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Amorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.

by A.D. Amorosi

Because Hall & Oates 'll play to a throng o' slugs the likes of which you opted out of buying cheap in Kensington so as to avoid, July 4 is Rick D Day. Ditch the red 'n' blue wife beater and stars 'n' stripe halters, and go for black leather vests. It's the late D's b-day indoor blockparty bbq at D's houses of worship Tritone and Bob and Barbara's with Paul Dellevigne , El Dorado , Jukebox Zeroes , Hired Guns, Slumlord and Skip Heller's East Is East trio. "Rick had a DIY aesthetic most guys forget after they've opened a club. I mean, Tritone was the rockabilly band/Sun Ra /Skip Heller club," says the Philly expat who'll debut his jivey new Along the Anchorline: The Skip Heller Trio at Sun of Charlie Rich and John Hartford and original tuneage on Philly's Ropeadope. "It's a jazz record, and it's in a tradition. But it's not the usual view of tradition." Wait, whudya say, Skip? "Yo, A.D., I'm moving home." Whu? This from a guy I thought had abandoned Philly in favor of L.A. for good. How come, Heller? Apparently, Philly's still cheaper than L.A., and more interesting than Nashville. "If I'm gonna relocate at my age, it oughta be someplace I know and love, warts 'n' all." S'adight. And hasn't Philly-born/Manhattan-gone actress/singer/comedienne Jodi Letizia moved back to Philly? "Kinda, hon," says Letizia, who'll tape the June 28-30 one-woman-with-piano-guy (Noah Farber) show Over the Edge at the Shubin for a DVD. 

► Kids 'tween 16-28, can't make American Idol's WachCenter auditions Aug. 27? Over the hill at 28? Check playwright Greer Firestone (firestone@delaware.net, www.bestofbroadwayproductions.com) for an upcoming national tour of Judy Garland: World's Greatest Entertainer show. Greer don't want no drag. Sorry Needles Jones . WHOWHATWHERE: Audition talk: Weird-haired directors Jim Jarmusch and Lee Daniels 've been sniffing around town for talent. Jarmusch (at Mike Lemon with actor/director Mark Webber of The Hottest State) for explicit ills co-starring The Roots' Tariq Trotter ; Daniels at Diane Heery for a Philly-lensing Push. Lee wants "an overweight African-American girl, 15-19," for August's shoot. Skater/author Chris Nieratko did a signing/slide show (I'm sure skate rats stood still for that) at Nocturnal for his SKINEMA column compilation from VICE mag. Remember my Sands-executive George Toth rumor â€â€� that he's looking to buy Donald Trump 's AC Casinos? Trump's sell-sell-sell-off (could happen by this week) was the word at Donald's b-day bash afterparty at Taj Mahal's Casbah with Eagle Jeremy Bloom , Matt Polack and Carmen Electra . "I had a fine time in Philadelphia, and I hope there's some beer left," says Dave Barry who got feted at Pen & Pencil and keynoted Stu Bykofsky 's National Society of Newspaper Columnists conference. Queer rapppers V.I.P . , PaperStreet's Tommy Up , and Judge David Young hung tough Tuesday in Manhattan. They weren't doing poppers. V.I.P. and Up were litigating some Winter Music Conference beef (ahem) 'tween them on da judge's show. The verdict? Who cares? I'll just be shocked if Young is on in Philly.