Mark Janello

@markjanello.bsky.social

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Composer, harpsichordist, music theorist. He, him, his.

black squirrel just chilling on the field at the Orioles/Tigers game
"When the funeral service was over, the new king returned to his palace in Berlin and summoned all his father's courtiers. "Gentlemen, our good master is dead," said the father of little Frederick. "The new king bids you all go to hell."
A manuscript with Vivaldi's handwriting, some figured bass and the words "per li coglioni"
Bosch owl being hugged by a small human.
another Bosch owl, this time a superb chonky unit
a snippet from a Bosch painting of an owl looking out a circular hole
a satellite map view of Baltimore Harbor near the Eastern Ave Bridge, with a pin indicating "Christopher Columbus Statue" in the water (it was thrown there by protesters a few years ago)
a screenshot of a satellite map view of Baltimore harbor by the Eastern Ave Bridge, with the tag "Christopher Columbus Statue" pointing to the water (where, indeed, protesters flung it a few years ago)
Arial view of the British Museum.
A famous movie still from "The Sound of Music", but with revised and improved text of the "Doe, a deer" song: Do, a note to follow Ti, Re, a note to follow Do, Mi, a note to follow Re, Fa, a note to follow Mi, Sol, a note to follow Fa, La, a note to follow Sol, Ti, a note to follow La, That will bring us back to Do! (repeat ad nauseam)
walking along a sidewalk, then suddenly at the end a frog comes into view, and it hops into a hole in a cement wall with an audible 'plop'
Venn diagram with 4 circles: Horns in the Front, Asshole in the back, Asshole in the front, Horns in the back, which intersect with the 4 possible options: "cow", "orchestra", "stegosaurus", and "K412, K417, K447, K495".
A Venn diagram with 3 circles that overlap: "Dramatically suggestive orchestral scenario" covers "Unattended gong" and "torrid tuba/piccolo love affair"; "Highlight of the evening when it totally falls apart" covers "torrid tuba/piccolo love affair" and "Piñata"; and "Things you want to beat with a stick" covers "Piñata" and "Unattended gong". All three converge on the central "shitty conductor's fragile ego" -- from ball-so-hard-conservatory.tumblr.com, my niche music humor site
Dr Seuss page from the book "Hop on Pop", with a bear-like creature who looks a little dim, about to sit on a cactus.
a grocery store return shelf, with a basket on it with a sign that says, "Baby food, Medicine, Toilet Trees" (note: toilet trees is two words)
two galloon jugs of clear liquor, one labled "Wild Cherry 1934" the other "Small White Grape 1946"
bbc headline: "Glastonbury Festival yurt glampers ticketless as Yurtel goes bust"
on the top is a picture of Miss Casey from Severance, saying "Please enjoy all twelve tones equally" and on the bottom is a picture of Arnold Schoenberg saying "OK"
A picture I took from the stage during Peabody's graduation ceremony. A row of empty chairs, then several people wearing academic regalia, in the center, the Dean, and to his right, Stevie Wonder, wearing a yellow academic robe with black stripes on the arms. To his right Mr. Wonder's assistant, and to her right another Dean, I believe from Johns Hopkins, but I don't know for sure.
A white and tan cat sits in a small, tallish basket on a dresser next to a fancy lamp with many small globeshaped glass shades on the end of swirly metal stalks. The cat looks right at the camera with a serious and somewhat judgmental stare.
a couch with cushions that look a lot like vulvas
a picture of college-aged Bill and Hilary Clinton, he is holding a volleyball and she is sitting on the ground
a panel from a 1973 Doonsbury cartoon with a radio reporter shouting "That's Guilty! Guilty, Guilty, guildy!!"