I rap about potatoes. (ToTs)
peace, love & taters,
ToTs! aka crispyonthemic
ToTs is the stage name of American rapper Michael John Heagerty. His musical mad-hatter partner Emmett VanSlyke is known as Mix Master Mash. Together they form the the group crispyonthemic and are pioneering a niche sub-genre of hip-hop called potato-rap.
ToTs was sought out nationally several times in 2010. USA Today's pop culture blog, Pop Candy with Whitney Matheson, ran a profile on him in the summer of 2010.[1] The site then later posted a video on ToTs' day job done by ABC News. That focused on how ToTs was teaching children confidence through public speaking and performance by using Lady Gaga as an example.[2]
Also during the summer of 2010, ToTs was invited by the Universal Record Database to perform at their World Record Appreciation Society event in New York City.[3]
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Listen to 'CRISPY' by ToTs & MIx Master Mash #crispyonthemic
http://bln.kr/14UX/Butter a baking-dish and press hot boiled potatoes into it through a colander or potato ricer, having first sprinkled the potatoes with salt and pepper. Put into the oven for a few minutes and serve. Or, sprinkle with crumbs, pour over a little melted butter, and brown in the oven.
Cut peeled and sliced potatoes into thin matchlike shreds. Soak for an hour in cold water, drain, dry thoroughly, and fry in deep fat in a frying-basket. Sprinkle with salt and serve. These are sometimes called Shoestring Potatoes.
Peel and chop fine enough raw potatoes to make a pint. Heat two tablespoonfuls of beef drippings in a frying-pan, add the potatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper, add two tablespoonfuls of stock or hot water, cover and cook slowly until soft, then more rapidly until brown. If more liquid is required, add a little stock or water or cream. When a crisp crust is formed, loosen at the edges, and turn like an omelet.
Slice two small onions and fry in butter. Reheat with six or eight boiled potatoes sliced thin or cut into dice. Season with salt and pepper, cook until brown, sprinkle with minced parsley, and serve. A few drops of vinegar or a teaspoonful of lemon-juice may be added.
Peel potatoes and soak for an hour in cold water. Drain, cover with fresh cold water, adding a tea-spoonful of salt. Boil, put through a potato ricer, season liberally with butter, moisten slightly with milk or cream, and add pepper and salt to taste. If desired, add a little celery salt. Beat thoroughly and serve; or, put into the serving-dish, score the top into squares with a knife, pour over a little melted butter, and brown in the oven.
Scrape off the skins, or rub off with a coarse cloth. Soak for an hour in cold water, drain, cover with cold salted water, and bring to the boil. Cook for half an hour, drain, sprinkle with salt, and dry for two or three minutes before serving. Add a little melted butter if desired. Or, pour over a cupful of cream or milk, which has been boiled with a heaping tablespoonful of butter. Or season with salt, pepper, minced parsley, melted butter and cream; a sprinkle of carraway seed may be added, or, serve with Hollandaise Sauce.
Cut boiled potatoes into dice and reheat in butter with canned red peppers cut into strips or fried green peppers, or both, and season with chopped onion fried in butter if desired. Or, prepare according to directions given for French Fried Potatoes, cutting into dice and frying with them the red or green peppers or both.
Cut the top from each of six baked potatoes, scoop out the pulp, and mash to a smooth paste with three tablespoonfuls each of butter and cream, and salt and pepper to season. Add one-fourth cupful of grated cheese and cook to a smooth paste. Take from the fire, stir in one well-beaten egg, fill the skins, and bake.
Peel and chop raw potatoes and cook, covered, very slowly in seasoned butter. When they are soft, drain and put into a baking-dish in layers, alternating with grated Parmesan cheese. Pour over a little melted butter and bake for half an hour in a slow oven. Serve in the same dish.
Peel and slice the potatoes, wipe very dry, and saute" in oil. Cook slowly, adding a little minced garlic and onion towards the last. Finish cooking in the oven. Just before serving, drain and season with salt, minced parsley, and lemon-juice.
