The Two Mikes

The Two Mikes
Ever wanted to talk with someone about a book you just read? You could just join a book group and talk about it, drink a little, veer off on tangents, work back around to the book again, and finally wrap it up by picking the next book.

But what happens when the book you just read is about about hungry zombies or a haunted house, and your Eat, Pray, Love–reading friends aren’t really into reading it, much less discussing its finer points? That’s what we’re here for. We Two Mikes will be your virtual book group for discussing new and interesting and old and half-forgotten horror books.

If you want to follow along with us, look at the next forbidden book on the table and start reading.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Episode 55: Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird


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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

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Friday, August 20, 2010

Episode 54: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith


The Two Mike's discover the real story behind the Great Emancipator but now don't know who to believe anymore: Carl Sandburg or Seth Grahame-Smith?


It's Libation Time!

The Lemonabe
In shaker, assemble

  • 1 tbsp. sugar
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 shots of rye or corn whisky

Pour over ice into rocks glass. Top with soda.

Closing Music: "Dark Was the Night" by Blind Willie Johnson
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Episode 53 : Horns by Joe Hill



Join Mike and Mike as they explore the true meaning of "putting a fork in it" with Joe Hill and his second novel Horns. Listen as they leave the tree house of Paradise and lose their innocence in this horror coming-of-age mystery play in book form.

Cocktail Time!

The Devil Made Me Do It

1 shot of 151 Rum
1 splash of high-grade hot sauce
A lime chunk

Combine in a shot glass, suck on a lime, and take it down—oh yeah.


End music: Sufijan Stevens's "In The Devils Territory" from his album "Seven Swans."


Clive Barker's play History of the Devil at http://www.clivebarker.info/playsindex.html
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Episode 52: Danielle Trussoni's Angelology

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Are angels the new vampires? The Two Mikes discuss this and other matters of weighty theology in this latest episode.

And no, they are NOT the new vampires.


It's Cocktail Time! Bad-touched by an Angel

Place in the bottom of a Tom Collins glass:
  • slice of ginger
  • piece of lemon rind
  • several dashes of Angostura bitters
Muddle thoroughly.

Pack glass with crushed ice and pour over it
  • 1 shot of bourbon
  • 1 shot Frangelico
  • top with hard cider.
Garnish with lemon slice.
Drink through straw so you can stir up the goodies down below. Chin chin.


Special Closing Music: "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" by Raul Malo
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