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...makes the heart grow fonder ...or the head more stupider, I forget =)
Project 365 #339, 12-04-2008
Strobist: Black card behind bottle, Nikon SB-800 behind black card, green gelled, fired at 1/8 power at white reflector for the green rim light, Nikon SB-600 slightly camera right, pointed towards me at a white reflector about 5 feet behind me for fill at 1/8 power, the bottle is sitting on a piece of black formica, both flashes triggered with CLS
A stream of water is poured over sugar cubes and into a glass of absinthe, otherwise known as the green fairy.
The Old Absinthe House on the right was originally built in 1807 as an importing firm, taking advantage of New Orlean's dominance of trade between the Mississippi River and the Caribbean. This apparently included French absinthe, and the building quickly doubled as a bar as well. As all things related to trade during this area, the firm likely also had links to the famed pirate/smugglers Jean and Pierre Lafitte, the former of whom hid out with his large band of pirates in the small island of Barataria deep in the bayous while the latter acted as the cover in New Orleans. For four years the pirates variously engaged in smuggling around Jefferson's 1807 Embargo and seizing passing ships and selling the goods in them, including slaves (the importation of which had just been banned by the United States). A flood of imports arrived in the city from the Lafitte's efforts in evading customs dues and embargoes, and receiving many of the fruits of the brothers' operations, most of New Orleans soon learned to turn a blind eye to the brothers' actions.
However, by the War of 1812, the United States government, mired in a deep and expensive war with the British Empire, had enough. Territorial Governor William Claiborne declared the brothers bandits, and after several confrontations (when Claiborne offered a $500 reward for the capture of Jean Lafitte, similar handbills offering the same amount for the capture of Gov Claiborne showed up on city streets), Pierre Lafitte was arrested for piracy. On September 13, 1814, an American squadron attacked Barataria, driving off Lafitte's pirates, taking 8 ships and 80 prisoners, along with 20 cannon and $500000 worth of goods. Only ten days before, a British ship had appeared before Barataria, offering Lafitte's Baratarians British citizenship and grants in the British colonies if they would join in the effort to seize New Orleans.
The offer must have been tempting. However, Jean Lafitte turned the British down. Perhaps it was a traditional French hatred of the British, or (more likely) it was the more mundane fact that Lafitte thought the United States would win the War of 1812 and that the US Navy would remain too weak to effectively confront his pirates, as opposed to the might of the British Navy. Regardless, Jean quickly sent a letter to Gov Claiborne, telling of the British offer and calling for the release of Pierre in exchange for the Baratarians supporting the American war effort. Accepting the offer Gov Claiborne quickly allowed Pierre Lafitte to "escape", much to the fury of newly arriving American Maj Gen Andrew Jackson, who criticized the population in general: "I ask you, Louisianans, can we place any confidence in the honor of men who have courted an alliance with pirates and robbers?"
This anger was soon tempered by the knowledge that New Orleans was woefully unprepared for a British attack, including only 1000 regulars against a massive British force of 14500. Jackson quickly began assembling whatever troops he could find, ranging from his old veteran Kentucky and Tennessee militia to the newer Mississippi and Louisiana militia, Free Men of Color and Creoles from New Orleans, and Choctaw scouts. According to legend, he also finally agreed to meet Jean Lafitte here at the Old Absinthe House.
Here, Jean Lafitte told Jackson about his proposal: to offer his 400-odd Baratarian gunners to fight with Jackson's force, in exchange for full pardons. Over several rounds of drinks, Jackson agreed. The Battle of New Orleans, climaxing on January 18, 1815 was a shocking and decisive American victory where Jackson's assembled 4700 troops humiliated one of the strongest forces the United Kingdom had ever sent to North America. Instrumental among them were Lafitte's Baratarian artillerymen, who trained by years of experience in piracy, outclassed the British artillery forces and inflicted grievous loses on the assaulting infantry. The victory reignited American patriotism after years of humiliation, and Andrew Jackson became a national hero. So did Jean Lafitte (who in all likelyhood was not at the battle) and the Baratarians, who gained their pardon. They would soon move west to Galveston and engage in further acts of piracy in a complex, multifaceted relationship against Spain, the United States, and Gran Colombia. Jean Lafitte is believed to have died in 1823 fighting the Spanish, though his story has passed on into legend.
The Old Absinthe House has functioned as a bar more or less since, minus a period during Prohibition when the entire bar was secretly shipped out to evade destruction from the hands of temperance folk. The spot has been popular with writers, including Mark Twain and Walt Whitman. Aleister Crowley was said to have remarked “Art is the soul of life and the Old Absinthe House is heart and soul of the old quarter of New Orleans.”
French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
Absinthe Pleasures.
O' ye psychose indéfendable vert verre diminution accusé,
mentis illusionibus movendos manant earumque causas habitare voces applicabiles,
aggressive Störungen Psychopath Psychiater Störungen Entbindungen Institutionen dürstet,
codi cosbau ysgogiadau cydwybod gyffredinol ofnau dagrau,
Суровые, отражающие чувства статистические инструкции иррациональность больничные бутылки пустой,
prazeres obscenos ressuscitada desastres paranóicos mágico projetado,
unike hallusinasjoner fascinerende skapninger fairy sensoriske mystikere turer,
geataí shamans físeanna bidden spléachtaí siar tírdhreacha leachtanna awake,
γεωμετρικές ανωμαλίες βούρτσισμα ανεξήγητα ερωτήματα που προκαλεί έργα σπατάλη,
számos üdítő előnye szokatlan hiedelmek gyertyák tervez,
images brodées constellations dardant grottes cathédrales,
пливање свечаности ротирајуће успомене повраћање калеидоскопи ватру,
Eko ultim konpozitè fou sot pase tan apwoche ankò,
詰め替え小視症グラス砂糖返すライブラリの予定渇きは急冷秘蔵!
