Micaela Baranello
@micaelab.bsky.social
musicologist (asst prof, Temple University), Philadelphia’s 36th leading SEPTA Route 2 busfluencer. she/her.
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TIL that when people refer to the Chicken Man in a Philly context they don’t necessarily mean the guy who got blown up in the Springsteen song. Sometimes they’re referring to a guy in South Philly who is famous for eating 40 rotisserie chickens in 40 days.
tis the season! time to get student paper drafts, enter the world of Track Changes, and emerge sometime in December
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
tis the season! time to get student paper drafts, enter the world of Track Changes, and emerge sometime in December
found the most relatable post on a special internet hell, r/mattresses
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
found the most relatable post on a special internet hell, r/mattresses
Everything else aside, did no one think that “we’re dissolving the Ethics Committee” would be the worst look?
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Everything else aside, did no one think that “we’re dissolving the Ethics Committee” would be the worst look?
I’m in the airport having breakfast near two gentlemen who are talking about duck hunting and how one of them has a lazy son who keeps not getting his duck hunting license, all in the Fargo-est accents possible
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’m in the airport having breakfast near two gentlemen who are talking about duck hunting and how one of them has a lazy son who keeps not getting his duck hunting license, all in the Fargo-est accents possible
Is downtown Minneapolis always so empty? Where are the people? (Counting Friday, not a weekend thing.)
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Is downtown Minneapolis always so empty? Where are the people? (Counting Friday, not a weekend thing.)
I ask this myself whenever I’m on the Mass Pike
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I ask this myself whenever I’m on the Mass Pike
Despite setting an alarm for 3:45 am and facing the TSA line from hell I am somehow on a 6 am flight to Minneapolis
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Despite setting an alarm for 3:45 am and facing the TSA line from hell I am somehow on a 6 am flight to Minneapolis
Sorry to miss the first day of AMS but we need to have a trial in my rpg class because Berg and Schoenberg sued Oscar Straus for defamation
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Sorry to miss the first day of AMS but we need to have a trial in my rpg class because Berg and Schoenberg sued Oscar Straus for defamation
A mouse ran across my kitchen and she didn’t even get off the couch
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A mouse ran across my kitchen and she didn’t even get off the couch
I can’t vote for Zohran but I did the local equivalent of casting a vote that will make the worst people the most mad (voted for Larry Krasner)
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I can’t vote for Zohran but I did the local equivalent of casting a vote that will make the worst people the most mad (voted for Larry Krasner)
Problem: I have been invited to two simultaneous AMS parties. They are located only one block from one another.
How can I make this situation as farcical as possible?
How can I make this situation as farcical as possible?
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Problem: I have been invited to two simultaneous AMS parties. They are located only one block from one another.
How can I make this situation as farcical as possible?
How can I make this situation as farcical as possible?
I swear the art museum’s rebrand looks like a German state theater. I’m waiting for them to tell me about their Schiller premiere
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I swear the art museum’s rebrand looks like a German state theater. I’m waiting for them to tell me about their Schiller premiere
Opera house, obviously, but I wouldn’t be skeevy about it unlike some other ghosts
just saw this on reddit and the idea FASCINATES me so tell me…where would you haunt? 👀
November 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Opera house, obviously, but I wouldn’t be skeevy about it unlike some other ghosts
Most typical South Philly political candidate
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Most typical South Philly political candidate
Reposted by Micaela Baranello
For the Atlantic, I wrote about Christopher Marlowe, romantic ideals of genius, and how Stephen Greenblatt has finally pushed his speculations too far.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
The Stubborn Myth of the Literary Genius
What two new books on the English Renaissance reveal about the appeal of speculative history
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
For the Atlantic, I wrote about Christopher Marlowe, romantic ideals of genius, and how Stephen Greenblatt has finally pushed his speculations too far.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
when was the last snowy AMS? I know it snowed at my first, in Quebec, but have there been others since?
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
when was the last snowy AMS? I know it snowed at my first, in Quebec, but have there been others since?
behold my attempt to teach Schütz to students who have never heard of the Thirty Years' War
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
behold my attempt to teach Schütz to students who have never heard of the Thirty Years' War
Targeting the academic market here
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Targeting the academic market here
The drummer in my high school jazz band was also on the track team and whenever he wasn’t at rehearsal the director would say, with exhaustion, “he’s off running around in circles”
One of my friends is a real runner. Is always in some race. Running. And I feel like I should save her every single time! Why you run, lady?!! I haz car!! 😂
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The drummer in my high school jazz band was also on the track team and whenever he wasn’t at rehearsal the director would say, with exhaustion, “he’s off running around in circles”
my colleague has dressed up as a student for Halloween: yoga pants, sweatshirt, Airpods, iced coffee 😂
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
my colleague has dressed up as a student for Halloween: yoga pants, sweatshirt, Airpods, iced coffee 😂
Help I texted about Sō Percussion a total of once and punctuated them correctly and now my phone won’t let me type a regular so without making it a Sō
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Help I texted about Sō Percussion a total of once and punctuated them correctly and now my phone won’t let me type a regular so without making it a Sō
I occasionally look up my high school classmate who is now a professional poker player. He won $330,000 last week. Last week I graded a bunch of papers:
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I occasionally look up my high school classmate who is now a professional poker player. He won $330,000 last week. Last week I graded a bunch of papers:
a preface AND an introduction? in this economy?
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
a preface AND an introduction? in this economy?
Why do the mascots look like they’re on their way to appear in Katharina Wagner’s production of Meistersinger
The Washington Nationals mascots are 15 feet tall and already have a habit of chasing their prey around the baseball diamond as entertainment during breaks between innings
They do not need a weapon to hunt you. The last thing you see will be Teddy Roosevelt's teeth
They do not need a weapon to hunt you. The last thing you see will be Teddy Roosevelt's teeth
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Why do the mascots look like they’re on their way to appear in Katharina Wagner’s production of Meistersinger
Reposted by Micaela Baranello
Chopin, whose music can be counted among the most beautiful expressions of human ambition and emotion, would have given a Chotiner interview so disastrous that it would be a subordinate clause in the first line of his obituary
Which composers would have the worst Chotiner interview?
Obviously Wagner would be a trash fire but no one would expect how terrible the Stravinsky one would be
Obviously Wagner would be a trash fire but no one would expect how terrible the Stravinsky one would be
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Chopin, whose music can be counted among the most beautiful expressions of human ambition and emotion, would have given a Chotiner interview so disastrous that it would be a subordinate clause in the first line of his obituary