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• News Archive - September, 1999 08Sep1999
- AUSTRALIA: The
Panel Interview Transcript 08Sep1999
- AUSTRALIA: The Panel Interview Transcript rob: we just want to thank jesse because he was snowboarding until 5'oclock this evening and he came straight here... Ella: yeh - straight off the ski slopes and in here..... rob: watch this (does the missing finger/coin trick) tom: now ella you're still at school? Ella: ahh..actually..i just quit the other day tom: congratulations Ella: to my teachers who dont know...umm...ive quit school ..yeh kate: you were in grade 11 werent you? Ella: yeh year 11 rob: what sort of message does that send? - to give up school to go off and make millions.... Ella: to just follow your dreams..well thats not good enough rob: oh yeh..your dreams..ok tom: how did you balance - you've got the song out - and making, writing, recording and school must have been a weird combination Ella: yeh i couldnt balance it..its not my best skill so i thought y'know schools always gonna be there and bands seems to be going pretty well at the moment...so y'know rob: can your mum teach you at home like Hanson? Ella: no,no she hates Hanson! Jesse: both our parents are teachers anyway... kate: so what did your parents make of all this happening because they would have thought, like most parents would, their kids are like young teenagers, its a nice hobby and they do it together and then suddenly your like national airplay and what do they make of it, the olds? Jesse: they've been really supportive Ella: they have, they've been really excellent, they were just pretty, pretty excited and surprised and now they're like "so whens your next gig?" y'know kate: do they come to gigs? Ella: yeh sometimes tom: yeh but dont let them in thats always a good trick (laughs) Ella: yeh No-their names arent on the door... tom: and they know you're out tonight?...have you.. Jesse: hi (waves) rob: cos if you're late we can give you a note (laughs) tom: so you've got the single out and an album on the way? jesse: on the way..and another single on the way hopefully soon ella: very soon rob: now channel ten couldnt afford a karaoke machine... Ella: i feel like a lounge singer enought when i have a handheld-dont say karaoke rob: and they mentioned that id be singing with you? (laughs) no seriously..go ahead tom: the single, its a sensation, its called weir - as in a body of water? Ella: yeh not as in "we're" lots of people go "we are" kate: or the film director peter weir... Ella: yeh ive got that a few times and i dont even know who he is so ive said "wha..."? (laughs) kate: so you should have stayed at school!! tom: well the song is called weir, its no.1 on quite a few of the charts around the country which is a phenomenal effort - you're gonna do it for us this evening.. we'll let you set up with the guitar and the karaoke mic.....to take us out tonight, ladies and gentlemen Ella and Jesse Hooper, one half of Killing Heidi with Weir.. ~WEIR~
02Sep1999
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