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From The Desk Of Stone Jack Jones: The Joy Of “Venus In Furs”

By the time he reached 55, Stone Jack Jones had spent a lifetime as a carnie, ballet dancer, lute player and hundreds of other things, trying his luck from Buffalo Creek to Charleston to Boston to New York to Fort Worth to Atlanta to Nashville. Mostly, he made music—even if it was just playing on the street or at a nearly empty open mic. Then in 2003, he met Roger Moutenot, who’d engineered albums for They Might Be Giants and Yo La Tengo. And all of a sudden, something happened. Jones’ third album, Ancestor, is out now via Western Vinyl. He will also be guest editing all week. Read our new feature on him.

Jones: if a song could be nirvana … what happens when this song plays? and how long ago was it recorded? what was the world doing that day? did it have any idea that a hole in the universe was opened up? the stars come spilling down. there is no difference between us and the cosmos when this song plays. there were things done that had never been done before. it is a beginning. a direct connection with the shiny shiny imagination. i am breathless just thinking about it. the drag of the song. the ring of the strings. the heartbeat lumbering like a giant. put it on put it on. we never have to come back. we never have to land.