Niki N. Phaser

Well, believe it or not, it is ten years since Fight Club had its official premiere. Yes, October the 15th, 1999 A.D., the day when this odd thriller and dark “should I laugh” comedy has been unleashed upon us, naive victims. Since then, it had a good life, with no downs, just ups. It became the most likely movie to be called this/that generation’s manifesto. It also garnered an army of fans, some of them so ridiculously obsessed with this movie, that they know when it had its premiere and they write “Happy Birthday, Fight Club!” articles on their sites.

(Relatively) Recently, Fight Club, the movie we all love (and a few hate) has been inducted into the “Guy Movie Hall Of Fame”. The focus with that whole thing was on Brad Pitt teasing Mel Gibson by calling him “sugatits”, of course. But, what one must gather from all of this is that this powerful movie has received one more honour. It’s been a decade since its birth and the legend keeps growing. And it should be. In hindsight, a lot of critics are self-flagellating for ignoring, or even worse, criticizing Fight Club, when it was released. Basic stuff, pretty much, since this is what happens with all subversive masterpieces. Time has prooved Fincher and Palahniuk right and now they are both legends, the movie and the book, too. It’s all uphill from here and soon enough, you’ll find movie scholars arguing about “what does that phallus represent ?” and people writing essays on that scene alone. So, we should all just be glad that we are witnessing the shaping of a cult-classic legendary-masterpiece and be sure that others will not go ignored.

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It seems that The Pixies have done a little bit of promotion (i.e. some gigs) in order to create a buzz around the release of their mega-ultra-super boxset Minotaur, which will include supposedly… everything. Avid fans, who collected Pixies stuff since the 80′s are probably not too happy that some rich kid, who’s been listening to them for a couple of years will have an equal treasure. Still, I guess there is also the vintage element when it comes to collectables.

I guess that this is another step in their whole revival-reunion thing, since when The Pixies are no longer The Pixies, but “the band that Kurt Cobain was trying to rip-off when he wrote Smells Like Teen Spirit“. We know that they are cashing in on their newfound legends status, but how can we not forgive them, when their stuff is so unique and original. Of course, we understand and love them and maybe we’ll even buy Minotaur, considering that all 3,000 copies of the limited edition (costs almost 500 bucks) will be signed by the band.If you are just finding out about the band, you can take Frank Black’s advice: “The Minotaur is not for someone who hasn’t heard the Pixies first. If that’s what you’re after, it might be more appropriate to burn it off the internet for free”, says the frontman for Wired’s Underwire.