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LOW. [tumblr] "Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn’t know. But..."

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:57:07 -0700

“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn’t know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”

- Aaron Copland

LOW. [tumblr] Ray Pruit introduces Donna Martin to a flight of stairs. So....

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:49:00 -0700

Ray Pruit introduces Donna Martin to a flight of stairs. So. Much. Drama. (Denim.)

LOW. [tumblr] Just hangin’ out, bro. Takin’ the dogs to the gun...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:51:25 -0700

Just hangin’ out, bro. Takin’ the dogs to the gun show.

LOW. [tumblr] Photo

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:25:27 -0700

LOW. [tumblr] R: Who said the thing about there being only a handful of basic storylines? Was it Euripides? Aristotle?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:01:16 -0700

R: Who said the thing about there being only a handful of basic storylines? Was it Euripides? Aristotle?

M: I think it was Jack Valenti.

STREAM. [life] junk bonds

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:44:30 -0700

There's no one cheaper than a person who's free with his anger.

LOW. [tumblr] Inscriptions: something ebooks don’t entirely replicate...

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:27:00 -0700

Inscriptions: something ebooks don’t entirely replicate yet.

LOW. [tumblr] Things you “overhear” during dinner in K-town when...

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:54:05 -0700

Things you “overhear” during dinner in K-town when everyone’s been mainlining Hite and someone quasi-explicably brings up Margaret Cho’s role on Drop Dead Diva.

SCENE. [flickr] Abierto

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:42:18 -0700

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LOW. [tumblr] Our senior year at Penn, Jon, Josh and I bonded pretty hard over...

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:11:00 -0700

Our senior year at Penn, Jon, Josh and I bonded pretty hard over relentless repeats of Baby Geniuses on the university movie channel. Now that the Geniuses are officially loose on YouTube (thank you, Lindsey), we can compulsively relive our favorite moments, like this shot where three babies swing across the screen on ropes—only, they ran out of babies or something, so the third kid is just a poorly tracked static image of a toddler’s face superimposed over a midget or a doll or whatever. Good times. (Cf. Baby Geniuses at Metacritic.)

LOW. [tumblr] Last night I dreamed I couldn’t hold Orlando Bloom’s name inside my head because...

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:41:00 -0700

Last night I dreamed I couldn’t hold Orlando Bloom’s name inside my head because I’d offloaded all my remembering to Google.

LOW. [tumblr] Kodak digital camera prototype, 1975.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:21:02 -0700

Kodak digital camera prototype, 1975.

LOW. [tumblr] In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis set an entire chapter of Less Than...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:07:00 -0700

In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis set an entire chapter of Less Than Zero at the Beverly Center shopping mall. That same year, not to be outdone, some dude allegedly named Ryan Woodward set a 480-page novel there.

My friend S_____ gave me a copy as a joke when I moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s, describing “some very odd interior scenes at what purports to be the Beverly Center circa 1985—all retro-porno-futuristic, like Logan’s Run with hot tubs.” (That last part may be redundant.)

My introduction to the actual Beverly Center was Paul Mazursky’s 1991 Bette Midler-Woody Allen vehicle, Scenes From a Mall, which was mostly filmed on a soundstage at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York.

LOW. [tumblr] YouTube was invented so you could watch someone else successfully complete the video games you...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:49:00 -0700

YouTube was invented so you could watch someone else successfully complete the video games you weren’t good at when you were a kid.

LOW. [tumblr] "I’m glad we’re not doing this on Twitter."

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:11:00 -0700

“I’m glad we’re not doing this on Twitter.”

- A wise friend, via email.

LOW. [tumblr] George Michael leaves Highbury magistrates court surrounded by...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:32:23 -0700

George Michael leaves Highbury magistrates court surrounded by press and police.

There’s something theological about this scene: grasping figures converging, xenon flashes poised to deliver thunderbolts.

(Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

LOW. [tumblr] Thelma & Louise.

