highindustrial.

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.

LOW. [tumblr] "If it’s a popcorn movie, it needs a lot of corn."

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:37:00 +0000

“If it’s a popcorn movie, it needs a lot of corn.”

- George Lucas, getting in touch with his inner George Lucas.

LOW. [tumblr] The scene in Alien3 where Ripley tells the xenomorph, “You’ve been in my life so long, I...

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:19:17 +0000

The scene in Alien³ where Ripley tells the xenomorph, “You’ve been in my life so long, I can’t remember anything else,” is infinity times more romantic than Jerry Maguire’s “You had me at hello.”

LOW. [tumblr] C: Bieber looks like Shane from Weeds.

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:11:07 +0000

C: Bieber looks like Shane from Weeds.
R: He also looks like Shane from The L Word.

LOW. [tumblr] C: I think the gay autistic guy at work has been hitting on me.

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:21:17 +0000

C: I think the gay autistic guy at work has been hitting on me.
R: So it's raining rain men?
C: Why don't you go tell the internet that.

SCENE. [flickr] 'Twas the season

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

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LOW. [tumblr] Los Angeles, you painted hussy. [thanks, m]

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:17:22 +0000

Los Angeles, you painted hussy. [thanks, m]

LOW. [tumblr] There’s a bikini waxing scene in this movie that makes...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:11:42 +0000

There’s a bikini waxing scene in this movie that makes Steve Carell’s depilation in The 40-Year-Old Virgin look like a baby panda sneeze.

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

LOW. [tumblr] Photo

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:00:52 +0000

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.

LOW. [tumblr] A good ad can be unabashedly choreographed, unapologetically...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:28:47 +0000

A good ad can be unabashedly choreographed, unapologetically on-the-nose, and leave the viewer happy, even grateful, that somebody pushed his buttons.

SOURCE. [saw] the muppets

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:48:45 +0000

With their lifeless eyes and voodoo limbs, the Muppets have always terrified me—so it's a testament to the ingratiating cheer of this musical outing that I was able to set aside my faux-bia long enough to enjoy them for a hundred minutes, even as I was left with the impression that this would-be Muppet revival is in fact a Muppet jazz funeral. Grade: B

LOW. [tumblr] It’s almost out of my system.

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:10:05 +0000

It’s almost out of my system.

SOURCE. [saw] jack and jill

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:35:27 +0000

Pacino to Sandler: "You, madame, are at your worst." Sandler to Pacino: "You, sir, are also at your worst." (I'm paraphrasing.) Grade: F

LOW. [tumblr] Wait, what?

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:13:09 +0000

Wait, what?

LOW. [tumblr] If you smashed a flower pot over my head and asked amnesiac me...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:47:43 +0000

If you smashed a flower pot over my head and asked amnesiac me to guess which one of these wicked queens is from Tarsem Singh’s take on Snow White, I would answer incorrectly.

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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SOURCE. [read] steve jobs

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:30:26 +0000

Walter Isaacson profiles the late Steve Jobs the way an iRobot vacuum cleaner navigates a room: he bounces off obstacles (usually his subject's intransigence); goes bounding in unpredictable directions (oscillating between chronological and thematic chapters); and covers some ground compulsively (Jobs' personal and emotional hygiene) while curiously sidestepping milestones (the ill-starred Apple III, the wirelessly networked iBook)—amounting to an authorized biography that doesn't always feel authoritative. A notable exception occurs near the end, during a pensive section where Jobs contemplates his own mortality, and the quiet enormity of an eventful life cut short finally speaks for itself.

LOW. [tumblr] The Eyes of Hammy Faye.

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:05:29 +0000

The Eyes of Hammy Faye.

LOW. [tumblr] J: I don't know what to get an eleven-year-old for his birthday. Do boys still play with toys at that age?

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:11:00 +0000

J: I don't know what to get an eleven-year-old for his birthday. Do boys still play with toys at that age?
R: They play video games. They like iPads, laptops—things that are flat. They like flat stuff.
J: His mom just emailed me back that he likes money.
R: There you go. Money's flat.

LOW. [tumblr] Liftoff of Soyuz flight VS01. Soyuz lifted off for the first...

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:35:54 +0000

Liftoff of Soyuz flight VS01.

Soyuz lifted off for the first time from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 21 October 2011, carrying the first two Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites.

Here’s the entire set.

LOW. [tumblr] Space Activity Suit Since the 1960s, NASA has also investigated...

