E2. The Force Awakens
Prepare to geek out: Lileks monologues Star Wars past and present. (No spoilers herein!)... SourceJoin the conversation and comment on this podcast episode:...
View ArticleE3. Fargo
How much Fargo was in the TV show “Fargo”? Let’s listen to a true Fargoan explain. Don’t worry – it’s not a recap of a show you didn’t see. It’s something quite different. How did eminent domain affect...
View ArticleE4. Nothing But The Truth
Did you ever think you believed the innocence of the subject of “Making a Murderer” because the theme music said you should? The Ramble takes a look at documentary soundtracks, and veers off into...
View ArticleE5. The Soundtrack of Imaginary Places
A trip to Sin City prompts thoughts of the one thing people usually don’t think about when they think of Games, but something absolutely essential: sound. Music. Melody. The burbles of the casinos to...
View ArticleE6. Praise the Titanic
As another anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking draws nigh, Lileks wonders: are we finished with this story? Perhaps. But even if we’ve exhausted Titanic nostalgia, we can still consider how other eras...
View ArticleE7. Grandfather’s Victrola
What does monophonic sound have to do with the moral turpitude of electric shavers? Let’s find out. James Lileks’ The Ramble is brought to you by Harry’s Shave. For a great shave at an even greater...
View ArticleE8. The Bagpipes of Paris
What makes a city or a country sound familiar? When the music sounds like we think it’s supposed to sound like. But what if our preconceptions are wrong? (Hint: they’re probably not)... SourceSponsored...
View ArticleThings To Do In Reno
What do you do in Reno? Yes, yes, besides that. But here’s the more pressing issue for modern times: what does Reno do with Reno? SourceJoin the conversation and comment on this podcast episode:...
View ArticleRockin’ Back Inside Your Heart
You might not be watching the new Twin Peaks, or care that it ever existed. But it changed TV, and one of the reasons that made it so unique was the music. Let’s go beyond the theme and explore the...
View ArticleA Reactionary — A Throwback to the 20th Century
James Lileks’ The Ramble returns. No Politics, no punditry — just palaver. SourceJoin the conversation and comment on this podcast episode:...
View ArticleAll The Trimmings
Thanksgiving: what a great time to start a diet. SourceJoin the conversation and comment on this podcast episode: https://ricochet.com/podcast/the-diner/all-the-trimmings/.Now become a Ricochet member...
View ArticleIt's Been a While
C'mon in and park yer carcass. Have you seen this in the Times? Can you believe it? Almost wished we had been there to see that. I mean, that's how you write a news story, right?Place an order and join...
View ArticleNorge Equipped
It's a cold, blustery day. C'mon in and have a hot cup of something.Pay no attention to the grumpy old poet in the corner booth. It's just another day in The Diner.
View ArticleAn Order of Toast PDQ
Got a quarter for the juke box? Thanks. Pay you back when I get my change.It's cah-raaaazy, Daddy-O.
View ArticleFallout
An episode that rests quietly as a snowflake hitting your tongue... and as spicy as one-too-many dashes of hot sauce... and the stuff of bad childhood dreams... that's The Diner.
View ArticleThat's Crackers
Is that a fresh pot sitting on the Bunn-O-Matic? Pour me a cup and hand me a pack of crackers.And put away that screwdriver. You'll void the warranty on this episode of The Diner.
View ArticleMuzak for a Marionette
Does anybody mind if I slip two bits into the jukebox? Man... that sounds... so familiar.
View ArticleLegend of the Ghost Plow
Snow in Minnesota is legendary. More legendary than you could possibly know...
View ArticleThe Enchanted Chernobyl Diner Experience
The Diner: Where A.I. meets three little words scribbled on a note pad. It's the stuff that dreams are made of.And people say we're monkeying around.
View ArticleIt's G-r-r-r-r-reat!
It's time for your weekly dose of delicious content, a tasty treat for your ears, packed with wholesomeness! Indulge in a hearty serving of Lileks! Pour yourself a serving of "The Diner" – it's the...
View ArticleNo Context Pi(e)
Singing roosters... musical pigs... and a trail of references.Don't believe me? Vas you dare, Sharlie?!? Eggs-actley!
View ArticleThe Wreck of the Tighty Whitey
In which the SS Tighty Whitey becomes a wreck and strands Gilligan and company on an island with a lot of vines and bamboo. Meanwhile in the news.... one of these days, Alice... to the moon! (Or at...
View ArticleYou Are Now Free to Move About the Diner
We're getting ready for a road trip and you know it's not best to travel on an empty stomach. So sidle to the long counter and get something in you before we take off.James will return in two weeks....
View Article¡Disculpe!
The Diner is open.Went all the way to Mexico last week just to watch a man die.
View ArticleGrade A Fancy
We know this podcast is met with great anticipation and we want to assure you that while the packaging may change from week to week, it comes to you with the same great taste!Fancy that.
View ArticleArchitectural Gas
An order of eggs, forget the bacon and bring us a side order of aesthetically pleasing buildings.
View ArticleBattlestar Diner
Something that you can only get at The Diner: A trip to the future on a trip to the past.By your command...
View ArticleDilated
An episode that asks the eternal questions:Is this good? Better? Worse? Better here? Or better here? What's the lowest line you can read?
View ArticleThoughts While Eating Toast
You write and you write and you write some more. And you keep writing until you're done.
View ArticleProof Is In the You-Know-What
Brown sugar. Butter. Maybe some cream. Perhaps a dash of vanilla and a pinch of salt. That's the recipe for Butterscotch.Or you just follow the directions on that 10-lb bag of powder over there.
View ArticleLocal Soda Jerk
Refrigerator's acting up. Will take my regional soda with ice. Hold the metal shavings.
View ArticleBearly the Fourth of July
James is heading off on his annual sojourn but takes emough time to stop in and sit at his familar place at the long, boomarang-patterned Formica counter and talk a little Fourth of July and things...
View ArticleThe Stuff
James is back from the British Isles and has had a little bit of it shipped home directly to The Diner.
View ArticleAn Archduke Walks into a Diner
Events of the day leads to thoughts of events of the past - with a little Lidocaine thrown in for good measure.
View ArticleBlue Öyster Special
Playlists, algorithms, musical tastes and you never know who's listening...On the juke box: End of Every Song by Buck Dharma (Triceratops Music - ASCAP) Used by permission. endofeverysong.com
View ArticleWe Have Your Face
Contemplating the marvels and the possible malevolence of the modern age while consuming a slightly warmed-over "Weird Burger."
View ArticleRoaming the Land with Credentials
A stiff drink, a hot band and a lanyard around your neck. It doesn't get any better than that. Or does it?
View Article'X' Marks the Spot
I think that I shall never see a podcast lovely as a tree... uh, oh.
View ArticleHere's the Pitch, Man
Hold this episode up to your face. Now point at it and smile. You, too, can be a pitchman.
View ArticleRules of the Road
Life is a highway. A double-yellow lined, curving, narrow highway of mechanized death. But on the bright side, that's where you'll find the Diner.
View ArticleFill It Up, Jack
Memories flood the brain like the mighty Sheyenne River pouring over its banks. Grab your shovel, son, there's work to be done.
View ArticleFind the Bottom
Contemplating Rome and finding the bunny at the bottom of the bowl. Um-m. All Gone!
View ArticleFly Lileks Air
Electronics? Check.Inflatable pillow? Check.Peanuts. Check.Headphones. Check.Welcome to Lileks Air Flight 39 to Heathrow...
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