tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104103721893902621.post5589938040020116172..comments2023-09-27T08:33:54.342-05:00Comments on Famous Album Covers: The White Squares: No Gigs Past 8recognitioneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04505508542913706716noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104103721893902621.post-81004510602562438562009-08-02T09:22:25.670-05:002009-08-02T09:22:25.670-05:00In response to the discussion on the Virtual Notes...In response to the discussion on the Virtual Notes page.<br /><br />As to names involving color: "Blackie Sherwood" is the name of a sportwriter, "Jack Black" is the name of an entertainer, "Whitey Whitney" is the name of a _Leave It to Beaver_ character, and "John White" is a common name, but there are probably scores more instances of people with first names or nicknames of "Rose" or "Pink" or "Red" ... than there are of people with first names or nicknames of "Blackie" or "Whitey."<br /><br />Of course, just google "white squares" if you want to see even more variants on this term. But there's an interesting set of variants related to certain problems in math and physics (just google "physics white squares"); for example, chess: http://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/physics.html . <br /><br />And "The White Squares: No Gigs Past 8" might be a pun on several levels; here's one: (white)^2 ~ !> 8.Famous Album Covershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883356478684456472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104103721893902621.post-29116539571253230342009-07-29T15:21:26.889-05:002009-07-29T15:21:26.889-05:00the above comment was supposed to be a hip 2-liner...the above comment was supposed to be a hip 2-liner, including a link to a blog post with some square notes on the process. well. the link came out dysfunctional and 2 lines long, so here a new try: <br /><br /><a href="http://virtual-notes.blogspot.com/2009/07/famous-album-covers-white-squares.html" rel="nofollow">square notes and food slurs</a>Dorotheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071668426716077347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104103721893902621.post-16837817249808951162009-07-29T15:11:03.330-05:002009-07-29T15:11:03.330-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dorotheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071668426716077347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5104103721893902621.post-60480124835566456242009-07-20T23:56:00.355-05:002009-07-20T23:56:00.355-05:00"It's hip to be square," said Huey o..."It's hip to be square," said Huey once.Famous Album Covershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883356478684456472noreply@blogger.com