Peter Mondelli
@petermondelli.bsky.social
Sometimes I help get people out of jail; sometimes I study music.
We had a weed in the front yard that we missed. Then it got big. Then it started growing tomatoes? Pretty good for accidental gardening, right?
October 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We had a weed in the front yard that we missed. Then it got big. Then it started growing tomatoes? Pretty good for accidental gardening, right?
Turning Point USA has announced that its alternate Super Bowl halftime show will feature the New York Jets!
October 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Turning Point USA has announced that its alternate Super Bowl halftime show will feature the New York Jets!
If you've always wanted to get to know Mercadante's operas, but never got around to it because there wasn't a playlist in chronological order of recent recordings, I've got good news for you!
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zm...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zm...
Saverio Mercadante - Operas
open.spotify.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you've always wanted to get to know Mercadante's operas, but never got around to it because there wasn't a playlist in chronological order of recent recordings, I've got good news for you!
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zm...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Zm...
Made this today:
open.spotify.com/playlist/0u4...
Short rant - I try to use Spotify to find stuff I might not otherwise hear. I wanted to highlight some more recent recordings alongside some classics. I was especially keen on showcasing some gender balance in this male-dominated repertory.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0u4...
Short rant - I try to use Spotify to find stuff I might not otherwise hear. I wanted to highlight some more recent recordings alongside some classics. I was especially keen on showcasing some gender balance in this male-dominated repertory.
Beethoven - 32 Sonatas, 32 Pianists
open.spotify.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Made this today:
open.spotify.com/playlist/0u4...
Short rant - I try to use Spotify to find stuff I might not otherwise hear. I wanted to highlight some more recent recordings alongside some classics. I was especially keen on showcasing some gender balance in this male-dominated repertory.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0u4...
Short rant - I try to use Spotify to find stuff I might not otherwise hear. I wanted to highlight some more recent recordings alongside some classics. I was especially keen on showcasing some gender balance in this male-dominated repertory.
This one started as a joke:
open.spotify.com/playlist/09d...
open.spotify.com/playlist/09d...
The Tudor Operatic Universe
open.spotify.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This one started as a joke:
open.spotify.com/playlist/09d...
open.spotify.com/playlist/09d...
Made a new playlist: Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Violin Concertos. I don't think they've all been recorded?
open.spotify.com/playlist/6ht...
open.spotify.com/playlist/6ht...
Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Violin Concertos
open.spotify.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Made a new playlist: Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Violin Concertos. I don't think they've all been recorded?
open.spotify.com/playlist/6ht...
open.spotify.com/playlist/6ht...
I'm crashing SEM - I *might* even register...
October 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I'm crashing SEM - I *might* even register...
As a longtime fan of Grieg's Lyric Pieces, I figured I'd put together a curated playlist of some favorite recordings:
open.spotify.com/playlist/7q7...
open.spotify.com/playlist/7q7...
Edvard Grieg's Lyric Pieces
open.spotify.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
As a longtime fan of Grieg's Lyric Pieces, I figured I'd put together a curated playlist of some favorite recordings:
open.spotify.com/playlist/7q7...
open.spotify.com/playlist/7q7...
This bill would effectively ban the performance of SO many of the classics of Western culture that the GOP elite love to hold up on a pedestal. I suspect that trying to carve out a "fine arts" exemption is just going to make this legally DOA, which is exactly where it ought to be.
September 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This bill would effectively ban the performance of SO many of the classics of Western culture that the GOP elite love to hold up on a pedestal. I suspect that trying to carve out a "fine arts" exemption is just going to make this legally DOA, which is exactly where it ought to be.
*cue Woody Guthrie*
September 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
*cue Woody Guthrie*
Marie Jaëll wrote some top shelf stuff and was well respected by her peers. This playlist is in approximate chronological order. If you're new to her work, the Cello Concerto, Six Romantic Sketches, and 2nd Piano Concerto are a solid starting place. open.spotify.com/playlist/6GA...
Marie Jaëll
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September 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Marie Jaëll wrote some top shelf stuff and was well respected by her peers. This playlist is in approximate chronological order. If you're new to her work, the Cello Concerto, Six Romantic Sketches, and 2nd Piano Concerto are a solid starting place. open.spotify.com/playlist/6GA...
In the 21st century, assassinating someone might just be the least effective way of silencing someone. Especially someone with a following.
Corollary: the so-called Great Man theory remains phantasmagoria. Power comes not from the man, but from the crowd.
Corollary: the so-called Great Man theory remains phantasmagoria. Power comes not from the man, but from the crowd.