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:35:52 -0700

Thelma & Louise.

SCENE. [flickr] The Truman Show

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:17:47 -0700

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STREAM. [passing observation] lateral move

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:51:47 -0700

Once, I carried anxiety in my chest. Today it resides in sidebars, on social networking sites.

LOW. [tumblr] Push infinity till infinity pushes back.

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:26:44 -0700

Push infinity till infinity pushes back.

SOURCE. [saw] eat pray love

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:08:17 -0700

As well-intentioned as an Activia commercial. Grade: B-

LOW. [tumblr] Angelina Jolie Takes The Twins To Budapest

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:45:40 -0700

Angelina Jolie Takes The Twins To Budapest :

Now there’s a euphemism for pooping I haven’t heard before.

SOURCE. [listening] angela surf city

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:45:57 -0700

Artist: The Walkmen. Album: Lisbon.

SOURCE. [listening] ivy & gold

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:42:17 -0700

Artist: Bombay Bicycle Club. Album: Flaws.

LOW. [tumblr] Dowling Duncan reimagines US bank notes. The ten-spot, inscribed...

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:39:25 -0700

Dowling Duncan reimagines US bank notes. The ten-spot, inscribed with the Bill of Rights, is my favorite. [via mrgan]

LOW. [tumblr] Completism sneaks up on you.

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:01:00 -0700

Completism sneaks up on you.

LOW. [tumblr] With this fall’s Defenders, CBS gingerly updates its...

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:21:00 -0700

With this fall’s Defenders, CBS gingerly updates its venerable fat dude-skinny chick formula.

SOURCE. [read] my hollywood

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:18:48 -0700

Mona Simpson's saga of women and children and Los Angeles is recounted in alternating chapters by a television writer's wife and her Filipina nanny. Their trenchant observations about marriage and parenting build to a moving conclusion that's marred ever so slightly by a Hollywood ending that feels like the second act break from a Katherine Heigl movie.

STREAM. [passing observation] random signal transformations

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:38:09 -0700

Sometimes the only silence is noise.

SOURCE. [saw] life during wartime

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:27:03 -0700

Todd Solondz's twenty-first century oeuvre has tended to be experimental and workshoppy. In that regard, Life During Wartime is more of a reckoning with 1998's Happiness than a conventional sequel. It's thoughtfully presented and ably performed but it lacks the original's spark of cinematic vitality. Grade: B

SOURCE. [listening] we still got the taste

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:04:59 -0700

Artist: Wild Beasts. Album: Two Dancers.

SCENE. [flickr] Selling Jesus

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:50:52 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Crushing it

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:58:50 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Brilliant pebbles

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:33:08 -0700

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SOURCE. [saw] the other guys

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:11:30 -0700

About a half hour of really funny material stretched excruciatingly thin. Marky Mark, don't quit your day abs. I almost would rather have watched the Dwayne Johnson-Sam Jackson fake-out. Grade: C

SCENE. [flickr] Chop chop

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:27:06 -0700

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STREAM. [passing observation] tempus fugitive

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:48:00 -0700

I think I used to be able to appreciate condensed pockets of time. Now I'm greedy. I want oceans. I want eternity.

STREAM. [life] hope and faith

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:15:36 -0700

There's a difference between being faithful and being reliable.

SOURCE. [saw] salt

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:16:09 -0700

Preposterously entertaining Cold School thriller, directed with Early Nineties expertise by a Clear and Present Phillip Noyce. Grade: B

SCENE. [flickr] Creationism

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:36:47 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Natural redhead

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:30:11 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Straight on till morning

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:29:01 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Good night

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:43:55 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Is that like delirium tremens?

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:37:49 -0700

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SOURCE. [listening] child psychology

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:33:54 -0700

Artist: Black Box Recorder. Artist: England Made Me.

SOURCE. [listening] heartbeat

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:44:06 -0700

Artist: Nneka. Album: Concrete Jungle.

