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For starters, you get places where Absinthe hasn’t been consumed for nearly a century, and mention of it evokes imagines of la Belle Epoque, Victorians outraged at paintings of decadent actors, and whispers of madness.
But head up into the Jura mountains, the birthplace of Absinthe, and a different story unfolds. Sure, some guy shot his wife and kids a century ago, but Absinthe had a bum rap in all that. And just because some puritanical politicos banned it doesn’t mean you stop making it. There, Absinthe means the rugged liberty of mountainfolk, and a damn fine drop to boot. Legalization just means that you can now find the bottles in the front of the shop, instead of the back. They flavor sausages with it. Heck, I’ve even tasted Fee Verte ice cream (which, incidentally, I recommend on a hot Swiss afternoon).

Should you descend from Val-de-Travers to the foot of the Jura, you’ll likely find yourself in Neuchatel, on the lake of the same name. Every September, they feature the “Wine-grape Harvest” Festival. The wines of Neuchatel are excellent, but the visitor searching for a bottle at the Harvest Festival, pushing through the teeming hordes and fighting back the crowds of children, teenagers, college students, farmers, office workers, the mayor (when she’s not in rehab) and pensioners, will find little reward. So why not head on over to the Absinthe tent? If you can’t remember making a mistake, is it still a mistake?

But in general I prefer to subscribe to the album order as chosen by the artists themselves. It doesn’t always make a difference, but when it does, it really does.

But – when do they start linking to you?

Aargh! Not BB! Well, as long as it’s BBG, not BB proper. There’s only so much self-absorbed navel-gazing one can take.

Amen. I come here to read about PC games, not the latest OMGMUSTSEETHIS web 2.0 discovery by some painfully cool San Francisco denizen with scene hair.