Hawaii Hates Aloha

Over at Daytrotter, they have a great feature on Polyvinyl's Aloha. Along with a rather amazing metaphor to how Tony Cavallario writes his songs, there's also an interview with Cavallario and drummer Cale Parks. (Btw, Cale Parks is a great Rock'N'Roll name).

Anyway, in the interview Daytrotter asks Aloha if they are hello or goodbye guys (clever question) and if they've ever played in Hawaii. Here's what they revealed:

CP: Hawaiians hate us. For real, we have a couple of pieces of hate mail in our MySpace inbox. One specifically from this Hawaiian soldier. I couldn’t make this up: “I would like to say that the name of your group is OK, but ALOHA isn’t a name. It belongs to something more greater then you. Please change your name to something else. YOU ARE NOT HAWAIIAN AND ALOHA IS. So before we start a boycott on you guys we’re gonna ask nicely for you haoles to change um. If this comes off a little harsh it should. My people have been living aloha for thousands of years, and for an outsider (haole) to just decide aloha is a good name is bullshit. Like I said before, you cannot understand fully what aloha is and means. So mahalo nui loa and please heed my advice. —1 tru HAWAIIAN.” We know what it means. It is a beautiful word, and wouldn’t have chosen it otherwise.
TC: We get the occasional hate mail from Hawaii. We’re always saying hello and goodbye, it’s part of being a travelling band in an ephemeral subculture. Fans come and go, venues open and close, scenes live and die, friends you know from one place move to some other place. It’s all temporary and delicate.

Umm, that sucks Aloha! That's some pretty harsh hate mail you got there. Well, rest assured that there are indie rockers in the 49 other states that love you.

DOWNLOAD: Aloha - "Moonless March" (MP3)
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