TAINTED REVIEW

When Marilyn Manson's own brand of absinthe (the terribly named 'Mansinthe') was tasted by a panel of booze experts, the kindest review stated that the slop tasted like 'sewage water', which is close to many of his musical reviews.

But now a new reviewer has emerged who rates the stuff highly. Not on taste, obviously, but because it gets you drunk quickly. And who might this impartial reviewer be? None other than Manson's own girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood.

"For my birthday, I did one shot to try it, and that was it. 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."

'Being who he is' might guarantee that it is a pale imitation of a stronger, darker juice - one that actually depends on proper ingredients rather than the hype surrounding a bit of circus-style shock.

Poor Wood (who appears to have bought into the whole 'Manson' thing by actually looking as though she is a corpse herself) carried on with her attempt to sell the undrinkable marketed by the unpalatable.

"One shot of it, and you’re out for the night. Three shots of it, you’re dead."

Sharing a bed with Manson, I'd be downing the third shot before lights out and attempting to make it to double figures before Death came roaring at me. Just in case.