SOURCE. [listening] pick up the phone

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:30:49 -0700

Artist: Dragonette. Album: Fixin to Thrill.

SCENE. [flickr] Cereal filler

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:18:49 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Buckle

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:57:49 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Recognizing your saints

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:25:17 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Seriously?

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:36:16 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] Go deep

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:41:25 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] LA ♥ cupcakes

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:00:16 -0700

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SOURCE. [saw] inception

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:25:34 -0700

Tom Hardy is the second coming of Oliver Reed. Grade: B

SCENE. [flickr] Manifest destiny

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:42:21 -0700

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STREAM. [life] rewind

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:12:45 -0700

Critical thinking is important; so is kindness.

STREAM. [life] selfless-evident

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:05:09 -0700

People are entitled to their happiness, even when it's on our behalf.

STREAM. [passing observation] mnemonic

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:53:56 -0700

Old sad songs that are new to me have a way of stirring long-dormant hurts.

SOURCE. [listening] sticks & stone

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:02:22 -0700

Artist: Jónsi. Album: How to Train Your Dragon (Music from the Motion Picture).

SCENE. [flickr] Spacing out

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:23:37 -0700

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SCENE. [flickr] You're not my mom

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:41:12 -0700

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SOURCE. [listening] storm

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:18:07 -0700

Artist: Alexander Perls. Album: Storm.

SOURCE. [listening] so bright

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:49:14 -0700

Artist: Vokab Kompany. Album: So Bright.

STREAM. [life] hearts and minds

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:56:52 -0700

There is a kind of intelligence that seeks footholds in other people's ignorance, that finds leverage in asymmetry and disequilibrium. The exerciser of such an intelligence often relies on the obliviousness of those closest to him to furnish his schemes, viewing their complacence as a form of acquiescence; but what intelligent, manipulative people seldom realize, for all their sophistication, is that it isn't always the absence of guile or worldliness that affords their movements trespass without notice; in truth, they have been observed and recognized: it is merely that they are also loved—and for all the things that love gets hung up on and obsesses over, there is also so much more that love accommodates and overlooks and even forgives. Sometimes we get away with things because we have willing, adoring accomplices.

STREAM. [life] love is a battlefield

Sat, 15 May 2010 14:24:32 -0700

You can't choose who you love but you can pick your battles.

STREAM. [passing observation] uninformed

Thu, 13 May 2010 14:13:36 -0700

One way to avoid forming a meaningful opinion about something is to avoid the thing itself.

STREAM. [passing observation] through line

Fri, 07 May 2010 15:57:39 -0700

There's a difference between trying hard and working hard.

STREAM. [life] to everything there is a season

Wed, 05 May 2010 22:01:42 -0700

Nostalgia is nostalgia up to a point. After that point it becomes a fetish. (After that point it becomes morbid.)

STREAM. [life] id pro quo

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:40:15 -0700

It's one thing to be a creature of habit. It's another to be a creature of possibility.

STREAM. [life] words to live by

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:14:15 -0700

From a 1910 biography of Mark Twain:

"He was a youth to the end of his days: the heart of a boy with the head of a sage; the heart of a good boy, or a bad boy, but always a willful boy, and willfulest to show himself out at every time for just the boy he was."

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

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:21:44 -0700

Wherein an attempt is made to enliven a vacant lot.

Cast: highindustrial

VID. [vimeo] Simple gift

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:22:50 -0700

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: highindustrial

VID. [vimeo] Let the right cheese in

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:10:12 -0700

Cast: highindustrial

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

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:41:38 -0700

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: highindustrial

VID. [vimeo] Walking on water

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:49:24 -0800

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

Cast: highindustrial, lonelysandwich

VID. [vimeo] Pool table

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:57:30 -0800

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

Cast: highindustrial

VID. [vimeo] Gravity always wins

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:57:50 -0800

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: highindustrial