James Lileks
Writer, ex- columnist for @StarTribune because hey, the ash-heap waits for all, mid-century pop-culture enthusiast, hater of "quirky" last lines in online bios
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1 week ago |
jameslileks.substack.com | James Lileks
“Are they that poor? They can’t even top the sandwiches?”“It’s not that at all! They’ve gone Dane. Everyone’s going Dane this year.”
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1 week ago |
jameslileks.substack.com | James Lileks
The train doesn’t leave for an hour but I am readyRemoved from the column about making the plane on time: a note about getting from the hotel to the subway to the proper shed. But: how early do you leave the hotel to make the train to Terminal 3? The train runs twice an hour, and it’s a seven minute walk to the train. I did not count on heavy traffic, th…
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1 week ago |
jameslileks.substack.com | James Lileks
After leaving the theater Joe drove for two hours, his stomach sour from popcorn and whiskey. He considered getting a motel for the night – the boss wouldn’t complain, given the sales he’d made, and it beat driving all night feeling your stomach somersault every time you hit a pothole. He found a place an hour after dusk, a seven-unit Mom and Pop motel called The Wayfarer. According to the sign the big draw was telephones in every room, but he couldn’t think of anyone he wanted to call.
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1 week ago |
jameslileks.substack.com | James Lileks
I have taken three airplane trips in the last two weeks, and didn’t miss any of them. People ask me: “gosh, how do you do it? I’m always standing at the gate watching it taxi away, wondering if there was something I could’ve done.” Well, let me help. Here is how you make it to the plane on time. Leave early. I set a personal record on the last trip, arriving at the airport 18 hours ahead of time. The danger, of course, is getting complacent - oh, no need to rush, I’ve seven hours.
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2 weeks ago |
jameslileks.substack.com | James Lileks
We’ll be back to the regular array on Monday. For now, one last preview of the forthcoming collection of paintings by Chet G. “Petey” Dahleigh, a commercial calendar artist who painted in his sleep. Well, guess no one was fooled ‘bout that secret missile base actually being a carnival-ride research facility
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RT @Discourse_Mag: AM radio seems to be going the way of the dodo, but the latest Discourse column from James @Lileks explains why it will…
Started S2 of “Severance” and realized I’d forgotten nearly everything but the concept. Goats? Why? It’s like tuning in to Star Trek S2 & thinking “okay I know they’re in space, but how? And what’s up with that guy with the Scottish accent?"