The Thin Red Line - Bombs 1998 - 2003

Special Event - This Saturday

Back in the early days of cave dwelling, cave men and their cave bitches pretty much just made cave babies. In these simplistic times the guys killed stuff to eat while the women fashioned animal skins into sexy Wilma Flintstone type numbers. The hair was wild and dirty and so was the sex, life was good. But this wholesome existence ended when the men started to find reasons to be pissed with each other.

Today, combat has come a long way from the Neolithic fist fight. Sure, the simple punch on remains a popular battle choice, and many choose to wield the odd glass bottle in a fashion not dissimilar to that of their wooden club brandishing ancestors. But something else much bigger has been going on for centuries… WAR.

Mass scale violence, we just can't seem to get enough: vicious Viking wars, the brutality of the Roman Empire, the Napoleonic era, Hitler's reign of terror, WWI & II, September 11, East Timor… who was is that said, "the only thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history"- some smart dude.

Warfare as we know it is becoming increasingly sophisticated, gone are the days of cool one eyed pirates firing cannons with parrots squawking on their shoulders. Today we can fuck things up at the push of a computer program button, in less time than it takes for Mario or his bro Luigi to rescue that hot blonde from the level one castle. 'Smart Bombs' have revolutionised the way we blow things up and phrases like 'minimised civilian harm' are bandied about.

But just when you thought warfare couldn't get any more advanced, a new combat crew have harnessed weaponry power so accurate it will blow your mind but not much else. Saturday 9th August Room680 presents THE THIN RED LINE. It's the only opportunity you'll get to hide out in a bomb shelter where the sounds of pounding blasts are greeted by vibrant uncontrolled dancing.

Sean Quinn, Luke Bowditch, Mark James, Peter Mac, Ivan Gough and Chris Meehan will take the stage collectively to form a formidable force intent on dropping a showcase of the musical bombs that have indoctrinated and controlled the minds of party people since 1998. It's mind control at its best but less about truth serum in interrogation rooms and more about vodka on the dance floor.
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