James Lileks
Columnist | buzz.mn
Phone: 612-673-7858
E-mail: jlileks@startribune.com
James Lileks writes a metro column and is an anchor/producer for NewsBreak, the webcast on startribune.com. He also blogs under The Blog O'Things.
Recent content from James Lileks
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Lottery for a Vikings home is good gamble
The upside of a Vikings stadium lottery - and the downside.
Feb 6, 2010 -
So long, corner video store; unique didn't trump easy
The tireless scythe of the Internet mows down another: Hollywood/Movie Gallery, the video chain, will close 805 stores. There are several in the Twin Cities; 14 will close.
Feb 4, 2010 -
Surveillance cameras can drive you batty
Some are dismayed that the recent shootings at the U of M weren't caught on camera. Obviously, we need more security cameras interrogating the streets. Well, hold on. I can easily imagine situations where they'd be apt, but more cameras don't necessarily mean less crime. They might mean brisker apprehension, which leads to the miscreant's spree nipped in the bud. But they also make for a peculiar sort of paranoia.
Jan 30, 2010 -
West metro has ice, but not the fire of carnival
A medallion hunt for Minneapolis?
Jan 28, 2010 -
We're clearly the best! OK, well maybe not
Conversation with a Twin Cities Hater.
Jan 23, 2010 -
Deeply controversial, as usual: Girl Scout cookies
Cookie controversy, continued
Jan 21, 2010 -
Will Vikings have the Force, or be the farce?
There's a fine moment in the first Star Wars movie where Darth Vader tells a subordinate "I find your lack of faith disturbing" and proceeds to choke the unlucky fellow with his dark Sith choke-power. Keeping that in mind:
Jan 16, 2010 -
Distraction a top cause of - Hey! A kitty!
I'd better admit this before it's illegal: It occurred to me the other day that ABBA does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I'd like to think that honor is reserved for pioneers and trendsetters, not nameless belters of icy bouncy Euro-pop. You ask: How could that thought be illegal? Even if the United States signed some sort of international agreement that bans criticism of '70s Swedish music -- and Lord knows they've been trying for years -- it still would have to be ratified by the Senate, and they seem rather busy at the moment.
Jan 14, 2010 -
James Lileks: The tree's doing the Minnesota goodbye
Lights out.
Jan 10, 2010 -
Farewell, old flagship friend; you were special
Goodbye, B. Dalton. The closing of the last bookstore is a sad, familiar tale: A chain with many fans and a great history gets sold to a larger competitor, is wrung dry and shuttered, and its first flagship store closed with little fanfare.
Jan 7, 2010
