Vinyl Rip: Clean Up America

Thought this is as good a time as ever to post one of my favorite songs ever recorded.

Z.Z. Hill - Clean Up America

Styrofoam Ones - O.T.T.A.P. (84.85 Remix)

Styrofoam Ones is my shit right now! So much so I had to do a mix.

Styrofoam Ones - O.T.T.A.P (84.85 Remix)
and the orignal...
Styrofoam Ones - O.T.T.A.P.

TravelPics: India

It’s a lazy Sunday and I’ve spent the morning on Picnik.com, one of my favourite sites to waste time on. Below you can see my handiwork from my trip to India in the first half of ’08.

Yummy: Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Just in case you didn't sufficiently overeat this holiday season, let me suggest this very worthy reason to do so. Prior to baking, these cookies take a leisurely roll through a mountain of confectioner's sugar. The result is a powdery white outside and a deep, dark, chocolatey center. Be sure not to overbake these, as the moist brownie-like interior is the major draw here.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
(adapted from joyofbaking.com)

Yield: Approximately 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients:
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
8 oz semisweet or bittersweet chocolate (best quality), coarsely chopped
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup confectioner's sugar (powdered/icing), sifted

Method:
In a double boiler (or stainless steel bowl over a pot of simmering water) melt butter and chocolate. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

With an electric (or hand) mixer, beat the eggs and sugar until thick, pale, and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla extract and fold in the chocolate mixture.

In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder. Stir chocolate mixture into dry ingredients. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 3 hours-overnight.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F, placing rack in center of oven. Line two sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

Place confectioner's sugar in shallow bowl (such as a pie plate). With lightly greased hands, roll a small bit of dough into 1" balls. Place the ball in the confectioner's sugar and roll through until there is no chocolate showing. Gently tap off any excess sugar and place on prepared baking sheet. Continue forming cookies, placing about 2" apart on baking sheet.

Bake cookies 8-10 minutes. Edges should be firm, but centers may look soft. Remove from oven and cool completely on wire racks.

Cookies keep up to 1 week in an airtight container.

A Dmoney Weekend

A new Dmoney party is launching tomorrow night (Fri. Jan 9/09), I guess it’s pretty obvious that I’m vouching. It’s called Rollin’ This time it’s not an agro party music party (Fuck Faces), a black music from the ‘80s or music influenced by black music from the ‘80s night (Activator), or a Dmoney flavored ladies night (So.phisticated). This time it’s a party dedicated to the best of house, techno, and disco. I needed this, and now it’s here.

Hosted by Dmoney and Nacho Lovers (Fools Gold), who will also be headlining the night. Supporting on the decks will be Dirty Dale and the beautiful Jamie Sin.

@Wrongbar

No Laptops. Dress to Sweat. $5 before midnight, $10 after.



And it doesn’t stop there… Saturday night (Jan.10/09) is the January edition of Fuck Faces, my vote for the best monthly in the city. This party is so ill because of the residents. They have great acts play play every month, and almost every time, the residents outshine the headliners. How often do you see that? And this month, no out of town guest or local up-and-comer. Just the Dmoney crew, showing out.

@Sneaky Dees $5

BARBI (Syntonics, Intellegenix)

CRYO (Syntonics, Intellegenix)

DOUGIE BOOM (Activator,Block Rockers)

FISTFIGHT (Nacho Lovers, Fool's Gold, Non-stop!)

This will not be a pretty weekend. Find me on the dancefloor, either night, soaked in sweat and drenched in suds.

Vinyl Rip: Keep On Jumpin'

Musique - Keep on Jumpin’

I love this tune. It's got everything I love about Levan-era New York disco: big horns, lush strings and ridiculous percussion.

Although the listed artist is Musique, the track is really just Patrick Adams, and Adams is so dope. For those who don’t know, Adams is a record producer, responsible for some of the biggest disco cuts in the late seventies and early eighties. Keep On Jumpin’ is the title track from the 1978 album. Recorded originally as a "low budget" Patrick Adams studio project at Blank Tape Studios, the album contained only four tracks. Due to the controversial lyrics of the lead single (“In the Bush”) radio stations refused to play it, and the record was barely noticed outside disco-lovers.

And Introducing...

Paperback Tapedeck is a blog about anything and everything.

Need something a little more specific? Expect posts on art, culture, music, food, and going-ons and happenings in the city of Toronto.

PbTd is written both jointly and separately by Jay and Bee, two Toronto twenty-somethings with lots to say and too few people to listen