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LOW. [tumblr] "I don’t want big, I want huge. I don’t want surprising, I want stunning. I don’t..."

Sat, 26 May 2012 03:31:07 +0000

“I don’t want big, I want huge. I don’t want surprising, I want stunning. I don’t want fast, I want explosive. I don’t want accidents, I want disasters. I don’t want dirt, I want filth. I don’t want a storm, I want a hurricane. I don’t want hills, I want mountains. I don’t want groups, I want crowds. I don’t want fear, I want panic. I don’t want suspense, I want terror. I don’t want humor, I want hysteria.”

- Renny Harlin in 1994 … right before dropping anchor on Cutthroat Island.

LOW. [tumblr] Photo

Thu, 24 May 2012 03:39:16 +0000

LOW. [tumblr] Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Go Hiking?

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:08:16 +0000

Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Go Hiking?

SOURCE. [saw] dark shadows

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:44:06 +0000

Amiably shambolic until the third act, when all the loose plot threads and kindling characters literally burst into flames. Grade: C

LOW. [tumblr] patrickmdunn: Walked out of the movie theater tonight and overheard a puzzled child ask his father...

Sat, 19 May 2012 02:34:00 +0000

patrickmdunn:

Walked out of the movie theater tonight and overheard a puzzled child ask his father a burning question:

“Does The Hulk go to the bathroom when he’s The Hulk or does he wait until he’s back to being a regular person?”

I’ll be up all night pondering this.

LOW. [tumblr] Remember that episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where...

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:39:13 +0000

Remember that episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where Picard asks Data how old Chelsea Handler is and Data responds with characteristic unnecessary exactitude?

LOW. [tumblr] "Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company’s development arm. So I’m not..."

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:07:02 +0000

“Last year I basically completely disbanded my production company’s development arm. So I’m not interested in developing anything. I’m in the ‘Avatar’ business. Period. That’s it. I’m making ‘Avatar 2,’ ‘Avatar 3,’ maybe ‘Avatar 4,’ and I’m not going to produce other people’s movies for them. I’m not interested in taking scripts. And that all sounds I suppose a little bit restricted, but the point is I think within the ‘Avatar’ landscape I can say everything I need to say that I think needs to be said, in terms of the state of the world and what I think we need to be doing about it.”

- James Cameron, being a total downer.

Mon, 07 May 2012 10:23:00 +0000

LOW. [tumblr] After hours

Mon, 07 May 2012 03:15:00 +0000

Words cast no shadows, voices carry in the dark; eyes are ultraviolet, mouths are infrared.

SOURCE. [saw] the avengers

Sat, 05 May 2012 10:37:04 +0000

Joss Whedon's sitcom patter doesn't always scale up to visual poetry but as far as mash-ups go, this is an agreeable gangbang. Grade: B

LOW. [tumblr] Every time the Spider-Man mask comes off and Andrew...

Fri, 04 May 2012 12:18:05 +0000

Every time the Spider-Man mask comes off and Andrew Garfield’s assiduously mussed bedhead springs forth like he’s Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8, I get yanked clean out of the Marvel universe.

STREAM. [life] deep breaths

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:24:29 +0000

The problem with holding a grudge is that it turns your body into a sarcophagus.

LOW. [tumblr] I used to think it was noteworthy that, between 1993 and 1995,...

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:30:00 +0000

I used to think it was noteworthy that, between 1993 and 1995, Sylvester Stallone headlined two enormously expensive action movies set in different dystopian futures—but of course the really footnote-worthy thing is that, between 1993 and 1995, Rob Schneider costarred in two enormously expensive Sylvester Stallone movies set in different dystopian futures.

LOW. [tumblr] This is what happens when you use Amazon to stream Bravo shows...

Tue, 01 May 2012 02:32:57 +0000

This is what happens when you use Amazon to stream Bravo shows to your Roku box.

SCENE. [flickr] Petronius

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:03:28 +0000

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SOURCE. [listening] drive by

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:43:17 +0000

Artist: Train. Album: California 37.

LOW. [tumblr] Photo

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:25:22 +0000

LOW. [tumblr] "I can’t say anything. Just like I can’t say anything to someone who doesn’t like fish. You can’t..."

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:00:00 +0000

“I can’t say anything. Just like I can’t say anything to someone who doesn’t like fish. You can’t explain why fish tastes great and why they should enjoy it. There can only ever be a real reaction, a truthful reaction, when people actually have a chance to see a complete narrative on a particular film.”

- Peter Jackson on shooting The Hobbit at 48 FPS (fish per second).