LATER TATERS....
| POTATO CHIPS | |
| SEA SALTED (REGULAR) - For the purest who likes the great natural potato flavor with a touch of salt. | |
| SOUR CREAM AND ONION - A creamy smooooth taste with a hint of onion. | |
| SPICY CAJUN - Developed by our cousin Boudreaux who plays the fiddle ina Zydeco band. Note this flavor does contain artificial shrimp flavoring because some folks are allergic to shellfish. It makes them puff up like a blowfish. | |
| HONEY MUSTARD - What started as a salad dressing tastes great on potato chips with the perfect blend of sweet and tangy flavors. | |
| JALAPENO HEAT - Heat freaks can't get enough of our XXX alarm, "full-bodied" jalapeno flavor. Start by looking for something cold to drink before opening this bag. | |
| MESQUITE BBQ - Everyone knows that mesquite wood makes the best bar-b-que and ours captures the true flavor of the old southwest. | |
| SALT & VINEGAR - A lot of folks like to pucker up and vinegar will certainly make you do it | |
| SALT FREE - Like big flavor but can't have salt? We get tons of "thank you" mail from folks who are on a salt free diet or just don't like salt. | |
Syracuse.com’s Deaf Geoff pens an article on crispyonthemic’s newest video…
http://ping.fm/sH4YZ visit the taste this “FRY”day to be a part of my new music video!
not really. I like potatoes. Actually, I love them. I also rap about them
I connected Tumblr to my http://flavors.me page - http://flavors.me/crispyonthemic
The wonderfully skilled Kirsten Joy Kerlin created this frothy fry frappé for me. Notice the attention to detail…
Been e-mailing back & forth with Lindsey Weber who is editing the 1st ever Universal Record Database Book!! Not confirmed yet, but keep you’re fingers crossed as it looks like our record is in the running for the book!!…
urdb:
In its wilder days, New York City’s East Village was home to the raucous dive bar CBGB, where a makeshift stage became the most holy ground of the American punk rock scene. Today, that same locale sells $200 jeans acid-washed in Deborah Harry nostalgia, but last night, just a few blocks away at Joe’s Pub, the anarchic spirit of Joey Ramone and Richard Hell engulfed World Record Appreciation Society #16.
The event started out on a freakish note as it was announced that thanks to a friendly horseback cop and a curious son, URDB co-founder Corey Henderson could go down at any minute with an acute equine allergy attack. (Thankfully, we didn’t have to put him down.) So the room was already on edge when Kelly Reeves of URLesque fame performed a bit of “redneck tap dancing,” setting the world record for “Most Clogging #1 Steps in 30 Seconds.” She hoofed it up like a Grand Ole Opry veteran, all the while wearing a delightfully Hee Haw-flavored dress from her days as an eighth-grader. Clog on, Kelly.
Next up, Nancy Mendelsohn combined her self-described “freakish flexibility” with the vox populi’s insatiable rage for all things World Cup in the footie favorite “Fastest Time To Put On A Full Face of Makeup While Balancing On A Soccer Ball.” On-the-go appliqué is a skill she mastered on the subway, so she got dolled up while being all balled up in just 26.6 seconds.
For one night, Cory Cavin channeled his inner-Bono, setting aside his love of frivolity (and egg nog) to set a record with a deeper meaning. To perform the “Fastest Time to Produce a Socially-Relevant Documentary,” Cavin went to the audience to interview a man about the vitally important issue of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s controversial bill curtailing police wiretapping and limiting press coverage of criminal probes.
While the would-be Errol Morris edited his masterpiece, URDB queenpin Alex Young positioned herself offstage for the “Most Red Plastic Solo Cups Held Up Against A Wall Using A Person’s Body.” She stood inches from the wall, while her boyfriend Tom started squeezing the cups in.
