highindustrial.

SCENE. [flickr] A Tale of Two iPhones

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:59:14 -0700

highindustrial posted a photo:

SCENE. [flickr] Demon drop

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:31:26 -0700

highindustrial posted a photo:

SCENE. [flickr] Rasberry Ale

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:08:30 -0700

highindustrial posted a photo:

LOW. [tumblr] Whenever some disturbance makes all the dogs in my neighborhood caterwaul simultaneously I secretly...

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:46:04 -0700

Whenever some disturbance makes all the dogs in my neighborhood caterwaul simultaneously I secretly hope they’re doing the Twilight Bark from One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

LOW. [tumblr] Klingons are not only the Alpha Quadrant’s fiercest...

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:13:00 -0700

Klingons are not only the Alpha Quadrant’s fiercest warriors, they are also its fierce-est hair stylists.

LOW. [tumblr] Photo

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:41:54 -0700

STREAM. [life] sigh-chotomy

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:10:30 -0700

I think a not inconsiderable number of our internal conflicts may be attributed to the fact that what makes us sad doesn't necessarily also make us unhappy.

LOW. [tumblr] Photo

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:26:53 -0700

SCENE. [flickr] tt1231587

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:54:25 -0700

highindustrial posted a photo:

SCENE. [flickr] nm0005017, nm0000129

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:38:13 -0700

highindustrial posted a photo:

LOW. [tumblr] "Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did..."

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:53:53 -0700

“Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.”

- Mignon McLaughlin

LOW. [tumblr] My bad

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:04:56 -0700

I meant to say your kid looks adorable, not affordable.

SCENE. [flickr] Stochastic

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:03:46 -0700

highindustrial posted a photo:

Sitting in the sun like a cat because _______'s physician friend, who signs all his transmittals "one love," suggested something about my nocturnal habits that's changed the way I sleep … for now.

LOW. [tumblr] NASA drops a helicopter.

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:18:42 -0700

NASA drops a helicopter.

LOW. [tumblr] Sad news: Awkward! punctuation.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:12:00 -0700

Sad news: Awkward! punctuation.

LOW. [tumblr] Bertolli’s new web series begs the question: Was Mira...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:51:17 -0700

Bertolli’s new web series begs the question: Was Mira Sorvino busy?

LOW. [tumblr] The Bathroom Girl from Yasmine Chatila’s Stolen Moments....

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:35:00 -0700

The Bathroom Girl from Yasmine Chatila’s Stolen Moments. The intimate anonymity recalls Edward Hopper; the chilly voyeurism reminds me of Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills.

SOURCE. [saw] green zone

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:43:28 -0800

Paul Greengrass has taken the Green Zone from Rajiv Chandrasekaran's thoughtfully observed Imperial Life in the Emerald City and fashioned it into his own heart-pounding Greengrass Zone; and while it's a skillful transformation, it's debatable how much of the source material's subtlety and insight remain. It may be time for the filmmaker to move outside his own comfort zone and venture beyond political thrillers. PS. Nice Henry Czerny impression, Greg Kinnear. Grade: B-

SCENE. [flickr] Everlast

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:06:21 -0800

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SOURCE. [saw] alice in wonderland

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:35:09 -0800

Tim Burton is an Ambien overdose away from becoming an Adobe After Effects plug-in. Grade: F

SCENE. [flickr] Rouge City limits

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:53:02 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

SCENE. [flickr] Buddies

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:27:09 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

SCENE. [flickr] Start to finish

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:11:54 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

LOW. [tumblr] Who wore it better?

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:18:43 -0800

Who wore it better?

LOW. [tumblr] “Please Don’t Touch,” Polly Scattergood....

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:38:34 -0800

“Please Don’t Touch,” Polly Scattergood. Straight-up solid pop.

STREAM. [life] humanism

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:58:59 -0800

Closeness is a privilege, not a liberty.

LOW. [tumblr] Inside scoop. This was an actual segment on The View today.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:46:08 -0800

Inside scoop. This was an actual segment on The View today.

SCENE. [flickr] Ooh

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:21:01 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

I'll try to keep it sexy.

SCENE. [flickr] Everything slightly out of

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:41:22 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

SOURCE. [listening] please don't touch

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:34:35 -0800

Artist: Polly Scattergood. Album: Polly Scattergood.

LOW. [tumblr] Mo’Nique’s Best Supporting Actress Oscar pretty much paves the way for her to...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:19:38 -0800

Mo’Nique’s Best Supporting Actress Oscar pretty much paves the way for her to play Carrie Bradshaw’s imaginary black friend in the next Sex and the City movie.

SOURCE. [listening] there goes my love

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:07:25 -0800

Artist: The Blue Van. Album: Man Up.

LOW. [tumblr] Lost iPod bidding war.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:41:00 -0800

Lost iPod bidding war.

SCENE. [flickr] ♥

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:33:19 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

A lovely evening with good friends.

SOURCE. [listening] olympic airways

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:48:13 -0800

Artist: Foals. Album: Antidotes.

SOURCE. [listening] oh boy

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:24:33 -0800

Artist: Miss Li. Album: Late Night Heartbroken Blues.

