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

by A.D. Amorosi

Is Black Landlord really celebrating my b-day by having its BBQ on Aug. 22? And if so, did I miss my own party last year if this is their second nosh? Nah, it's a worthy bash that Maxx Goat and Landlord throw for the Salvation Army 's Foster Care Program at the Uke Club with King Britt (whose new monthly starts at Fluid Aug. 20), Bardo Pond , BC Camplight, Do You Need the Service (love their horny new CD) and more. Not to be missed: a volleyball match between Landlord and Philly Roller Girls. "If you know the Lords, you know this'll be fun," says Maxx. Besides, it'll get the band out of the studio (Milkboy) where they've been stuck making their debut MAD Dragon Records CD and songs like "Read My Lips" with producer Ian Cross. Just save room for my cake.

► What's Tony Luke Jr. doing after filming the first episode of his upcoming WPVI-6 TV show, Tony Luke's Eagle Mania, at the Troc this week? Open one steak-shop in Bahrain (the first of an intended 60 overseas shops) and two in NJ: Deptford and Sicklerville. He's gonna drop his frozen Pronto sammiches in Target and Costco. Plus he's got a new, improved version (no hormones, no steroids, no antibiotics) with a commercial shot at Woodshop Films. The ads debut in September wit' Tony clothed in nothing but a red apron and a hat proclaiming Pronto's going "au naturale."

► If you went to Paul McCartney (nice bike ride on Kelly Drive, Sir Paul?) last weekend expecting to see "Wells Fargo" atop the hockey arena (only to find Wachovia signage), you're now in luck, corporate fucks: Wells Fargo Center signs just went up.

► So the Tartaglias hit a snag buying a liquor license with more holes than Swiss cheese. No biggie — by the time you read this, Connie's Ric Rac should be able to vend booze legally with a scrubbed-clean license.

► Norristown natives Stephen and Timothy Quay film this week and next at the M�tter Museum/Philly College of Physicians . Why? The animated Anatomica Aesthetica , for which the twins received grants from the Pew and such.

► You heard here first that the live-performing Late Nite Cabaret folk ( Scott Johnston & Co.), banished from Fringe Fest-land when the Festival Bar went all-DJ, just made peace with exiling King Nick Stuccio. The cabkids will take over the new Fest Bar (at Egypt ) and its stages Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the Live Arts/Fringe Festival .

► If you thought World Cafjavascript:passCharacter('233') Live 's Beta Hi-Fi competition was like Trix, just for kids, old art-punk fucks Absinthe Drinkers and the birthday boys in Yeah Clementines like it, too. Vote and hit the results show Aug. 22.

► Doug Kammerer , the debonair meteorologist from CBS3 and NBC10, left this week for sunnier (?) skies in D.C. We'll sob rain clouds till we see you again.

(a_amorosi@citypaper.net)