Episode 113: F. G. Cottam's The Waiting Room

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The Mikes hit the road with the mysterious Linda, and listen to the first of the three F. G. Cottam books on the table. Discussing the book in a hotel room in the savage beating outskirts of Rapid City, South Dakota, we parse the plot and subtleties of the novel and ultimately find it to be quite spooky.

It's Cocktail Time!

I Can't Abide the Stench of It!

In a cocktail shaker with ice, pour:

• 2 shots of gin
• liquor of 1 oyster
• a couple shots of your favorite hot sauce

Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass. Garnish with lemon or lime or, better, the oyster.

Chin chin!

special closing music: "The Roses of Picardy" by John McCormack

Episode 112: Willam Sloane's Three Short Plays

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The Two Mikes pay their penance for delayed podcasting by reading Three Short Plays written by William Sloane.  There is not much to recommend, but if you blow your wig for 1930s gangster talk then we're jake with that.

It Is Cocktail Time!

Bells Won’t Be Ringing

1 bottle of Bells Oberon Beer, very cold

4 shots of watermelon purée, very cold

1/2  shot of Domaine de Canton

Chill a pilsner glass.  Pour the watermelon purée into glass and slowly top with beer (it will fizz).  Top that with the Domaine de Canton and garnish with mint.

Episode 111: William Sloane's The Edge of Running Water

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The Mikes buy a ticket to Maine to find out what's happening with an old professor and learn all about sinister mediums, plucky debutants, hostile downeasters, and the importance of knowing where the fuse box is. And then they get sucked into another dimension.

It's Cocktail Time:

The River's Edge

• In a pint glass put a clump of fresh and cleaned lemon basil or lemon verbena.
• Task a stalk of lemon grass, and bend about 1 inch of the bottom 90 degrees. Muddle the bent end of the lemon grass with the herbs.
• Pour in 1 shot simple syrup, 1 shot aquavit, and 2 shots cointreau. Stir.
• Fill glass with ice and seltzer. Stir again, and enjoy.

Closing music: Down to the River by Buck Owens 

Episode 110, William Sloane's To Walk The Night

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The Two Mike's put on their gym shoes, stay up late, and sneak out of the basement window with William Sloane to Walk the Night. They encounter a beautiful woman in mismatched clothes and bad hair. And you know what that means? MAKE OVER!!!! So watch for the Pretty Woman montage.

It's Cocktail Time!

The Scotch Bonnet

Roast a hot pepper (i.e.. a Ghost, Scotch Bonnet, or Thai pepper) over a flame until blackened. Set aside.

Fill a rocks glass with ice

Rim the glass with the pepper and put in glass

Fill with a medium-OK Scotch (for the love of god, don't use the good stuff; Sean Connery would kill you.)

Drink.




Good article about Sloane: http://wwwbillblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-kind-of-face-you-slash-thinking.html