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An interview with the Schmegeggy's crew -- New Year's Day 2000

Q: What's the Internet got to do with your bar and regulars?

Chet Getty: The Internet's also like a bar -- some of us sit and drink
alone, some in groups. Some have got a booth, like the USA, say. Others are
lined up on bar stools like the G8 nations.
Ben Dekho: And some are forced to stand up near the toilets, miles away
from getting a drink -- like Queensland.

Q: Why not just start a website?

BD: Well, we do have one, but it's not the main focus because Schmegeggy's
is about ideas. It's not an art gallery or a computer game. It's reportage.
It's open chat.
CG: And a bar is a natural place for chatting -- it's communal,
contemplative, happy, outrageous, fiery, friendly and lonely all at once.
We don't need pictures or wacky fonts to reflect that. Who wants to see a
flashing picture of a bunch of drunks anyway?
BD: Martini?
CG: Cheers.

Q: What sort of material does the Speakeasy cover?

CG: We look at a broad range of material, but united in the fact that it
comes from the minds of ourselves, our patrons and subscribers -- from
those observing the world from its fringes. That's the schtick.
BD: Anything from poetry, overheard conversations, treatises, diatribes,
short stories, arts reviews, crazed incoherent rambling, well-informed
commentary on political events -- you name it, we'll have a bar of it.
CG: That's good. Are we using that?
BD: You betcha.


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