Episode 126 Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian

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The Two Mike's wish you a Happy Holidays and trim the tree with all sorts of viscera from the true American horror of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. 

Hey, it is better than watching the news.

It's Cocktail Time!

Blood Orange Meridian

 1 1/2  shots of brown Mescal
 1 shot of Campari
 1/2 shot dry sherry

Shake with ice and pour over ice with a pinch of flake salt and bitters. Garnish with a blood orange.

Episode 125: Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark

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The Mikes read some hi-falutin' literature about down-and-out folks. We tackle the first of our Cormac McCarthy books and find out the world is a nasty place. We're sure things will lighten up in the next books.

It's Cocktail Time!

The Cussed Mule

In a jar muddle a quarter of a ripe peach with some mint. Add a two shots moonshine or white whiskey. Add ice and fill with ginger beer or ginger ale. 

Closing Music: "Flop-eared Mule" The Skillet Lickers

Episode 124: R. R. Ryan's The Echo of a Curse

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The Mikes finally finish reading and are ready to conclude their foray into the mind of R. R Ryan in the Echo of a Curse.  Is it Tom or Terry? Is it Vin or Vic?  Do mother and daughter have the same name?  And what about Don? WHAT ABOUT DON?

It's Cocktail Time!

"Don-Grow-A-Pair-Anon"

Into an iced shaker and shake well :

2 shots of good English gin

1 TB of Golden Syrup

1/2 lemon squeezed

Pour into a fluted glass and top with middling champagne.

Chin Chin.

Episode 123: R. R. Ryan's Freak Museum

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Our second foray into the forgotten fiction of R. R. Ryan. The Mikes rummage around the museum and find a few oddities, but nothing really to get excited about. Except that maybe people shouldn't keep big pools of acid under their floors, but that stands to reason.

It's Cocktail Time!

The Antidote

In a cocktail shaker, muddle

• 12 strawberries
• 15 blueberries
• 15 fresh mint leaves
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1 tbsp. grated fresh ginger

then add

• 4 shots vodka
• 2 shots Cointreau

Stir and decant into two glasses (you may strain it first or just dump it in).

Garnish with lime wedge.

Chin chin!

closing music: "Superfreak" by Big Daddy 

Episode 122: R. R. Ryan's The Subjugated Beast

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The Two Mikes lock themselves in some creepy ass castle and swear not to move until they finish reading R.R. Ryan's  The Subjugated Beast.  Maybe it will release the murderous beasts hidden within their DNA or maybe after a few weeks, they will pretty much forget everything about what they read.  Let's celebrate and eat raw meat!

IT'S COCKTAIL TIME!

High Tea aka I Can't Feel My Legs

1/2 shot of Returner ( Earl Grey Liquor)
1/2 shot of Gin
1/2 shot of Rum
1/2 shot of Tequila
1/2 shot of Triple Sec
1 shot of Sour Mix

Mix and pour into a tall glass of ice and top with a splash of cola.

Chin Chin.

Episode 121: Ray Russell's Incubus

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Mike and Mike round out their tour of Ray Russell's horror career with his 1974 skeeze classic of sexual liberation and ickiness. Gallons of ickiness.

It's Cocktail Time!

Screamin' Demon Semen

In a shot glass layer,

• 1/3 shot butterscotch schnapps
• 1/3 shot Irish cream
• 1/3 shot rum
• add a few drops green Midori liqueur on top.

Shoot it (in the head).

closing music: "Electric Demons in Love" by Electric Six

Episode 120 : Ray Russell's Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories

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The Mike's serpentine the sorely segmented stories of Sardonicus, Sagittarius and Sanguinarus and simply simultaneously squeak sophomoric silliness. Sneaky Ss strike stridently - start screaming straightaway.  So sorry.

It's Cocktail Time

The Lock Jaw

2 shots blended Scotch

1/2 shot Apple Jack

1/2  shot Fernet-Branca Bitter Liquor 

Put in shaker of ice. Shack until frothy. Decant in a martini glass and garnish with a 10 penny nail.

Episode 119: Ray Russell's The Case against Satan

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The Mikes read the book that formed the model for every demonic possession story you can think of, and they wonder why Ray Russell didn't sue the pants of William Peter Blatty. A short+sweet podcast for a short+sweet book.

It's Cocktail Time!

The Guilty Priest

• 1 shot Apple bourbon
• 1/2 shot Pernod
• 1/2 Amontillado sherry
• 1/2 shot good vermouth

stir and pour into rocks glass filled with ice.

garnish with sliced, spiced apple

Closing Music: Cover of "Tubular Bells" by unknown

Episode 118 The Things by Peter Watts

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The Two Mike's take on The Things by Peter Watts.  Though entering into communion with a extraterrestrial entity sounds really nice, they stay firmly ensconced in their individual natures and unimaginable loneliness. Whew.  

It's Cocktail Time!

Frozen Communion 

Place crushed ice in a tumbler and add:

1 shot Aquavite

1 shot Cynar

1 shot Dry Sherry

Mixed and top with walnut bitters and a lemon or an orange peel.

Chin Chin. 

Episode 117: Peter Watts's Echopraxia

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The Mikes tackle a diamond-hard sci-fi novel (what?!) with vampires and zombies and intelligent slime molds . . . IN SPACE! They flounder about trying to parse the plot and find the horror. And they find it, obscurely, in the predator–prey relation of vampire to human, and in the weird notion that consciousness is a problem.

It's Cocktail Time!

Golden Shower

In a ice-filled tumbler pour

1 shot vodka

1 shot orange juice

1/2 shot lemon juice

1/2 shot triple sec

Fill with ginger ale. 

Stir. 

Drink. Or pour all over the bed.

closing music: "Echoes from the Hills" by Jack Guthrie