I was inspired by the prompt for this week's Hive Open Mic "Hasta El Extremo" to cover The Pixies song 'Where is My Mind' as I explained in the video it seemed to fit nicely with the two translations I could find into English of 'To The Extreme' or 'To The End'.
I always remember the scene at the end of Fight Club where the buildings are blowing up all around while the character’s Tyler Durden and Marla Singer sit and watch from the top of a nearby skyscraper. Where is My Mind is playing in the background and as the financial system collapses along with half of the major corporations in a America, I realised that this film spoke to a lot of the hidden mechanisms of power that keep patterns of control alive in this world.
For those who don't know the movie or ending I'm talking about here is a version of the ending I found on YouTube:
The Pixies 'Where is my Mind' does seem to encapsulate the theme that author Chuck Palahniuk sets out in Fight Club. For me it expresses the prompt "Hasta El Extremo" in its translation 'To The Extreme' as the whole point of the movie is one man's splitting of personality and fracturing of societal conditioning, building a cult-like following who finally take down the major institutions of the American state.
It is an anarchists dream written expertly, to the extreme, with skill and pathos.
I am a massive fan of Chuck Palahniuk as an author and highly recommend his other books, especially Choke and Survivor both of which are stand out for me, but not for the faint of heart.
Thanks for reading and listening to my version of 'Where is my Mind'.
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