Doing the Jonestown Waltz...

**Tattoo Bradley** · 15th October 06, 11:44 AM

Well, I finally got around to fulfilling the top item on my list. I contacted Matt Newsome last night, and he promptly responded this morning. Before I could talk myself out of it and hate myself for doing so later (like I tend to do) I zapped a Paypal payment to him! Oh man, this stay on Jones Street may just kill me! What did I order you ask!?!? I ordered one of his infamous box pleat kilts. Which tartan? As Riverkilt would put it, "my Gang colours!" (Henderson.) Matt will be making me a four yard, box pleat, Henderson (weathered) from Lochcarron 16 oz. Strome fabric !! This will be my first 16 oz. The only other wool kilt I have happens to also be my "gang colours" but it's the ancient shade , 5 yd knife pleat, and an 11oz fabric. I can't wait. I'm gonna run out and check the mail box now!

Thanks Matt, you're a gentleman and a scholar (literally even!)

**turpin** · 15th October 06, 01:19 PM

You're gonna be happy! Just try to think of other things... yeah right!

I'm in the same boat right now - I just ordered an 8-yard Strome in the Isle of Skye tartan from Barb T. I've been having major kilt dreams since then, and doing what I can to feed the jones. Fortunately, the Stone Mountain games are next weekend and there will be many vendors, X-Markers, and what-all. Hopefully I'll meet Matt N. at the STM booth.

**Blu (Ontario)** · 15th October 06, 02:19 PM

I think you'll really enjoy the way the heavyweight hangs and swings. On mine, I noticed that the heavyweight fabric has a slightly more bristley feel to it. The Henderson weathered colors are absolutley fabulous.... one of the nicest tartans ever concieved - being totally objective about it of course.

You will post some photos once the master has finished his work, I presume!

blu

(sitting quietly on Jones street myself.)

**Panache** · 15th October 06, 02:27 PM

Tb,

You will not be disappointed! Matt does wonderful work. I keep putting off writing a review of my 5 yard knife pleat from him because all I can think to say is what everybody else who orders a kilt from him does. Which is in a nutshell "Wow, this is a wonderfully constructed garment. It is beautiful and really well made, thanks Matt"

The 16 oz wool really makes a difference in how the kilt hangs and swings, perhaps more so than number of pleats (I believe both Matt Newsome and Alan H. have both pointed this out already.)

After I'm done with my tux conversion I'll be saving my pennies for my next custom kilt, which will be from Matt as well (though I want a box pleat and pleated to stripe next time).

I happen to know there is a space on the curb on Jones Street that's free at the moment if you get tired of dancing.

Cheers

**Tattoo Bradley** · 15th October 06, 06:13 PM

Blu,
I meant to specifically call this one to your attention, seeing as we're talking about a Henderson tartan here. Glad you found it and posted up. Yes, I think the weathered Henderson colours are fabulous as well! I'm so excited.

Panache,
Yes, I'm absolutely certain that I'm going to fall in love with this one. The 16 oz. fabric (strome at that!) is already haunting my dreams. Oh, and I think I'll dance a little longer as the "high" is still setting. I'll be sitting before too long, as I have about a three month wait. I don't know how I'm going to do it (fare the wait.) I suppose it's the knowledge of what I'm getting for my patience that makes it all worth it.

**McClef** · 16th October 06, 01:45 AM

OK I have to ask...

What exactly is meant by "Jonesing" etc?

Must be a US phrase as I never encountered it before this group.

**Tattoo Bradley** · 16th October 06, 02:05 AM

"Jones'ing" = longing

**MacWage** · 16th October 06, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

OK I have to ask...

What exactly is meant by "Jonesing" etc?

Must be a US phrase as I never encountered it before this group.

The best I know, it is an extension of the older "keeping up with the Joneses," where the Jones are the neighbors with all the newest and best stuff.

I have heard it before, BUT not much at all, except here.

Esentially it means a longing, mixed with excitement and anticipation.

**gilmore** · 16th October 06, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

OK I have to ask...

What exactly is meant by "Jonesing" etc?

Must be a US phrase as I never encountered it before this group.

It was first, as far as I know, used by heroin addicts in the late 60's/early 70's to mean the overwhelming desire for another dose, as the previous dose had left the system, to stave off the ill effects of withdrawal. In this view, the addiction is taken for granted, unexplained, acted out and celebrated in a pathetic attempt at happiness, rather than confronted and overcome. Of course, rather than causing happiness, the result is stronger addiction, and further identification of the self with with addiction. Here, it is applied to consumerism, or the addiction to purchasing products in a futile attempt to attain contentment thereby.

**Fearnest** · 7th February 07, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

OK I have to ask...

What exactly is meant by "Jonesing" etc?

Must be a US phrase as I never encountered it before this group.

The Great Jones

(Etymology)

Q: East Third Street becomes Great Jones Street between Broadway and the Bowery in Manhattan. Who was Jones and what was so great about him?

A. Jones is Samuel Jones, a lawyer sometimes called Father of the New York Bar. He owned the land on which Great Jones Street now runs and bequeathed the property to the city with the caveat that any street that ran through the land be named for him.

In 1789 a street was opened there, but New York already had a Jones Street in Greenwich Village. So the new street was named Great Jones Street because it was wider than the norm.

In his desire to be remembered, Jones may have linked himself with a different aspect of the city's culture. The slang term "jones," meaning an addiction to drugs, is said to have originated among addicts who lived in Great Jones Alley, off Great Jones Street, between Broadway and Lafayette Street.

(extract from the "New York Times" site, article by Ed Boland, Jr)