While the cup pressing record got underway, Siobhan Gilbert came onstage and boldly announced, “I’m gonna’ do some swearing!” She proceeded to set the record for “Most Unique Non-English Curse Words Recited In 30 Seconds.”
As URDB Grand Pooba Dan Rollman exclaimed, “These records are all over the place!” And that was before ToTs and Mix Master Mash brought their hip-hop patata patois to the mic for “Most Sexual Innuendos in a Potato-Themed Rap Song.” This wasn’t a one-night gimmick, either. This starchy duo only raps about all things potato on albums like “Au No You Didn’t.” Truth be told, ToTs spit the spuds so fast, this reporter couldn’t keep up, but an official parsing of the lyrics found 16 caloric come-ons. There were indeed fries with that shake.
ToTs explained that the night’s featured charity partner was St. Baldrick’s an organization that raises money to fight childhood cancer by getting people to shave their heads for charity, something the good folks at ToTs’ family pub in Syracuse partake in. All door proceeds from the night were donated to the cause. A masterful artwork from illustration legend Michael Arthur was also auctioned off (see above - he drew it live!), as well as a pair of VIP tickets to see a future taping of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
Todd Lamb showed off some of the 13 “Notes Left in Public Places in NYC by a Fictional Character” seeking people like a professional dead cat handler and/or a dirtbike motorcycle owner to ease his commute. See all of Todd’s, er, Chris’ hilarious notes here.
Cavin then debuted his hard-hitting documentary, which he described as “The Cove meets Fahrenheit 9/11 meets The Shining, but more terrifying because this is real life, but it has a lot of hope like The Shawshank Redemption.” Fitting, because like the Maysles Brothers at Altamont, this night was about to turn into utter chaos.
A packed house joined Kurt Braunohler in a the “Largest Group Meow Rendition of ‘Lean on Me’,” a version so beautiful that even Crazy Joe Clark would’ve put down his baseball bat. But the warm vibes were usurped by the strong smell of an illegal (at least in-a-pub) narcotic, nicotine! Illusionist Richie Magic set the puke-inducing, hopefully never broken, record for “Most Lit Cigarettes Extinguished With Tongue in One Minute.” The man crushed 60 butts on his tongue, turning it black as night and making Gene Simmons shtick look like child’s play. A reformed smoker, Richie says he does the dirty deed to show kids the effects of smoking, that they will look and smell like an ashtray. Asked why he would put himself through such a fiery ordeal, Richie replied, “Even though my mouth is burning right now, I always put the kids first.”
As the smoke cleared, Matt Reynolds broke the existing record for “Most The Big Lebowski Catchphrases in One Minute.” The erstwhile Dude busted out 31 quotes while wearing a stolen Polish bathrobe. Truth be told, though, he should have been sipping on a White Russian. It would’ve really tied the record together.
As if the night wasn’t crazy enough, filmmaker Jay Buim slammed it home by setting the record for “Most Gallagher VHS Tapes Smashed At Once.” Bits of plastic flew into the audience as Buim destroyed the watermelon-crusher’s oeuvre in a half-loving tribute, half-angry takedown.
It was a fitting end to a night of mayhem. The fans ate it up. As Buim himself put it, “Nothing gold can be stopped. If it’s too raw for Joe’s Pub, than they just can’t handle the URDB.” Punk rock forever.
urdb:
Don’t think I can explain how excited I am to have hip-hop legends ToTs and Mixmaster Mash on the bill for our June 29th World Record Appreciation Society event at Joe’s Pub.
Thanks to the awesomeness that is Kickstarter, I funded Au No You Didn’t, the world’s first-ever hip hop album entirely about potatoes. ToTs and I went on to become pen pals, and I’ve now invited him and Mixmaster to come down to NYC from Syracuse to perform at our upcoming event.
World Record Appreciation Society #16 marks their New York City debut. They’ll be setting a potato hip-hop record, and performing a song or two from the album. If you love good times and spud rhymes, I’d encourage you to buy tickets ASAP. Dan