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:23:00 +0000

Space Activity Suit

Since the 1960s, NASA has also investigated spacesuits that utilize mechanical pressure rather than pressurized gas to protect an astronaut. Such a “space activity suit” is essentially an allover skin-tight leotard, which would be very lightweight and provide far less impediments to motion than traditional spacesuits. As well, a small tear in the suit would only affect the area exposed by the hole rather than cause a potentially deadly decompression event. The only area of the suit that would need to be pressurized is the astronaut’s helmet.

(Photograph by Douglas Sonders)

LOW. [tumblr] At the intersection of serendipity and propinquity resides...

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:24:24 +0000

At the intersection of serendipity and propinquity resides biography.

LOW. [tumblr] Detail from Pale Memory, a new painting by Jeremy Geddes.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:05:00 +0000

Detail from Pale Memory, a new painting by Jeremy Geddes.

SOURCE. [saw] 50/50

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:06:40 +0000

Charming, albeit never fully disarming. Anna Kendrick is becoming deviously adept at elevating improbable characters with ingratiating performances. Grade: B

LOW. [tumblr] Things to appreciate about this Abilify ad: The leering...

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:42:02 +0000

Things to appreciate about this Abilify ad:

The leering Microsoft Clippy eyes on the bathrobe.
The Critic-esque character design of the mother.
I say mother because the artwork screams “Hey, sport! Mom’s been locked in the bathroom crying, what, since you were born (give or take six weeks)? Why dontcha slip this under the door and nuke yourself a Pop-Tart, chief.”

SOURCE. [playing] jett rocket

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:04:09 +0000

A little Jak and Daxter, a little Super Mario Galaxy, a whole lotta nostalgia.

SOURCE. [listening] play my way

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:36:07 +0000

Artist: Maya Von Doll. Album: Play My Way – Single.

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.

SOURCE. [saw] the ides of march

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:39:58 +0000

A box of Cracker Jacks. Grade: B+

LOW. [tumblr] “When there’s ’ardly no day nor ’ardly no night, there’s things...

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:36:55 +0000

“When there’s ’ardly no day nor ’ardly no night, there’s things ’alf in shadow and ’alfway in light.”

SCENE. [flickr] Stop

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

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LOW. [tumblr] via onethinline.

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:06:46 +0000

via onethinline.

SOURCE. [listening] the future will destroy you

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:02:54 +0000

Artist: Viva Voce. Album: The Future Will Destroy You.

SOURCE. [saw] moneyball

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:54:05 +0000

I don't know a whit about baseball. I enjoyed it anyway. Grade: B

SOURCE. [listening] engine to turn

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:41:27 +0000

Artist: Tift Merritt. Album: See You On the Moon.

SOURCE. [saw] drive

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:34:03 +0000

Although it stands to reason that Ryan Gosling's current ubiquity will eventually backfire, he certainly doesn't wear out his welcome here. Grade: B+

SOURCE. [saw] contagion

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 08:07:51 +0000

If The Aviator was the Citizen Kane of movies about obsessive-compulsive disorder, Contagion is the, oh, I don't know … The Clockwork Orange of so on and so forth. Grade: OCD

SOURCE. [listening] no one

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:01:30 +0000

Artist: Federico Aubele. Album: No One – EP.

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.

SCENE. [flickr] Icarus

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:20:11 +0000

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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.

SCENE. [flickr] Sun day

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Mon, 30 May 2011 06:41:47 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Hopscotch

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sat, 28 May 2011 19:18:31 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] New Vertiform City

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:21:12 +0000

highindustrial posted a photo:

SCENE. [flickr] Benthos

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:55:26 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Boulevard of 99¢ dreams

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Fri, 13 May 2011 07:28:01 +0000

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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.

SCENE. [flickr] 528

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 01 May 2011 10:35:25 +0000

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SCENE. [flickr] Horizontal blinded

nobody@flickr.com (highindustrial) — Sun, 01 May 2011 02:31:48 +0000

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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.

STREAM. [passing observation] gravity wells

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:53:32 +0000

Commiseration isn't empathy in the same way that proximity isn't intimacy.

STREAM. [passing observation] what motivates us

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:01:26 +0000

Sometimes we mistake fear for ambition.

STREAM. [life] hold dear

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:59:26 +0000

As we get older, and time grows precious, empty gestures become costly.

VID. [vimeo] Pummelvision

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

Cast: Raza Syed

Tags:

STREAM. [life] held in common

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:13:24 +0000

Loving the same things isn't the same thing as loving each other.

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

Tags:

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

Tags:

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