"Simultaneously alone and in company" is an accurate description. What may be added, are long hours coffeehouses in context of the emerging "Beisl" scene in Vie

"Simultaneously alone and in company" is an accurate description. What may be added, are long hours coffeehouses in context of the emerging "Beisl" scene in Vienna in the 1980s. With the added traits of a nightly bar, the aligning media consumption (as in newspapers) was replaced by potential connectivity and the social scene became its own ultimate media. Maybe somewhat helped by libidinous ambitions, which in turn promoted the exchange of ideas. (An example would be "Café Alt Wien", a respectable coffeehouse by day, which would transform into an essential nightly point of exchange with regulars stopping by frequently on their tours, mixing with those who preferred to spend the evening there.)