September 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
In the 21st century, assassinating someone might just be the least effective way of silencing someone. Especially someone with a following.
Corollary: the so-called Great Man theory remains phantasmagoria. Power comes not from the man, but from the crowd.
Corollary: the so-called Great Man theory remains phantasmagoria. Power comes not from the man, but from the crowd.
Controversial opinion: Beethoven 4 works better as a piano trio.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Yr...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Yr...
Arrangements of Beethoven Symphonies
Playlist · Peter Mondelli · 38 items
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July 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Controversial opinion: Beethoven 4 works better as a piano trio.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Yr...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1Yr...
Philly ftw, again.
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July 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Philly ftw, again.
www.reddit.com/r/baseball/c...
www.reddit.com/r/baseball/c...
Is Josh Johnson going to be over 35 by 2028? Asking for an electorate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5M1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5M1...
Trump VS MAGA? The Epstein Crashout Explained
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
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July 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Is Josh Johnson going to be over 35 by 2028? Asking for an electorate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5M1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5M1...
HE GOT HIT BY A SCHENKER TRUCK!! Me too, pal. Me too.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
US electrical worker left dangling after being hit by truck
The man suffered minor injuries and did not require hospital treatment, local media reported.
www.bbc.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
HE GOT HIT BY A SCHENKER TRUCK!! Me too, pal. Me too.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Upon further reflection, what university premature compliance actually deserves under these circumstances is - at minimum - non-cooperation.
Or perhaps the proper response is to leave.
Or perhaps the proper response is to leave.
April 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Upon further reflection, what university premature compliance actually deserves under these circumstances is - at minimum - non-cooperation.
Or perhaps the proper response is to leave.
Or perhaps the proper response is to leave.
This is exactly the sort of reaction premature compliance deserves.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cha...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cha...
Changes Our University Is Making to Pre-Comply with Possible Future Regulations
“[T]he University of North Texas administration recently censored the content of more than two hundred academic courses, including by mandating the...
www.mcsweeneys.net
April 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is exactly the sort of reaction premature compliance deserves.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cha...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cha...
Cassian Andor: "Great news everyone! I got the Death Star plans! Grand Moff Tarkin added me to his group chat!"
*roll credits*
*roll credits*
March 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Cassian Andor: "Great news everyone! I got the Death Star plans! Grand Moff Tarkin added me to his group chat!"
*roll credits*
*roll credits*
Just wait until Stephen Miller learns that there's a Brown University in the Ivy league and no White University...
March 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Just wait until Stephen Miller learns that there's a Brown University in the Ivy league and no White University...
Penn too... Apparently funding from the DOD and HHS is under threat due to the participation of ONE transgender swimmer who graduated in 2022? I swear at this point they're just reading Onion headlines and saying "hey let's try that!"
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn
According to a White House tweet, Wednesday's decision is a result of Penn's
www.thedp.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Penn too... Apparently funding from the DOD and HHS is under threat due to the participation of ONE transgender swimmer who graduated in 2022? I swear at this point they're just reading Onion headlines and saying "hey let's try that!"
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Scandalous (almost) NSFW cover? Check.
Scandalous DEI gender ideology? Check.
Other scandalous contents? Check.
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Scandalous DEI gender ideology? Check.
Other scandalous contents? Check.
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Brepols - Genre and the Production of Gendered Identity on the Lyric Stage
Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...
www.brepols.net
March 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Scandalous (almost) NSFW cover? Check.
Scandalous DEI gender ideology? Check.
Other scandalous contents? Check.
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Scandalous DEI gender ideology? Check.
Other scandalous contents? Check.
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Hey Columbia, it's me again! You don't need their money. If you're worried about accusations of antisemitism, handle that separately. Don't sell out to him.
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...
Trump administration issues list of demands Columbia must meet to maintain federal funding
<i>Updated March 15 at 6:12 p.m.</i>
www.columbiaspectator.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Hey Columbia, it's me again! You don't need their money. If you're worried about accusations of antisemitism, handle that separately. Don't sell out to him.
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03...
Hey Columbia! We gotta talk. I’m still waiting for more news, but right now it really looks like you sold out a student for $400 million in Federal funding and a return to the good graces of the Trump administration:
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Hey Columbia! We gotta talk. I’m still waiting for more news, but right now it really looks like you sold out a student for $400 million in Federal funding and a return to the good graces of the Trump administration:
apnews.com/article/colu...
apnews.com/article/colu...
DC's BLM Plaza lasted longer than the Confederacy.
March 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
DC's BLM Plaza lasted longer than the Confederacy.