Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings = Awe-Some

I don’t know about you guys, but if Colleen Sullivan tells me something is cool, it usually is. So when she invited me to the House of Blues last Thursday to see Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, I was on board right away, even though I’m lame and had never heard of them before. (“They’re the band on Amy Winehouse’s ‘Rehab,'” Colleen told me. Say no more.)

A quick iTunes check told me that the Dap Kings also play on Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” and that Jones’ songs have been covered by the likes of Michael Buble. It also proved to me that they’re pretty freakin’ awesome.

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The Most Terrifying Thing I’ve Seen Today

Sinkhole in Guatemala Walter Pena/AFP/Getty Images

I admit, it’s a little too early to make this call, but the above picture might be the most terrifying thing I’ve seen all YEAR, let alone just today, so I’m gonna go out on that proverbial limb. What. The Hell. Is Going. On.

Apparently, this sinkhole in Guatemala City ate an entire building over the weekend. In one gulp. It’s like me and a Chipotle burrito. Between this, that unpronounceable volcano and the oil spill (alright, that was man’s fault really) it’s getting too scary to go outside!

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Things I Want: The New New York License Plate

After spending the past four days on the magical Island of Long, I noticed that almost every car passing me on the roadway was carrying the new blue and gold New York State license plate, which New York began issuing on April 1 of this year. Retro and awesome, these plates are a throwback to the plates of the 1970s, and come with a pimp name like “Empire Gold.”

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