Mark Janello
@markjanello.bsky.social
Composer, harpsichordist, music theorist. He, him, his.
I always loved the line "La, a note to follow Sol" in the Sound of Music "Doe, a deer" song, but they really missed the follow-through on that, so here is the improved version:
September 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I always loved the line "La, a note to follow Sol" in the Sound of Music "Doe, a deer" song, but they really missed the follow-through on that, so here is the improved version:
calling cable news, "O Stewardess, I speak 1337!"
September 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
calling cable news, "O Stewardess, I speak 1337!"
LOL Orioles with another "walk-off" -- last time was a "stand-around-off" and now a "caught-stealing-off"
September 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
LOL Orioles with another "walk-off" -- last time was a "stand-around-off" and now a "caught-stealing-off"
Short cleansing video I took on a walk last spring.
I've never said this before but I promise it's worth it in this case: sound on.
I've never said this before but I promise it's worth it in this case: sound on.
September 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Short cleansing video I took on a walk last spring.
I've never said this before but I promise it's worth it in this case: sound on.
I've never said this before but I promise it's worth it in this case: sound on.
"But doctor, I AM local oaf"
September 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"But doctor, I AM local oaf"
you do have to feel for the Dodgers pitcher that lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth (and the O fans gave him a nice ovation), but also
lol
hahaha Orioles, completely absurd
lol
hahaha Orioles, completely absurd
September 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
you do have to feel for the Dodgers pitcher that lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth (and the O fans gave him a nice ovation), but also
lol
hahaha Orioles, completely absurd
lol
hahaha Orioles, completely absurd
Tom Lehrer told us satire was dead when Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize. Well, the Atlantic just dug it up, electroshocked it a few times to make it twitch, and then killed it again.
September 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Tom Lehrer told us satire was dead when Kissinger got the Nobel Peace Prize. Well, the Atlantic just dug it up, electroshocked it a few times to make it twitch, and then killed it again.
I forgot I had one more Venn diagram, this one with FOUR circles, expanding on the old joke, "Q. What's the difference between a cow and an orchestra? -- A. Well, a cow has the horns in the front and the asshole in the back."
August 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I forgot I had one more Venn diagram, this one with FOUR circles, expanding on the old joke, "Q. What's the difference between a cow and an orchestra? -- A. Well, a cow has the horns in the front and the asshole in the back."
oh yes, step on snek
When in doubt, just ask yourself: am I going as hard as the initial design of the 1st Minnesota Gettysburg monument?
August 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
oh yes, step on snek
I was reading a famous novel (leaving off the name here for the benefit of those also 150 years behind in their reading) and my partner said casually "that's the one with the crazy wife in the attic, right?" OMG NO SPOILERS PLEASE
August 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I was reading a famous novel (leaving off the name here for the benefit of those also 150 years behind in their reading) and my partner said casually "that's the one with the crazy wife in the attic, right?" OMG NO SPOILERS PLEASE
about halfway into Wuthering Heights right now (NO SPOILERS PLEASE) and I'm no longer wondering why the previous owner of this book wrote on the first page "All Bad People"
August 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
about halfway into Wuthering Heights right now (NO SPOILERS PLEASE) and I'm no longer wondering why the previous owner of this book wrote on the first page "All Bad People"
to honor John Venn's birthday (born 4 Aug 1834) I present my beautiful triple-circle Venn diagram:
August 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
to honor John Venn's birthday (born 4 Aug 1834) I present my beautiful triple-circle Venn diagram:
Indiana Jones and Reviewer 2: This Time It's Personal
Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans
Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise
July 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Indiana Jones and Reviewer 2: This Time It's Personal
hockey ping off the post is the absolute best sound in sports
May 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
hockey ping off the post is the absolute best sound in sports
Silver will tarnish,
Iron will rust,
Iron will rust,
May 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Silver will tarnish,
Iron will rust,
Iron will rust,
anti-Chicago pizza schismatics moving the Papacy to New Haven
May 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
anti-Chicago pizza schismatics moving the Papacy to New Haven
Once more renewing my name as Mark Janello Non Papa, better luck next time.
May 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Once more renewing my name as Mark Janello Non Papa, better luck next time.
Back on my bullshit.
April 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Back on my bullshit.
Canada's demands: 1) will not become the 51st state, but the 51-59th states (every province becomes a new state, except for Alberta which gets fused with Montana, new name to be either Montberta or Albertana, voting in 2026).
February 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Canada's demands: 1) will not become the 51st state, but the 51-59th states (every province becomes a new state, except for Alberta which gets fused with Montana, new name to be either Montberta or Albertana, voting in 2026).
it's just a bundle of rods and an axe, come on
January 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
it's just a bundle of rods and an axe, come on
Happy New Year, my jolly rogues!
January 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Happy New Year, my jolly rogues!
I got your Group W Bench Starter Pack right here
Alice's Restaurant wouldn't feel at all out of place as an unhinged social media thread
December 10, 2024 at 1:02 AM
I got your Group W Bench Starter Pack right here
my cell-phone-goes-off-in-the-audience story: in 2016 at Peabody during a Murray Perahia master class, a phone rang and the perfect-pitch pianist on stage immediately played the tune right back. Bonus: it was Leon Fleisher's phone
November 18, 2024 at 11:25 PM
my cell-phone-goes-off-in-the-audience story: in 2016 at Peabody during a Murray Perahia master class, a phone rang and the perfect-pitch pianist on stage immediately played the tune right back. Bonus: it was Leon Fleisher's phone