Absinthe - Van Gogh saw stars

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:47 pm

The green fairy has arrived in Sydney (well, officially now :sneaky:). The Absinthe Salon has opened and it's only really a hop and a skip (or possibly a short fluttering of wings) away from me.

Absinthe Salon – Surry Hills | Sydney Bar Zine

Okie took me years ago (where are you, Okie???) to the New Orleans Old Absinthe House in the Rue Bourbon

The Old Absinthe House ~ Rue Bourbon

and I stumbled upon the Paris Vert d'Absinthe, in the Marais area last year with my son.

Vert d'Absinthe: Absinthe in Paris - David Lebovitz

I'm not that keen on actual absinthe - but the idea of it is wonderful... Absinthe evokes the Belle Epoch in Paris - the bistro and café life, the Moulin Rouge and Montmartre; the art nouveau - impressionism, Van Gogh, Toulouse Lautrec, Monet, Manet, Picasso, Braque; the writers of the day - Verlaine, Rimbaud, Hemingway, Oscar Wilde!!!

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Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:49 pm

Tried it once - horrible stuff, I'll stick to my cider!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:02 pm

Amazing what a tee shirt can get up to!!

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abbey · Post by **abbey** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:58 pm

Pretty colour,

I seem to recall Babyrider saying that it's illegal in the states.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:25 pm

Oh Pam,

This is a way, way cool thread.....ahhhhhhhh Effig, Anise and Absinthe.....what a trio:-4:p

I love reading all of the info about absinthe....I've never heard of this drink before....must try now:D

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:44 pm

abbey;1282572 wrote: Pretty colour,

I seem to recall Babyrider saying that it's illegal in the states.

It became illegal everywhere, I think, Abbey.. some chemical in the wormwood was not only halucinogenic (?has that got two l's??) but allegedly caused madnesssss... hence the allusion elsewhere to Van Gogh possibly dis-earing himself ..

Anyway - the modern version is apparently brewed without that special something. So you get the kick without the kick. Seems like a cop out really.

And I did drink absinthe in the United States relatively recently.

(I understand the adulterated version is still made in Europe - but then you can get anything anywhere if you have the money and the knowhow.. :sneaky:)

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:48 pm

Kathy Ellen;1282575 wrote: Oh Pam,

This is a way, way cool thread.....ahhhhhhhh Effig, Anise and Absinthe.....what a trio:-4:p

I love reading all of the info about absinthe....I've never heard of this drink before....must try now:D

I decided to be discreet about displaying the complete name of this noble forum with the actual absinthe, Kathy. Or..... Effigy was so out of it by the time he'd inhaled the wispy green miasma.. that his words blurred...

Anis, pastis, ouzo... not bad... but ABSINTHE is nectar of the goddess...:sneaky:

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:02 pm

Absent light... absinthe light

Ahhh Benjamin Biolay's fantastic song "Novembre Toute L'année"

It's November all year round, so evocative...

Dailymotion - Benjamin Biolay - Novembre toute l'année - une vidéo Musique

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Une vie en demi pente

La lumière absente

Un pavillon de brique de lierre

Quelque part sur terre

Une vie en demi teinte

La lumière absinthe

C'est toujours le mÃªme film qui passe

Quelque part sur place

Novembre toute l'année

Toute l'année c'est novembre

Le ciel blanc

Le ciel est blanc cassé

La pluie Ã contre jour

Le temps des retour

Des grands départ dans l'autre sens

Quelque part je pense

Novembre toute l'année

Toute l'année c'est novembre

Le ciel est blanc

Le ciel est blanc cassé

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:54 pm

I have a poster of Johnny Depp in a bathtub, sipping absinthe. :-4 I'd like a glass, please.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:04 pm

Zapata;1282603 wrote: I have a poster of Johnny Depp in a bathtub, sipping absinthe. :-4 I'd like a glass, please.

You do?????????????????????????????????????

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here he is ....DOING IT !!!!!!!!!!!!

Johnny Depp In From Hell Performing The Absinthe Ritual With Dir - Video

OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:56 pm

He's not actually sipping it but the implication is there. I hope this works:

Amazon.com: Johnny Depp (Bathtub) Poster Print, 35x24: Kitchen & Dining

Think I'll go take a bubble bath now.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:34 pm

zapata;1282606 wrote: he's not actually sipping it but the implication is there. I hope this works:

amazon.com: Johnny depp (bathtub) poster print, 35x24: Kitchen & dining

think i'll go take a bubble bath now.

swooooon

:-4

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Richard Bell · Post by **Richard Bell** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:05 am

AussiePam;1282587 wrote: It became illegal everywhere, I think, Abbey.. some chemical in the wormwood was not only halucinogenic (?has that got two l's??) but allegedly caused madnesssss... hence the allusion elsewhere to Van Gogh possibly dis-earing himself ..

Anyway - the modern version is apparently brewed without that special something. So you get the kick without the kick. Seems like a cop out really.

And I did drink absinthe in the United States relatively recently.

(I understand the adulterated version is still made in Europe - but then you can get anything anywhere if you have the money and the knowhow.. :sneaky:)

I believe they still make absinthe with the wormwood hallucinogen in Israel and the Czech Republic. I do believe the real stuff is technically illegal in many countries, but I've heard of absinthe parties around here that featured real Czech absinthe.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:55 am

And Belgium, Richard!!! And I think I got word there's one tonight down the road a bit from hic here...might just mosey hic along....giggle...

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:37 am

I think Aussiepam IS the little green fairy.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:24 pm

I'm a greenie. I'm a greenie!!!!!

At the bottom of the Garden

With the fairies I am seenie

Flying high.. hic.. Beg your pardon

Clodders - the first read of the year for my book club is Margaret Atwood's "Year of the Flood" - It's quite weird. The Greenie religious cult folk are called God's Gardeners...

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:41 pm

I have seen you

Thou fair Greenie

Your lithe form

Around the bottle

But stay away

From my dear Johnny

Lest your chartreuse throat

My hands shall throttle!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:16 pm

Zapata;1282736 wrote: I have seen you

Thou fair Greenie

Your lithe form

Around the bottle

But stay away

From my dear Johnny

Lest your chartreuse throat

My hands shall throttle!

O Zappie I would like to clap you

Your rhymes are great. Who'd ever slap you

For merely threatening to throttle

A green poledancer on a bottle

Who'd never smile at your dear Johnny

Although he's verrra braw and bonnie

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

But languor licks the lust to wander.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:51 pm

I tried it once.

All I can say is to try it when you are with people you trust.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:35 pm

What the heck does it do to you?

Must look into this.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:26 pm

I drank a glass or two with some friends down in Saint Raphael in the south of France, Fuzzy. I do recall noting some time afterwards that there were sea serpents crawling along the ceiling of my room.