Absinthe

In October 2009 I did a show in Prague I returned to the Kafka house of my Benefit of Mr K but found the whole street and Castle area had become a tourist trap so I wandered into the backstreets at the bottom of the hill and found a little local bar for a plate of sausage mustard and strong brown bread Intending to drink some wine I noticed that Absinthe was included in the drinks list so ordered it I admitted to the barkeeper that I had never had it before and he showed me how it should be mixed and flamed with sugar and I recorded with my pocket video camera With a little gesture to Picasso and Degas I became the Absinthe Drinker