If you have yet to discover earbox.com, the official blog of John Adams, let me introduce you:

Hell Mouth, this is the internet.. internet, meet Hell Mouth.

In his own unique way, Adams uses this blog as a means of story-telling. His entries range from scholarly and factual, to gut-busting and fictitious (I believe/hope). In his most recent entry, the American composer praises the virtuoso violinist Leila Josefowicz. He details his introduction to “Ms. J” and their subsequent interactions afterwards, many while she was performing his Violin Concerto. It is an inspiring story of their history together, and a great example of his more serious writing.

However, if you back it up to the previous entry, you will find a completely different writer. In his entry, “Conductor’s pants stolen moments before concert”, Adams manages to showcase some of the most obscure YouTube videos I have ever seen (think dhotis and waders), and plug an LA indie rock band. The entry was masterfully written, and had me laughing out loud (L-O-L).

Adams’ followers have jumped on the bandwagon, and started adding their own bits and pieces to his story in the comment thread following the post. I began imagining a scene from an episode of 24, with Jack Bauer interrogating the pants in question as to their connection with the Airborne Toxic Event.

Ok, now go read:
Hell Mouth – a blog by John Adams

Posted on December 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pm | Filed under General |