Steve.D.Hammond.
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Crosspost by Koinup - original here
" Oh green fairy
What you've done to me
There's a nothing in the sky
Waiting to get high
I went up for some milk
Three days ago
Now they crowd me in the street
You knock me off my feet
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah aha ha
Ah ah ah ha ah
Here's that romance...
Leaning toward her mind
Do you love
Like you love her
When you're gone
May today I got someone prettier than
I got the eyes of a mad man
I cannot run
How does it feel to live a life
Where nothing is real,
So just send me
Down the river
Pride and romance
Kill the one you love
Your mind.. makes you much older
Then you're gone
I am not gonna wait for tomorrow
I just sit back and wait for the sign
I am not gonna celebrate my freedom
So just send me down the river
Na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na
Oh green fairy
What you've done to me
There's a nothing in the sky
Waiting to get high
I went up for some milk
Three days ago
Now they crowd me in the street
You knock me off my feet
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah aha ha
Ah ah ah ha ah
Pride and romance
Give the one you love
Your mind
Makes you much older
Then you're gone
May today I got someone prettier than
I got the eyes of a mad man
I cannot run
How does it feel to live a life
Where nothing is real
So just send me
Down the river "
(kasabian - the green fairy)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdxowHXOlaA&feature=related
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Poster for "Absinthe," 1913
Scanned from Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture
I know, it is a bit disturbing...
"My love's a star you only saw the traces of
What went before is not no more, it's the embers of
People always catching names too late
And we're all sorry there's no time to make the change
I could hear rebellion rising
I could feel the stars aligning
I could see the wave rising
But I never did seem to find my way back home
My love's a ball I threw to you
Once I was gone, you caught it too
Love ignored erodes in time, changes
shape, went and changed your mind
All I really needed was someone to take me home
Enough absinthe can crush your spirit to the bone
I could feel rebellion rising
I could hear the stars aligning
I could see the wave rising
But I never did seem to find my way back home"
- Absinthe, Beth Orton
The Chinese supermarket have a selection of different absinthes this year, so I've gone with the 85% strength black stuff >:D
Absinthe is a good restaurant and bar, that we tried a couple of years ago. We're actually headed for Nightbird, which is world class, with world class pricing.
Strobist : 430EX red geled on DIY strip box behind black textil . 1/8
580EXII from front a bit of green gel 1/32.
View On Black Nézd meg feketén :)
Strobist hun : 430ex piros színnel DIY stripboxra amire egy fekete vászon volt terítve így ugye 2oldalról adja a fényt :)
Szemből meg az 580EXII zölddel ez elég gyengén volt . de muszáj volt a szín mert az alap fehér vakufény megölte nagyon a képet .
“The first stage is like ordinary drinking, the second when you begin to see
monstrous and cruel things, but if you can persevere you will enter in upon the
third stage where you see things that you want to see, wonderful curious things.
One night I was left sitting, drinking alone and very late in the Café Royal, and I
had just got into this third stage when a waiter came in with a green apron and
began to pile the chairs on the tables."
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Don't ask me what got in to me head but I had to try absinthe this weekend. It is so great to live in a city that has absinthe bars. There are lots of them here. It was the photograph for this bar that had me sold, they used beautiful accessories... (And they let me take pictures!*) I went online and found: www.wormwoodsociety.org/ and stayed up way too late reading all about this mystical drink.
I wore my "Tinkerbell" earrings that my sister bought for me years ago and had Mark shoot a picture of them, she's in that shot...
Our Bartender suggested St. George Absinthe. It was a great first experience. It was better for me with more sugar. And it was beige so I had to add green tinting... ;P
From the Absinthe Society: "The botanical oils from the anise and fennel are readily dissolved in the high-proof alcohol during the distillation process, but do not mix with water. When absinthe is diluted with water and the alcohol-to-water ratio changes, the oils come out of solution with the alcohol to form a colloidal suspension (microscopic oil droplets) with the water, causing a beautiful cloudy effect, known as the “louche.” “Louche” is a French word (pronounced “loosh”) meaning variously, “turbulent” “troubled” and “cloudy.”"
Péché
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Absinthe is strong alcoholic liqueur made with an herbal extract including wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). It is an emerald green drink (due to the presence of chlorophyll which is very bitter ) and is traditionally diluted with cold water which is poured over a perforated spoonful of sugar into a glass containing a shot of absinthe.
The drink then turns into an opaque white as the essential oils precipitate out of the alcoholic solution, forming a colloidal suspension.
In order to counter act his attacks of epilepsy, anxiety, and depression, Van Gogh drank absinthe. Thujone is the toxin in absinthe. Unfortunately, the Thujone worked against Van Gogh aggravating his epilepsy and manic depression. High doses of thujone can also cause one to see objects in yellow. Various physicians have differing opinions on whether or not this is what caused Van Gogh's affinity with yellow.
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The Green Fairy / El Hada Verde
Love this Drink! 70% Alcohol!
These are made in Czech Republic, where it was not prohibited a long time ago, now it's usage is becoming widely accepted.
Amo este alcohol! 70% de Rock!
Están hechos en la República Checa, único país de europa donde se podía comprar, ahora su venta se ha expandido a más lugares, incluso México.