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Forgive "boss," but I've been listening to a lot of James Brown so that has somehow crept back into my vernacular. Today is one of those days when, if you have a crappy commute like this Phillyist, you may be working from home. Which means that in between checking e-mails and working on files, you can fit in a little "you" time. Don't take this gift of a day and waste it with cleaning or other crappy errands. Here are the top 10 ways to "work from home."

The last time I saw Cat Power perform was the first and only time I saw the entire Trocadero fall in love at once. Her voice and her persona could only be described as haunting yet powerful. Some people showed in the hopes that she'd fall apart, as she has been wont to do, but a lot happens in a decade. Much more centered by the time The Greatest dropped, Chan Marshall prowled the stage like a sexy animal that was caged no longer.

Dear Crappy Christmas,

There is a new Queen of Soul. Sorry Mary, Alicia, and Jill, but there is a woman from Brooklyn who's reminding us all of how it's done. Her name is Sharon Jones, and she and her backing band, the Dap-Kings, will slay your ears and make you yearn for a time when people sang (and didn't sample), "Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin' the scene with a gangsta lean."

This year's DanceBOOM! closes tomorrow, but true to form, The Wilma theater. made sure that its final week of programming was its best. The dancers, singers, and percussionists of Raices Culturales Latinoamericanas, a nonprofit group dedicated to "increasing public awareness of the beauty and diversity of Latin American culture through music and dance performances" greeted DanceBOOM! patrons and Broad Street passersby alike, fully ready to embrace, and able to prove, their organization's mission. I remember enjoying the group at last year's DanceBOOM! festivities, and I was happy to see them back in front of the Wilma. They're really good fun, and were it not for my highly impractical shoes, I would have loved to join them when they invited the audience forward.

It's gorgeous out and you don't have to work until Tuesday. It's time to "Lively up yourself and don't be no drag/Lively up yourself, cause this is the other bag."

A 65-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man recently morphed into Catwoman and Batman. According to this article, Jim and Nell Hamm, married for almost 50 years, kicked some mountain lion ass this weekend.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

By Jen A. Miller