STREAM. [life] multitudes

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:03:34 -0800

We scale mountains. We plumb oceans. We create scenes.

SCENE. [flickr] That's life

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:59:41 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

LOW. [tumblr] Above: art. Below: my life. [thanks, josh]

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:36:38 -0800

Above: art. Below: my life. [thanks, josh]

LOW. [tumblr] Awkward doorknobs

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:58:03 -0800

Is that a web site yet? It ought to be.

LOW. [tumblr] It’s raining on me because I lied when I was seventeen.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:43:21 -0800

It’s raining on me because I lied when I was seventeen.

LOW. [tumblr] From the annals of compromising positions

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:07:35 -0800

The landlord walks in on me sprawled out in bed, watching the episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where a space ghost fucks Dr. Crusher’s brains out.

Did I mention it wasn’t my apartment?

SCENE. [flickr] Merde en scène

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:50:04 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

SCENE. [flickr] Empire of the sun

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:48:14 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

LOW. [tumblr] I see what you did here. You took one of my nightmares and added...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:53:00 -0800

I see what you did here. You took one of my nightmares and added one of my other nightmares to it.

SCENE. [flickr] 32!

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:50:23 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

SCENE. [flickr] Night vision

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:51:58 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

STREAM. [life] keep on keeping on

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:15:58 -0800

I don't know about "always keep them guessing." I prefer "always keep them discovering."

SCENE. [flickr] Good lord

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:17:23 -0800

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SCENE. [flickr] Art deco light

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:32:16 -0800

highindustrial posted a photo:

It's one of those casually amazing February afternoons: a seam running down the middle of the sky above Los Angeles, blue blazing out, gloom blooming in.

STREAM. [passing observation] days in

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:14:00 -0800

The afternoon sun hitting the television so hard that I can barely make out what's onscreen is the world's welcome reminder that I should be outside.

SOURCE. [listening] nothin' on you

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:01:40 -0800

Artist: B.o.B (feat. Bruno Mars). Album: Nothin' On You (feat. Bruno Mars) – Single.

STREAM. [life] pulling teeth

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:53:40 -0800

Samuel Taylor Coleridge observed: "Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve, And Hope without an object cannot live."

I've found that hope thrives on obstacles as much as it requires an object.

STREAM. [passing observation] spring romance

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:13:24 -0800

Few things lull me into a trance like air-conditioning in February.

SOURCE. [listening] follow the arrow

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:28:44 -0800

Artist: Rosi Golan & Human. Album: Follow the Arrow – Single.

SOURCE. [listening] saturday come slow

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:08:19 -0800

Artist: Massive Attack. Album: Heligoland.

STREAM. [passing observation] intuition, exhale

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:39:47 -0800

I know when I'm circling a truth because my breathing becomes shallow.

STREAM. [pop culture] g love

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:14:50 -0800

Google's Super Bowl spot has evoked cynicism in some parts; and while I'm no stranger to those parts, it evoked a couple other things for me: that scene in Vanilla Sky where Tom Cruise realizes, with a bit of Weltschmerz, that his life has become a lucid nightmare; and this passage from Bright Lights, Big City (which isn't nearly the pee-hole of a novel you may have been led to believe; that distinction belongs to Less Than Zero, a coke-sneeze it's sometimes unfairly lumped with):

"You imagine her as a child carrying a bucket of sand down to the beach. You see yourself watching from the bluff, through a time warp, saying: Someday I will meet this girl. You want to watch over her through the interval, protect her from the cruelty of schoolchildren and the careless lust of young men."

STREAM. [life] etymology

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:56:13 -0800

It's not real just because you've given it a name. It's real when it does what its name says.

STREAM. [passing observation] self-evident

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:01:09 -0800

We are the evidence of what we are.

SOURCE. [listening] life magazine

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:08:02 -0800

Artist: Cold Cave. Album: Love Comes Close.

SOURCE. [listening] junebug

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:57:32 -0800

Artist: Robert Francis. Album: Before Nightfall.

SOURCE. [listening] wild gardens

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:44:40 -0800

Artist: Magneta Lane. Album: Dancing With Daggers.

SOURCE. [listening] i love you 5

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:43:14 -0800

Artist: Never Shout Never. Album: What Is Love?

SOURCE. [listening] comes and goes (in waves)

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:18:03 -0800

Artist: Greg Laswell. Album: Three Flights from Alto Nido.

STREAM. [passing observation] calling it even

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:51:31 -0800

It's one of those neutrally buoyant Los Angeles afternoons where the air is the temperature of my thoughts and I'm not sure if the world's the dream or I'm the dream.

STREAM. [life] infinity

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:17:28 -0800

Everything ends eventually out of necessity. A practical mind is the death of immortality.

SOURCE. [listening] because of you

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:45:14 -0800

Artist: Skunk Anansie. Album: Smashes and Trashes (The Greatest Hits).

STREAM. [misbehavior] quid pro quo vadis

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:31:58 -0800

I'll remain your mystery if you'll remain mine.

STREAM. [life] and still the sea is salt

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:29:26 -0800

We spend our lives waiting for other shoes to drop. There's no umbrella for that.

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