Comments on: Pour me a pint o’ espresso, barkeep http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/ by Jeff Jarvis Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John Frost http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30966 John Frost Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:29:13 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30966 "The world has become us and we have become the world" - Mickey Mouse “The world has become us and we have become the world” - Mickey Mouse

]]> By: Neil http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30962 Neil Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:53:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30962 “It’s turned into a place full of thinner, fitter people with healthy livers?” Have you been out in the UK on a Friday night recently? “It’s turned into a place full of thinner, fitter people with healthy livers?”

Have you been out in the UK on a Friday night recently?

]]> By: Mark http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30816 Mark Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:16:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30816 "It’s turned into a place full of thinner, fitter people with healthy livers?" In other words: Boring. “It’s turned into a place full of thinner, fitter people with healthy livers?”

In other words: Boring.

]]> By: Wise One http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30787 Wise One Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:08:48 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30787 Three cheers for health. Coffee beans are beating John Barley Corn. Temperance is rising. Go and get your hatchet. Down with saloons. Take the pledge. Get on the wagon. Three cheers for health. Coffee beans are beating John Barley Corn. Temperance is rising. Go and get your hatchet. Down with saloons. Take the pledge. Get on the wagon.

]]> By: Mine’s a latte, mate | Blog Watches Dog http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30783 Mine’s a latte, mate | Blog Watches Dog Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:58:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30783 [...] Blogger and Guardian new media columnist Jeff Jarvis — presumably in town for a conference — notes yesterday’s Evening Standard spread by Valentine Low on the coffeebars on Fleet Street: Yes, that is Fleet Street as in the Street of Shame, that once-grimy, ink-stained thoroughfare where journalists worked, gossiped, ate and drank (but chiefly drank). And boy, did they drink. The long, jorunalistic lunch is a well-chronicled phenomenon but one should not overlook the pre-lunch drinks, the mid-morning “conference quickie” — when reporters would slip out for a swift one while the editor discussed the business of the day with his department heads — and of course, the long lost afternoons when careless hacks somehow forgot to make it back from luch at all. But now? All you can get is a nice cup of coffee. The former haunt of Lunchtime O’Booze has turned into a cappucino-lover’s dream … … In Fleet Street, fortunately, the old pubs and bars are still there: the King & Keys, where old Telegraph hands used to gather, El Vino, where hacks and lawyers would swap stories over the house claret, and the Cheshire Cheese, with all its history. But the hacks have all gone. The former Express and Telegraph buildings are now the home of Goldman Sachs and the last big media organisation disappeared when Reuters moved out of No 85 last year. … [...] [...] Blogger and Guardian new media columnist Jeff Jarvis — presumably in town for a conference — notes yesterday’s Evening Standard spread by Valentine Low on the coffeebars on Fleet Street: Yes, that is Fleet Street as in the Street of Shame, that once-grimy, ink-stained thoroughfare where journalists worked, gossiped, ate and drank (but chiefly drank). And boy, did they drink. The long, jorunalistic lunch is a well-chronicled phenomenon but one should not overlook the pre-lunch drinks, the mid-morning “conference quickie” — when reporters would slip out for a swift one while the editor discussed the business of the day with his department heads — and of course, the long lost afternoons when careless hacks somehow forgot to make it back from luch at all. But now? All you can get is a nice cup of coffee. The former haunt of Lunchtime O’Booze has turned into a cappucino-lover’s dream … … In Fleet Street, fortunately, the old pubs and bars are still there: the King & Keys, where old Telegraph hands used to gather, El Vino, where hacks and lawyers would swap stories over the house claret, and the Cheshire Cheese, with all its history. But the hacks have all gone. The former Express and Telegraph buildings are now the home of Goldman Sachs and the last big media organisation disappeared when Reuters moved out of No 85 last year. … [...]

]]> By: The Nobleizer http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30779 The Nobleizer Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:32:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30779 "What has the world come to?" It's turned into a place full of thinner, fitter people with healthy livers? “What has the world come to?”

It’s turned into a place full of thinner, fitter people with healthy livers?

]]> By: thepoetryman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30762 thepoetryman Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:54:22 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30762 "Poetic Justice (Don't burn the flag. Wash it!)" has a new poem posted that may interest you... Persecution's Lament... Kind regards, Mark http://apoeticjustice.blogspot.com/ “Poetic Justice (Don’t burn the flag. Wash it!)” has a new poem posted that may interest you… Persecution’s Lament…
Kind regards,
Mark

http://apoeticjustice.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Geekier Geek » Pour me a pint o’ espresso, barkeep - Because the others just aren’t geeky enough — blogging empire! http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30760 Geekier Geek » Pour me a pint o’ espresso, barkeep - Because the others just aren’t geeky enough — blogging empire! Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:38:08 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30760 [...] Pour me a pint o’ espresso, barkeep [...] [...] Pour me a pint o’ espresso, barkeep [...]

]]> By: MIke K http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30731 MIke K Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:22:40 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30731 The abolishing of closing hours probably did it. When the pub was about to close, everyone was rushing to get a pint while it was available. Once there was no closing, demand dropped. Forbidden fruit is always sweeter. Plus the Starbucks have WiFi hotspots. The abolishing of closing hours probably did it. When the pub was about to close, everyone was rushing to get a pint while it was available. Once there was no closing, demand dropped. Forbidden fruit is always sweeter. Plus the Starbucks have WiFi hotspots.

]]> By: James Cox http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30713 James Cox Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:23:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30713 piffle. you can't walk more than 100 yards in london without coming across a pub. It's just that you yanks have got us brits on the cuff and we need to work harder to catch up. (actually, I suspect it's because the cost of living has really increased and we have to do all we can to keep costs down at lunch....) piffle.

you can’t walk more than 100 yards in london without coming across a pub. It’s just that you yanks have got us brits on the cuff and we need to work harder to catch up.

(actually, I suspect it’s because the cost of living has really increased and we have to do all we can to keep costs down at lunch….)

]]> By: Jim Wilson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30705 Jim Wilson Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:07:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30705 It's all because Red Ken emptied the streets of traffic, so now people can "dash through them." They couldn't before. :-) It’s all because Red Ken emptied the streets of traffic, so now people can “dash through them.” They couldn’t before. :-)

]]> By: Neil http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30704 Neil Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:04:51 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/02/27/pour-me-a-pint-o-espresso-barkeep/#comment-30704 It's a disgrace! Andrew Marr, the BBC's senior political editor, bemoaned the lack of central London boozing clubs for hacks in January: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/01/25/do2505.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/01/25/ixop.html Apparently a few older reporters supported his idea of opening a working club for journalists "a big place, a fresh hub, drink flowing, lawyers on tap" - but younger reporters and students weren't so keen on his argument that newspapers were declining. It’s a disgrace!

Andrew Marr, the BBC’s senior political editor, bemoaned the lack of central London boozing clubs for hacks in January:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/01/25/do2505.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/01/25/ixop.html

Apparently a few older reporters supported his idea of opening a working club for journalists “a big place, a fresh hub, drink flowing, lawyers on tap” - but younger reporters and students weren’t so keen on his argument that newspapers were declining.

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