8 Miles to the Nearest Spar – The lowdown Dublin’ s 24 hour party people have a new war cry ; “8 miles to the nearest spar” A Dark but very tongue and cheek techno anthem conceived as an ode to being out in the middle of nowhere,at a party, a little bit loose in the head, hungry and broke!!!! Picture this – its 8am on a sunday morning , youre on Donabate Beach, Thinking to yourself “is that northside or southside?” antics have more or less come to a standstill, the last soundsystem is banging out some obscure gabba tune, there are three people dancing like vagrants round a burning barrel, a crusty , an office postboy in a celtic jersey and a mid to late forties earth mother. You root through your pockets only to find out that the crisp 10 euro note you thought u had was actually a crumpled up flyer for Switch with the phone number of DJ Phat Balls on the back, a lesser known tune spinner from Carlow who you spent all night chatting to but wouldn’t be able to identify in daylight if the safety of the state depended on it. You can only look at your friends at this point because the sheer thought of starting another conversation is giving u a worry rash on your brain…everyone is thinking the same thing,.how are we There is one thing that will make this feeling of detatchment go away, its not a hug from your mother, or paracetemol or , that berocca shite , or even religious intervention. Basically what the abandoned raver needs is a spar within 15 minutes walk with its shutters open, the deli counter staffed up to the eyeballs, a full fridge , a wine shelf, and an infinite selection of corn snacks. Some parties however are just two far off the beaten track, in areas that have not quite made it onto spars hitlist “8 Miles to the nearest spar” is a social commentary about mans great desire for the simple things in life, like Aeros Soleros and Rancheros. Its not comedy it’s a serious TUNE !!!! The tune 8 miles to the nearest spar will go public in the near future having been doing the rounds on dublins 24 hour house-party scene for the last 10 weekends, the rough demo version has already sold more cd copies than most known irish bands would expect a single release to sell and its only been doing the rounds for two weeks. The band – the song was conceived recorded and promoted by word of mouth by a yet un-named Dublin supergroup containing members from the Things , The Subtonics , Listo and Miles Judge as well as some independent punters. The style – primal scream have a scrap with underworld, mike skinner of the Streets tries to break it up and gets glassed by the bloke out of scooter……..electronic punk at its seediest. The Things recently met the aforementioned Skinner on the dublin-belfast, train made him listen to the song on earphones and it made him smile..Hes on our buzz - ARE YOU ON OUR BUZZ?? Available ? not yet ! plans have been put in place for an 8 miles to the nearest spar EP – a demo version can be obtained by email to anyone with realplayer if they mailto: dirtypropaganda@yahoo.com This is totally underground and designed to scare you. this is underground and its designed to scare you