Todd Mason's blog for Friday's Forgotten Books is: http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com. His email is Todd.Mason@tvguide.com Be there or be square. Who said that anyway? I fear it's someone from the fabulous fifties.
Yahoo Answers notes that square meaning dullard seems to go back to the 1920s, particularly among jazz folk, and notes how Thelonious Monk adopted "Sphere" as his middle name to demonstrate just how un-square, even un-cubed, he was.
Yahoo Answers notes that square meaning dullard seems to go back to the 1920s, particularly among jazz folk, and notes how Thelonious Monk adopted "Sphere" as his middle name to demonstrate just how un-square, even un-cubed, he was.
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http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2008/06/fridays-forgotten-books-patti-abbotts.html
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