Sharon Jones was as great as he promised she’d be when he took the stage with the Dap Kings in advance of her arrival at the Black Cat Thursday night.  My DCist write-up was just a quickie, but sometimes that’s all you need — or all you have time to write.   For a more thorough, eloquent account, check Monsieur du Lac’s review in Saturday’s Paper of Record. 

I’ve already downloaded Binky’s Christmas single, ”Stoned Soul Christmas” b/w “World of Love.”  The former, at least, will definitely make my 2008 Christmas compilation.