Marilyn Manson + Absinthe = Mansinthe

That's right Marilyn Mason has his own brand of absinthe called Mansinthe. For anyone who read that Spin article by Jonathan Ames, this shouldn't come as a surprise. Dude got tanked.

Evan Rachel Wood sampled it.

“For my [20th] birthday, I did one shot to try it, and that was it," she said. "I was drunk immediately. Being who he is, Manson wanted to make it as strong as it could possibly be, so it’s got the highest amount of wormwood that you can have legally. One shot of it, and you’re out for the night. Three shots of it, you’re dead.”

She added, "I think he agrees with me; you can't drink Mansinthe every day."

I'm not touching the last part of that quote. Just bad.

Also of note, she calls her much older boyfriend 'Manson.' Creepy on more than one level.

Marilyn or Mary may be worse.

Reportedly critics who've tried Mansinthe compared its odor to "sewage water" and "swamp mud." And the taste has been described as being "as bad as cat piss."[Side-Line] Although I figure absinthe doesn't generally taste good.

I don't know if it means anything, but Mansinthe did win the Gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in April.

You can buy it here for about $55 per bottle.

Absinthe became semi-legal again in the U.S. mid-2007, meaning it's legal "as long as manufacturers can prove that thujone levels--the stuff that may or may not make people hallucinate (i.e. the good part)-- are almost undetectable." [SFGate]

It was originally outlawed in 1912.

Stateside, I'm not sure if Mansinthe will ever be available for purchase. Does anyone know?

Other sources: The Daily Dish and Dlisted.
Image via Side-Line.

Does Evan Rachel Wood Bleach Her Skin?

As Evan Rachel Wood, 20, morphs more into a Dita Von Teese look-a-like, I'm starting to wonder if she's using bleach--of the Michael Jackson variety--on her skin.

I wouldn't be surprised since her, too old for her, boyfriend, Marilyn Manson, 39, appears to have been dabbling in it for years. But in his case it's understandable. Hey, whatever helps.

I have a feeling one day she's going to look back at that relationship and cringe.

Anyway, here's Wood--white as ever-- at a screening of The Life Before Her Eyes Tuesday night in NYC.
And here she is at the Running With Scissors premiere in 2006.

What do you think she's doing? Make-up on her entire body? Bleach? Baths of milk? What?

Also, if you you're in the mood to be thoroughly disturbed, watch this Marilyn Manson soft-core porn music video--"Heart Shaped Glasses"-- starring Wood. It's all kinds of creepy. Creepy, not because it's dark and Gothic-- I like that--but because it looks like Manson is statutory raping Wood before your eyes.




Reportedly her role in the vid made her the highest paid actress, ever, to star in a music video.

Images via Just Jared and EvanRachelWood.net.