LOW. [tumblr] A glass-floored bathroom situated atop a fifteen-story elevator...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:59:00 +0000

A glass-floored bathroom situated atop a fifteen-story elevator shaft.

Guadalajara-based architects Hernandez Silva Arquitectos recently designed the interior of a new penthouse situated on top of a 1970s Mexican colonial building in Guadalajara, México. A notable feature of the home is a powder room situated atop an unused 15-story elevator shaft.

Memo to Las Vegas and Dubai: I’m disappointed neither of you came up with this first. You really dropped the ~~deuce~~ ball.

LOW. [tumblr] Can this be the cover of every novel forever please? [thanks,...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:28:00 +0000

Can this be the cover of every novel forever please? [thanks, sarah]

LOW. [tumblr] (Superman Returns is not only Bryan Singer’s Far from Heaven, it is also his Down with Love.)

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:20:34 +0000

(Superman Returns is not only Bryan Singer’s Far from Heaven, it is also his Down with Love.)

SOURCE. [listening] pioneers

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:19:05 +0000

Artist: The Lighthouse and The Whaler. Album: Pioneers – Single.

LOW. [tumblr] Confession

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:29:03 +0000

I watch so little current television these days, apart from the ephemeral Bravo dreck, that hearing people get worked up about a new show (e.g., HBO’s Girls) feels like eavesdropping on an eschatological debate from The First Council of Nicaea–i.e., religious and a bit alien.

LOW. [tumblr] Brava, Bravo.

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:02:58 +0000

Brava, Bravo.

LOW. [tumblr] Photo

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:52:05 +0000

LOW. [tumblr] Sometimes I’ll walk into the living room and find Stanley Tucci...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:43:51 +0000

Sometimes I’ll walk into the living room and find Stanley Tucci just waiting there, staring at me from the television.

SOURCE. [listening] apotheosis

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:24:25 +0000

Artist: Austin Wintory. Album: Journey™ (Original Soundtrack from the Video Game).

SOURCE. [saw] damsels in distress

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:54:19 +0000

Whit Stillman's incredible shrinking universe of frost-bitten white privilege may have found its somnambulant snow queen in Greta Gerwig. Grade: B

SOURCE. [playing] journey

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:51:17 +0000

Spiritual, cinematic and transporting. The cooperative elements come so subtly into play that their emotional wallop is completely unexpected. Over the years games have brought me boredom, anxiety and frustration—but never catharsis and elation. Is there hype surrounding this title? If so, it's earned.

STREAM. [society] burden of goof

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:18:05 +0000

If one is to enjoy the privilege of making fun of something, one must also bear the responsibility of having empathy for the thing that is being made fun of.

SOURCE. [saw] wrath of the titans

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:46:34 +0000

Like watching your friend play God of War on the PS3 while you fiddle with your iPhone. Sam Worthington's amiable inadequacy is beginning to feel passive aggressive. Grade: C

SOURCE. [saw] 21 jump street

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:34:07 +0000

This is the movie "The Other Guys" should have been. Channing Tatum's good humor and self-awareness steal the show. Grade: B

VID. [vimeo] Coming Attractions - Bwaaah! Thud!

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:07:41 +0000

Cast: Raza Syed

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SCENE. [flickr] Housewarmed

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 07:37:43 +0000

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SOURCE. [saw] the hunger games

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:54:42 +0000

The basic-cable futurism of the first act is redeemed by the fever-dream immediacy of the titular Games. Grade: B

SCENE. [flickr] Henge

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:04:03 +0000

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STREAM. [passing observation] turn on, boot up, jack in, wig out

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:59:59 +0000

William Gibson once described cyberspace as a "consensual hallucination" but social networking is more like a consensual manic episode.

SOURCE. [saw] the artist

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:33:56 +0000

Fifteen minutes of insufferable material dragged out to a hundred interminable minutes. Grade: F

SOURCE. [saw] project x

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:48:25 +0000

An unexpectedly entertaining missing link between Rebecca Black's "Friday" and The Battle of Algiers. Grade: B

STREAM. [life] sunscreen

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:24:48 +0000

Forgive mistakes. Embrace that love is clumsy. Communicate without condescension. Let people go. Let people return.

SCENE. [flickr] Vivarium

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:01:23 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Bumps

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:24:31 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Sunscreen

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:18:45 +0000

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SOURCE. [listening] we are young

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:27:41 +0000

Artist: Fun. (feat. Janelle Monáe). Album: We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) – Single.

SCENE. [flickr] Nesquik

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:13:46 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Closing time

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:47:04 +0000

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SOURCE. [watching] pan am

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:25:52 +0000

They spun a whole cotton-candy show out of the sugary one-minute Pan Am-stewardess sequence from 2002's Catch Me If You Can. Enjoy the empty calories while they last.

