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-- By  Bobby Klein in  The Middle of Nowhere on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 at 22:41.

I noticed a post on the thujone page by the band The Absinthe Drinkers (http://absinthefever.com/thujone/forum/0027) and once I finished reading it, immediately wanted to find out more about this truly unique band.

After doing a little more digging on The Absinthe Drinkers, I found a very cool YouTube video that was loaded by the band. Since this section is dedicated to the Green Fairy and all the great things that it has inspired, I thought this would be the best place to post the video.

I'm going to try to embed the video, but in case that doesn't work, you can check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1e4GIsWxFA

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The Green Fairy works her magic as she delivers inspiration to the mind of a poet. This romantic depiction of the Fairy's powers was painted in 1895 by Albert Maignan; it is entitled 'The Green Muse'.

About the Green Fairy

Where there is a will, there is a way, and folks do go out of their way for a chance to meet the "Goddess" -- like the guy who claims the Green Fairy can be summoned by soaking wormwood in alcohol. Well, no, it cannot... sorry, but it just doesn't work like that. Unless you own a still, there is no way you will ever make real absinthe at home.

(I'm beginning to wonder why we called this part useful links...)

Anyhow, let's move onto the useful / interesting stuff... This page would not be complete without mentioning MsJekyll's Green Fairy page. A modern-day absinthe icon, MsJekyll published an absinthe website years before the current absinthe revival. Been there, done that - well before the current bunch of absinthe 'experts' appeared on the web. Don't miss MsJekyll's poetry - dark but beautiful.