Episode 73 - Jesse Livingston's A Thousand LIfetimes in an Hour

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The Two Mikes walk with tender feet into author/listener Jesse Livingston's AThousand Lifetimes in an Hour.   They get all meta on each other's asses and decide that it might be just fine to end the world . . . well just for the evening. Check the comments on episode 72 if you'd like a link to Jesse's audiobook.

COCKTAIL TIME!

The Black Squirrel

1 Shot Creme de Cacao

1 Shot Kaluha

I Shot Creme de Noyaux

I Shot Dark Chocolate Sauce

2.5 shots Half and Half or Cream

Shake with ice, strain into a martini glas and garnish with a nut of some sort.

End Music:  In The Night Room.

Episode 72, William Hjortsberg's Falling Angel

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The Mikes dig deep for a discussion of a book that both really like. The problem: how do you discuss a book without griping about it? We try and mostly fail.

It's Cocktail Time!

Black Mass

1 shot rum

1 shot Kahlua

1 shot coconut milk

combine with ice in any way you choose and enjoy with a garnish of pineapple and cherry.

Closing music: "Voodoo Voodoo" by LaVern Baker

Episode 71 Off Season by Jack Ketchum

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The Mikes ponder all the ways "To Serve Man" in Jack Ketchum's classic cookbook / horror novel OFF SEASON. Whether broasted or fricasseed even Julie Child would be schooled by this gruesome, bloody, dark, disturbing romp into unexpurgated ritualistic cannibalism. Yum.


COCKTAIL TIME

Two Fingers


In a tall glass of ice pour:
Two fingers of anejo tequila
Three fingers of tomato juice
Two fingers of Rauchbier (a German smoked beer)

Add some smokey hot sauce and a lime. Stir.  If you have a nice smoked pig's knuckle, garnish freely.

Music: Shake Your Tail Feather

Episode 70: Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

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Lacking the courage to read and discuss Helter Skelter, the Mikes instead read a book about the horror of grief, especially the horror of grieving for persons not yet dead.

It's Cocktail Time!

Tree Sap


In a shaker combine

• 1 shot maple syrup
• 2 shots blended scotch
• 1 shot dry vermouth

Shake with ice and pour into a rocks glass. Stir with a maple twig.

Closing music: "Dark Was the Night" by Ry Cooder