STREAM. [life] parallax

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:09:13 +0000

It's not really romantic until it's doomed.

SCENE. [flickr] 'Twas the season

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:06:43 +0000

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SOURCE. [saw] ghost protocol

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:25:39 +0000

Brad Bird's live-action inauguration is every bit as polished as his animated films—and considerably more cartoonish. The franchise stakes may be higher than ever but they've never carried less weight. Grade: B

STREAM. [passing observation] shemantics

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:41:18 +0000

There's a difference between loving w-o-r-d-s and loving language.

STREAM. [life] asterisk

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:08:46 +0000

If you're always winking, your eyes aren't really open.

SCENE. [flickr] Block letters

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:50:49 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Helvetica Medium

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:21:47 +0000

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STREAM. [life] e pluribus unum

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:43:51 +0000

As important as it is not to become a parody of oneself, it is equally as important not to come off as a critique of everyone else.

SCENE. [flickr] Stop

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:28:46 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] A bug's life

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:29:35 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Robble robble

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:41:12 +0000

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STREAM. [life] until lambs become lions

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:32:41 +0000

An ordeal is an invitation from the universe to rise to the occasion.

SCENE. [flickr] Johnie's

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:58:35 +0000

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STREAM. [society] senior superlatives

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:37:06 +0000

Something about the way the internet amplifies a signal even as it degrades it has a way of driving people to express even their most casual preferences and interests in the fervent, breathless argot of fetishism.

SCENE. [flickr] Bury my heart

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:52:09 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Meniscus

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:19:55 +0000

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STREAM. [passing observation] celebrate good enough times

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:37:20 +0000

There's a fine line between celebrating and showing off.

SCENE. [flickr] The Fresh Keeper

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:06:29 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Refresco

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:51:59 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Bowled over

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:54:37 +0000

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STREAM. [life] watching our backs

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:13:26 +0000

Once you arrive at the truth it can't sneak up on you anymore.

STREAM. [life] evolution

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:45:19 +0000

After a while we discover that some of our beliefs are merely opinions—and a little later, that some of our opinions are just feelings.

STREAM. [misbehavior] frame of deference

Mon, 02 May 2011 11:07:27 +0000

The most insidious way to be mean to someone is to be extraordinarily kind to everyone else.

STREAM. [life] ions

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:09:54 +0000

Sometimes we're on the same page. Sometimes our pages are just stuck together.

VID. [vimeo] Pummelvision

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:56:37 +0000

Cast: Raza Syed

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VID. [vimeo] I'm thinking Arby's

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:21:44 +0000

Wherein an attempt is made to enliven a vacant lot.

Cast: Raza Syed

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VID. [vimeo] Simple gift

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:22:50 +0000

aM Laboratory: ToneMatrix

"Simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Each triggered step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map."

lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

blog.andre-michelle.com/2009/the-amazing-ride-of-tonematrix/

This is pure joy.

The sequence for this melody:

1040,516,1152,4,0,1026,512,1024,128,0,64,64,0,0,32800,16384

Cast: Raza Syed

Tags: andremichelle, amlaboratory and tonematrix

VID. [vimeo] Let the right cheese in

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:10:12 +0000

Cast: Raza Syed

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VID. [vimeo] Videogum - Make Your Own 'Where the Wild Things Are' Trailer

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:41:38 +0000

videogum.com/archives/trailer/make-your-own-where-the-wild-t_061041.html

Replaced Arcade Fire's "Wake Up" with the Dust Brothers' "Stealing Fat" off the Fight Club soundtrack.

Cast: Raza Syed

Tags: videogum, where the wild things are, make your own trailer, dust brothers, stealing fat and fight club

VID. [vimeo] Walking on water

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:49:24 +0000

There's a moderately obscure reference to an HBO series in this clip. There's a beep at the end because I ♥ beeps.

Cast: Raza Syed and lonelysandwich

Tags: flipminohd

VID. [vimeo] Pool table

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:57:30 +0000

Screaming for image stabilization. Sorry, there was champagne in my other hand ... and Klonopin in my veins.

Cast: Raza Syed

Tags: microsoftsurface, zunela and flipminohd

VID. [vimeo] Gravity always wins

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:57:50 +0000

For some reason the notion that Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees" would play well over Pixar's "Knick Knack" popped into my head this evening, so I super-crudely assembled something to that effect in iMovie. I don't know a thing about editing beyond the written word, so apologies, humilities, et cetera.

Cast: Raza Syed

Tags: radiohead, fake plastic trees, pixar, knick knack, imovie and mashup