Episode 66 - The House of Lost Souls by F.G. Cottam

 

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Find the secret powers within -- or don't -- in The House of Lost Souls by F. G. Cottam.  The Two Mikes enter this gothic tale of witchcraft, ghosts, madness, and quiet lesbianism and come out with their sanity surprisingly intact.

COCKTAIL TIME !

Pandora's Box

1 Sugar Cube

1 shot good Gin

2 dashes Bitters

Ice cold Champagne

Take a fluted glass, place sugar cube in the bottom and splash with bitters.  Put in the gin and top with the champagne. 

Chin, chin.

End Music: Tam Lin, by the Fairport Convention - some song referenced in the book.  Look it up.

Episode 56 : The Tenant by Roland Topor

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The Two Mikes pull up the van and move into Roland Topor's crazy apartment building in The Tenant. You'll pound on the ceiling and join the tenant's union just to get them all to shut up. There's a party on the roof so put on a frosted-tip wig and a tight girdle and join the neighbors for some paranoid fun!

It's Cocktail Time!

Knock Three Times.

Take a Mason Jar and fill it with vodka. Take half that jar and pour into sauce pan with the peel of a whole orange, 2 star anise, 2 tablespoons coriander and 2 tablespoons of tarragon.

Warm this up, don't boil, just warm it through. Put this in the Mason jar and top off the jar with more vodka.

Keep tightly closed in a cool dry place - 1, 2, or 3 weeks. Shake it up every few days.

Get a nice bottle of rose wine.

Into a tall glass packed with ice fill with half wine and half infused vodka.

End Music: We have Adel's Crazy for You. We wanted Tony Orlando and Dawn's - Knock Three Times.

Episode 35, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

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The Mike's dig right in to this latest novel by Dark Fantasy superstar Neil Gaiman. We find much to like and stay remarkably on topic. An hour goes by before we know it.

1/27/09 - And now a Newbery Award Winner!


It's Cocktail Time!

The Winding Sheet

2 shots gin (something British, like Boodles or Beefeaters) 1/2 shot Becherovka (clove liqueur from the Czech Republic) 1 teaspoon powdered sugar shake vigorously with crushed ice and strain into martini glass finish with 2–3 shakes orange bitters on top.

Wrap yourself in this pale, ghostly treat and bid farewell to all your earthly cares.

End tune:  The Main Theme from Torchwood.

Episode 8.0 - Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box

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The Mikes had so much to jaw about Joe Hill's breakthrough novel that this episode is super-sized and broken into TWO mind-numbing segments. Enough to choke a Doberman. Download them both and be astounded by the discussion of patricide, southern creepiness, urban superiority, and goth girls.


Cocktail Time

Y The Heart Shaped Box

1 shot -Vodka
1/2 shot- Kirshwasser
1/2 shot - Creme de Cacao or Godiva Chocolate Liqueur

Shake with ice, strain, garnish with a cherry.
(or, better yet, just skip this one and pour two fingers of good bourbon over ice and drink.)



Music this week: Mike M. recommends Chris Garneau- Music for Tourists.
Mike S. recommends Grinderman, Nick Cave's latest project.