Episode 58 : Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

Click to Listen ...

If life ever felt a little like Hell to you then join the Two Mikes and the title character of Richard Kadrey's "Sandman Slim." It is hard-boiled horror at its best; you might even smell a little sulfurous when it is through.

It Is Cocktail Time!

Red Rum

1 part 151 Rum,

1 part Rosso Vermouth

Mix with ice.
Drink.

End Music: Tom Waits's - "Alice."

Episode 57: Joan Samson's The Auctioneer

click to listen

Have your checkbook handy as the Two Mikes sell off all their best ideas about Joan Samson's forgotten bestseller, The Auctioneer. We marvel at the book's slow build and lament that there are no other Joan Samson books. Then we drink a virtuous Yankee cocktail.

It's Cocktail Time!
The Yankee Virtue

1 shot brandy
1/2 shot Becherovka clove liqueur
2 shots hard apple cider
Shake with ice and strain into martini glass. Garnish with lemon twist.

Closing music: "The Tobacco Auctioneer" by The Raymond Scott Quintette

Episode 56 : The Tenant by Roland Topor

Click to Listen.

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 55: Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird

click to listen

Walk with the Mikes through a nightmare landscape between horror and history and wonder which one this novel is, history or horror?


It's Cocktail Time!

Flipping the Painted Bird

In a shaker of ice mix

• 2 shots buffalo grass vodka
• 1/2 shot Bärenjager
• 1/2 shot apple schnapps
  

Shake and strain into a martini glass.

Closing music by the Klezmatics