19 - Friday, March 18, 1988 - North Shore News

Entering the Hip Type zone

ENTER A world not of sight or sound, but of state of
mind, another dimension where the mainstream has no
meaning and the past confronts the present. There’s a

signpost up ahead! — you are about to enter The Hip Type HEWS photo Nel! Lucente

AT HOME with The Hip Type: Erica Leiren (left), Tracy Brooks, Partrick Findter and Derek Bailey

zone,

Meet The Hip Type, creators of
said zone: North Vancouverites
Erica Leiren and Patrick Findler,
drummer Derek Bailey and !ead
singer/songwriter Tracy Brooks.

A first LP is on the way, and
Brooks, 23, hopes to call it
Palookaville.

"*You know, from On the
Waterfront: when Marlon Brando
goes, ‘I used to be a contender, but
now I’ve got a one-way ticket to
Palookaville.’””

Putting out an energetic brand

- of British pop, the punk rock-
. influenced Hip Type pulls its name
from the Jack Kerouac novel The

Subterraneans. -

‘Init, the beat-generation
novelist dubbed club-goers ‘The
Hip Type’, a moniker the band ©
borrowed. ‘“‘Hey, if Jack Kerouac

says they’re hip, then so we are.’

Song names — such as the track
Glass Pussy on the band’s EP —
come from magazines, television
or books, in this case a Wizard of
Oz story.

On-stage the band is an anomaly
of eras — Leiren as the pseudo-

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punkette, Findler as the Wild Ones
rebel, Bailey as the oh-s0-cool
hipster and Brooks as the 50s
vamp a Ja Marilyn Monroe and
Jayne Mansfield.

Off-stage, they hold normal jobs

“such as library workers, a

ring im the spring
‘NORTH VANCOUVER’S Lons-
dale: Quay Public Market will ring
te the sound of. ancient dances
March 20 at 3 p.m. when the Tid-
dley Cove Women Morris Dancers
perform. oe

Involving the ringing of bells to
scare away..evil. spirits, the
flourishing of handkerchiefs to
flick the devil in the eye and sword
play symbolizing - battles . between
winter ‘and spring, dances are
thought to be ancient fertility rites.

Traditionally accompanied by

- tional

musicians bearing concertina, pipe,
drums and fiddle, this English folk
dance’s actual origins have been
lost in history. °

The group is now accepting new
members, either as musicians or
dancers.

A self-described non-traditional
group, the dancers will gladly ac-
cept people who play non-tradi-
instruments. No Morris
Dancing experience is needed.

For more details call June Har-
man at 922-3492 or Sandi Clergy at

enjoy munchies and music,

mechanic and “something involv-
ing a bricfease’’ that remains a
deep, dark band secret.

Collectively their favorite band
is Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love
Reaction; Brooks’ prized posses-
sion is a photo of herself — ap-
pearing, no less, in the British
music tab Melody Maker -~ at a
London Zodiac concert.

Fave beauty tips from The Hip
Type are, as contained in-the
band’s fanzine, include: contrast
lingerie with color of clothing;
make sure strap is hanging out.

i

tional yet exceptional

pbuffet brunch including §

extra special sumptuous 4

; dessert table.

2 sittings...llam or

fy 2pm.
$12.50 per person

# You're invited for a tradi- #

Boisterous fans at a recent
Calgary gig went onc better.
“They understood us"’ and ina fit
of adoration threw lingerie on the
stage. One piece lingers in Brooks’
wardrobe still.

Following Palookaville’s plann-
ed May release, ‘then of course we
get signed to a multi-million-dollar
deal, leave Vancouver, never speak
to anyone we know and deny

* we’ve ever heard of the place,”’ is

Brooks’ look at the future.
Group musica) influences in-
clude '6Os greats Joplin and Hen-

e0 poprereenmere

Parties
are best

We’re also open on
Sundays for Brunch
and Dinner. Open on
Saturdays at 11 am.
Catering too!
1-80 people!

drix and celebritics Monroe and —
so we are led to believe — The
Partridge Family.

On success: ‘‘We just want to be
able to make a living at it.

*“But) when { watch those con-
cert videos, like of Bon Jovi and
80,000 fans, I'd be scared to
death.’’

Fans can hear The Hip Type’s
lusty vocals and gritty playing
March 31 at the Town Pump in
Vancouver. Less than 80,000.will _.
be admitted.

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