the tui awards

Why is Hamilton the ugly sister forgotten in the league of rock, like a bad frock at a waikato diocesan balll..???

Why are we listened to but not ever heard?

Why is the Hamilton rock scene like the proverbial tree in the forest that no one hears falling?

Was fabulous to see Pluto play live on the new Zealand music awards – the tui’s. Was wonderful to see Hamilton represented by the bass player of Pluto, the great mike hall, who many listeners will not know – and yes an exclusive generator honest dave investigative rant reveals – that mike hall spent a year in the great tron as a student of st Andrews intermediate school.

Mike’s formative musical foundation was carved from the pre fabs of st Andrews Hamilton.. but nobody knows…

Yes, sure mike hall….was later forced by the wheels of rock n roll to say good bye to Fairfield bridge and ply his trade in the city of sails and congestion and borders bookshop and hare Krishna cafes and seriously good record shops on k-road in ak…..…….. but should the tron’s love be forgotten/. No my friends

Pluto are an underated band who’s bell has not quite tolled me thinketh. The pipeline under the ocean album is sonic beauty… tasty to a capital T. all trademark harmonies and imaginative melodic power

but is it too much to ask that mike acknowledge his roots…the geography hat maketh the band?

The Wellington sound on the tui’ s music awards got it’s fifteen minutes of fame, yes, all tied up in one song, with the extended, extended, elasta girl version of the fat freddy single….all of them Absolutely positively Wellington.

Imagine if The Pluto bass player intro’d the song…. Milan the singer doesn’t really milk his self promotion time at the microphone obviously… so it should have been game on…. Kia kaha brother……if national mp for Hamilton east, david bennnet can knock on 17000 doors to win the seat for national, how hard could it have been for the Pluto bass player to ask 3 other band mates if he could deliver an important message on the night

The Pluto bass player who spent a year at st Andrews from Hamilton could have said, and I’m sure deep down, he really wanted to…

‘ we’re Pluto, glad to be here, big ups for st Andrews hamilton

or , ‘we’re Pluto, from the root to the fruit im Hamilton through and through….. I miss you garden place…!

Or

‘we’re Pluto, I spent a year in the tron, the residence of rock -this one's going out to Hamiltonians everwhere…. Keep the faith….’

He could have worn a t-shirt that said…. Hamilton my xhome, or I love Hamilton, or I come from the wrong side of the river. Or god bless Hamilton or even just worn a waikato beer t-shirt which probably would have been the pick of the bunch…. Ironic with a haunting sub – text of perhaps not being ironic. Very post modern.

Mike last week at diggers also had ample chance to honour st Andrews and the music teacher who taught rolling stone riffs on the recorder. Karl marx spent a pivotal year in London and we all know about it but mike remained remiss and mute.

Alas, the moments have passed ….. the people of new Zealand know nothing about the heritage of the bass player of Pluto… his gift being staunch bass lines, gift wrapped from the heart of Hamilton to the nation

Perhaps… what the Hamilton tourism council should consider for next years tui awards is employing a trombone player in a white track suit to sell Hamilton.

Mr ritolin from fat freddy’s is obviously the last cat off the skank. While fat freddy’s embellished their highly crafted sound, and the visual symphony of many cats on stage, my eye was constantly, involuntraily drawn to the track suit guy on the tui awards. Nothing wrong with track suits. … but mr track suit with a trombone to boot kicked some serious camera time with his stage maneuvers.. annoying, annoying, annoying…

No one watching the tuis could have missed the promotional potential of having a misfit in a band of severely cool people stealing 15 seconds of fame from the rest of the crew. Yes it might be shameless, but imagine if it was for a cause….imagine mike hall shouting out his turangawaewae, telling people about his personal relationship with Hamilton, saying it loud about the rose gardens -then I would have said ‘nice one’

Lets be clear… mike hall needs to deal with his denial of the tron for the good of rock in this town.

This has been an honest dave rant in support of Hamilton music on the generator…