a highindustrial production. a raza syed web site.Tumblr (3.0; @lowindustrial)http://low.highindustrial.com/<p>For me, the most notable thing about the summer of 2000 was when “Don’t worry, <i>Big Momma</i>ʼll be here” briefly supplanted “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in the popular imagination.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/873066693http://low.highindustrial.com/post/873066693Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:27:14 -0700<p>It isn’t so much a question of <i>if</i> Guy Fieri’s midlife crisis will resemble a Smash Mouth reunion; it’s a question of <i>how badly</i>.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/859954630http://low.highindustrial.com/post/859954630Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:16:00 -0700<p>“What dilated pupils you have!”<br/> “The better to ecstasy you with.”</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/858718840http://low.highindustrial.com/post/858718840Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:37:58 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://low.highindustrial.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/848919256/tumblr_l605uchn4V1qzqap2&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/child-psychology/id14628325?i=14628299">“Child Psychology,”</a></b> Black Box Recorder.</p> <p>I love the shifts in this song, Sarah Nixey’s posh vocals dripping Depakote and cigarette smoke, lulling the desultory lyrics along—reminding me, in a way, of the shot in <i>Fight Club</i> where Jeff Cronenweth’s camera pushes in on Helena Bonham Carter at the tuberculosis support group.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/848919256http://low.highindustrial.com/post/848919256Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:49:24 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5yhsaGI7V1qzqap2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Remember when</b> Tim Allen’s warmed-over butt crack guaranteed a 27 share?</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/844770813http://low.highindustrial.com/post/844770813Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:12:00 -0700M: The Waiting for Guffman guy used to be married to Liza Minnelli?<br /> R: No. David Gest used to be married to Liza Minnelli. Christopher Guest is married to some other dude.http://low.highindustrial.com/post/844148659http://low.highindustrial.com/post/844148659Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:01:00 -0700<p>Hans Zimmer’s score for <i>Inception</i> is a spiritual successor to Trevor Jones’ score for <i>Dark City</i>.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/821755186http://low.highindustrial.com/post/821755186Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:12:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5msemLglh1qzqap2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Overheard:</b> “What is Carell even supposed to be in this movie? I mean, is he a squirrel? Is he that thing from <i>Ice Age</i>?”</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/817791870http://low.highindustrial.com/post/817791870Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:30:00 -0700dinner for schmucks“Just tried the pinching. It was awesome.”<br/><br/> - <em>My friend J____, upon finally joining the smartphone-toting ranks.</em>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/817626263http://low.highindustrial.com/post/817626263Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:40:00 -0700<a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810128131/video/20889623">500 million friends</a>: <p>Part of me wishes Fincher had done something completely batshit insane like rig Eisenberg for performance-capture and insert a CG Zuckerberg, Gollum-like, into the otherwise live-action movie. Given the Facebook CEO’s flat affect, the production could probably have gotten away with whatever Zemeckis is smoking these days. (Beautiful use of Scala & Kolacny Brothers’ 2002 cover of “Creep,” by the way.)</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/815906571http://low.highindustrial.com/post/815906571Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:41:00 -0700so looking forward to this<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5l5h2LFHN1qzqap2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>That’s a lot of look.</b></p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/814107666http://low.highindustrial.com/post/814107666Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:16:41 -0700thor<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5iru1y1p21qzqap2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><b>The conversation</b> took a weird turn.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/808402062http://low.highindustrial.com/post/808402062Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:27:37 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5i93rIUaB1qzqap2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><b>Maybe I haven’t had enough sleep,</b> but I initially misread <a href="http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/17707">this headline</a> as “Zac Efron Is An Orifice With Boy Ambition.”</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/807038402http://low.highindustrial.com/post/807038402Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:43:03 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5g8t1vQZP1qzqap2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Soviet cockblock.</b> The least empowering thing you’ll see this week.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/802209270http://low.highindustrial.com/post/802209270Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:41:00 -0700cagney and lacey was sponsored by hot pockets<p>I can’t wait for HBO to option Apple’s <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/12/apple-debuts-four-new-facetime-ads/">FaceTime commercials</a>.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/801448578http://low.highindustrial.com/post/801448578Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:30:58 -0700<p>It’s not that you’re a dork or I’m a dork—it’s that we’re dorks about the same stuff. That’s what’s so fucking great.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/796201366http://low.highindustrial.com/post/796201366Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:47:55 -0700<p>“I’m a voyeur—just like you, Max” is the most insightful thing someone who got my name wrong has ever said to me.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/790987613http://low.highindustrial.com/post/790987613Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:51:26 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5a5irQH151qzqap2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><b>Really?</b> Who, exactly? People who like colons in the titles of movies? The De Palma-Koepp-Zaillian three-way is one of my favorite popcorn flicks—convoluted and meticulous, Bang & Olufsen. John Woo’s Scooby-Doo sequel is a hot mess—two-plus hours of T. Cruise prancing around Oz singing “I Feel Pretty” while he repeatedly rips his face/off.</p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/788663515http://low.highindustrial.com/post/788663515Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:44:51 -0700“LeBron, LeBron, LeBron!”<br/><br/> - <em>Jan Brady</em>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/787923334http://low.highindustrial.com/post/787923334Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:53:12 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l593o5RQSi1qzqap2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>A tale of two cities.</b></p>http://low.highindustrial.com/post/785988798http://low.highindustrial.com/post/785988798Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:07:17 -0700fourthmeal