30 SECONDS TO MARS COLOMBIA // ECHELON MARS ARMY COLOMBIA: TRANSMISSION DICIEMBRE 21/ 2011

This Week - 12/21/2011

MARS' Faves of 2011

As we close off an amazing year, Jared, Shannon and Tomo share some of their favorites in music, books, and more that they discovered in 2011. Check it out:

JARED
Music: James Blake - Self-Titled
DVDs: - Restrepo, Massacre at My Lai, Mugabe and the White African, Painters Painting
Books: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Show: Sleep No More in NYC
Art: Antony Micallef
Website: VyRT, Notes From The Outernet

SHANNON
Music: M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming
DVDs: The Human Experience
Books: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
TV: Breaking Bad
Art: Creeps by Jared Leto

TOMO
Music: Battles - Gloss Drop, Noisia - Split The Atom
DVDs: Daily Butt Workout with Tracy Lords, Hot Guitarist Video Magazine
Books: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Enders Game series by "Orson Scott Card", Comprehension of Underwater Vocal Compression Techniques and Practices by Sir Charles Benedict von Squashington
Show: American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, The Killing
Art: Matei Apostolescu, Scott Radke
Website: Gilt Groupe

MARS On Kerrang! Magazine

The latest issue of Kerrang! Magazine is on news stands today in the UK. Check out what the Band had to say about their record-breaking year and more, with Kerrang's 30 Seconds to Christmas!

Clip of the Week

Check out the wave clip HERE. Catch more MARS clips atthirtysecondstomars.com.

Kathleen showcases her triad necklace.

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Paulina got the MARS glyphics tattoo.

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Czech: Vote 'Night of the Hunter Unplugged' at MTV Wishlist
Serbia: 'Night of the Hunter' on MTV Serbia Rock Chart andTop 20
Austria: 'This is War' on GOTV
Brazil: 'This is War' on Multishow
Asia: 'This Is War' on MTV Chart Attack
Greece: vote 'This Is War' for MTV Hit List Hellas
Italy: Vote 'Hurricane' on MTV Fanclub Charts

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HUMAN TRIAD MISSION!

Barcelona Echelon created this Triad:

Compose the Human Triad image with friends and fellow Echelon in high-traffic or populated areas. Stand, sit, or build a pyramid in a Triad formation. Get creative and submit your photos to the Triad Global Assault Page.

Each week we'll showcase some of the best MARS-themed avatars on twitter, facebook, and other social networks.

@AgerimEchelon throws up the Triad hand symbol on her avatar:

Design your own avatars to promote voting, upcoming shows, or anything MARS related. You can also use or edit the avatars designed by @thisisthehive.

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Flyers • Mars Stencil • Full Size Poster • QR Code

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Weekly Picks From the Band

Read of the Week

In 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command of a platoon of forty Marines who would live or die by his decisions. Marlantes survived, but like many of his brothers in arms, he has spent the last forty years dealing with his war experience. In What It Is Like to Go to War, Marlantes takes a deeply personal and candid look at what it is like to experience the ordeal of combat, critically examining how we might better prepare our soldiers for war.

Movie of the Week

Contagion is a 2011 medical thriller disaster film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film has an ensemble cast that includes Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Bryan Cranston. Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal indirect contact transmission virus (fomite transmission) that kills within days. As the fast-moving pandemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than does the virus itself. As the virus spreads around the world, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.

Album of the Week

w h o k i l l is the second studio release by Merrill Garbus' experimental solo-project tUnE-yArDs. It was released on 4AD Records on April 19, 2011. The album covers a "formidable range of genres and styles" including acoustic folk, rock, R&B, punk, funk, free jazz & Afro-beat. As on her first album, BiRd-BrAiNs, w h o k i l l relies on heavily layering looped sounds – notably vocals, drums & ukulele – which multi-instrumentalist/vocalist/composer, Garbus, uses to create her richly textured sound.

Website of the Week

First Book is a non-profit organization based out of Washington D.C. that works towards getting new "age appropriate" books into the hands of children from low-income families.