.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
and here I thought I blogfucked for free music.
STOP DUPING ME SCOTT!
i do think he has a point. but coming from a second-rate actor who’s now trying to become a rock star (and thinks he already is just because mtv made “the kill” a hit song) is hypocritical.
Uh. He kinda contradicts himself at the end there, doesn’t he? How is increasing access to technology going to decelerate or go the way of parachute pants? Also… fuck you, parachute pants rule!
ha ha, you’ve got the gout…
He’s got a lot of nerve knocking parachute pants. Have you seen the shit he wears? Parachute pants would be a step up.
did no-one read the second comment – what are parachute pants?!
“yeah… i think that’s a shot from the mark david chapman movie. but i think it’s safe to say that HE was obsessed with john lennon.”
think maybe i knew that, dave?
“People say and do things in blogs they wouldn’t do in real life.”
No, Jared… I’d tell you your band and records suck in real life. I’d have totally no problem with that.
I dated Jared Leto in College. Or fucked him, I forget which.
This clip of Jared Leto’s “band” on Kimmel Live from Blagg’s Blog says it all:
http://blaggblogg.blogspot.com/2006/06/sometimes-my-job-is-fun.html
play-acting and pretending to be a rock star is what a lot of four-year-olds like to do!
Awww, unfair. Jared got fat for a movie- he’s hot again! (Very hot, in my opinion…)
Although, this whole bit about blogging was slightly douchbag-ish. Adorable rock stars should maybe stop talking. I think it would work out well for them.
this is why douchebags in bands get pelted on the head with condoms full bodily fluids while onstage “performing”.
I thought Jordan Catalano was illiterate, how is he reading these blogs?
Someone looks a lot like Stephen King in that photo. Coincidence? That’s exactly what they’d like you to believe: http://www.lennonmurdertruth.com/
“think maybe i knew that, dave?
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i guess your humor was too subtle for me.
it used to be that you had to have experience and talent to be an actor who started a band (Keanu) Now, because of technology (hot-topic), every b-list movie star can start a shitty band. It’s just a fad (like beethoven).
The irony of this is delicious.
RE: Parachute Pants
Think MC Hammer’s baggy pants that he wore in the late 80′s/early 90s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_pants
Blogging is like punk rock. No, you don’t need to have studied the craft and be a total professional. That chaos makes it good.
So, essentially, what’s he’s saying is that “People can be dicks sometimes.”
thanks ecereal, i will now go and buy some. then i’ll be cool eh?
i’ve always said mc hammer was the bomb dibbitty.
Fat-ass dude hates blogging because he can’t even start a blog. His fingers are too fat to type on the damn keyboard. Plus, the dude’s too bloated to appreciate what’s Hammer done in the “Please Hammer Don’t Hurt Em” days.
In my opinion, feelings about blogs are often reflective of a person’s feelings of democracy. If you don’t think every citizen should have a forum to express themselves to a public audience, or that somehow an elite system of selection is the only process in which good writing can arise…. you’re bordering on facist tendencies.
Ethics lecture from the guy portraying Mark Chapman. Oh irony. Think he’s obsessed with MC Hammer?
“People say and do things in blogs they wouldn’t do in real life.”
Like kill Beatles, and fuck Claire Danes.
Why is there a photo of Philip Seymour Hoffman on this post?
i definitely agree that this isn’t much of a surprise either way and can definitely sympathize with Jared because i can’t even imagine how annoying it would be to have random people criticize and comment on every little thing that i did!
Who the f(_)ck is Jared Leto? Seriously.
ok he may have a crapy band and you may wanna degrade him by only rembering him as jordan catalano but if you saw requiem for a dream and you don’t think he is a hell of an actor you don’t know sh1t about anything
i dont care what everybody says about jared leto because i care about him!!!
Take all of your comments off the Internets. You think your technologies empower your creativity, but you are actually like the parachute pants, not here tomorrow but gone today. noobs
Jared Leto is a talented singer, song writer, and actor. And he is not too bad on the eyes.
Jared Leto is great. Step off, haters.
i dont care whats people say about jared leto becuase he right
(and becuase he also HOT.lol)
Hey,
I love what you’e doing!
Don’t ever change and best of luck.
Raymon W.
hey jared leto love your look , keep it lol
i think we should get something straight here:
Jared leto didnt become the lead singer of 30 seconds to mars because he failed as an actor. He started acting after 30seconds to mars formed ( and 30stm are excellent btw)
A person should be a really great actor to agree for putting on weight for the role. That means Jared Leto is becoming one whole with his movie-hero. He’s not another handsome man, he puts his soul into the role..that’s why the films he had starred in are MASTERPIECES!! bravo, Jared! you really have a soul besides pretty face!!
stop slating him ppl! hes write, blogs r stupid. u slag ppl off on em, shout ur, show off your “opinions” all over the internet and yet, in real life, can you back em up? No. dint think so. its a world of make believe where people can seem “big”.
plus jared leto is fitter than u, so listen to im and take an example frm his look guys….
All I will say is that for all the haters who have bothered to write shite about Jared….well you DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA DO YOU……….All the people who have written nice things about him…I just want to say “thanks” for being true fans……..Apparently the only “D-BAGS” on here are the little 4 years old’s who dont have a life!!!!!!
Keep posting sh*t about Jared but we still love him and his band
Jared Leto is right, and I have to agree with him. Blogging is stupid and very childish. The comments I’ve seen on here, Jared Leto has expressed his opinion on blogging, so… stop complaining and throwing your toys out of your prams, fools. Accept the truth, and do some interesting with your lives.
Sorry about the long thread of repeated comments, internet’s buzzing up on me again.
I think your all talking rubbish,Jared is a amazing person.
30 Seconds To Mars,Is deafaintly one of the best bands EVER and you people don’t even know what your talking about. Listening to Jared has made my decided what I want to do in life-be in a band. Thank you Jared and dont listen to this shit.
All of you who are getting mad at his statement really need to calm down. Especially if you blog. He’s stating OPINION. Which ALL you bloggers do unless you have actual fact to back it up. The picture is from his film Chapter 27. Get some facts you damn idiots. And finally, give him a break. He’s a regular human being. Stop being badass with your keyboards. You’re not getting anywhere.