Icepack

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

by A.D. Amorosi

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Published: Jan 5, 2011

With one heel out the door and the other sand-stepping during a farewell bash with the Beach Boys (nothing says Philly like "Kokomo"), Edward Rendell is trying to throw money at this city like a virgin bachelor at a cheap strip bar. Something like $100 million from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program will — assuming Rendell can beat mean old Tom Corbett to the punch — get lobbed at some of this city's most welcome projects, if they can get matching funds and submit all paperwork by Jan. 14. Phew. Good luck to the Pavilion at Market East, the Franklin Institute, the William Way senior housing center and the long-discussed Waterfront Arts Center, amongst others. You'll need it.

Hey, Atlantic City wants some money, too. After the boost of confidence the Jersey shore got from Nucky Thompson's Boardwalk Empire, not only is AC gearing up for Restaurant Week No. 3 (Feb. 27-March 5), but plans are under way for the building of a bohemian arts area with aid (or at least a few $20 chips) from Joisey's Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.

Philly expatriate guitarist Rick Iannacone ain't returning to Portland just yet. His Dec. 26 New Ghost gig with partner/sax-iac Elliot Levin (as well as the Meneses/Motzer Ottokar) that got snowblinded has been rescheduled for Jan. 8 at Tritone.

Anyone surprised that Georges Perrier isn't selling Le Bec-Fin like he promised in July 2010, raise your hand. Notalottayou. That's because you read Icepack, which predicted then that the LBF closing was more of a French threat/rouse/money hunt than an actuality. Yay, Georges.

No more Engelbert Humperdinck Keswick shows for Jen Corsilli. The soccer ma'am is AEG Live PA's regional marketing manager, now. Big shoes. Mann shoes. Ha-cha. Then there's Scott Johnston, the lion-maned filmmaker/ Peek-a-Boo Revue boss who, after nine years, will no longer sweat his ass off producing the Philly 48 Hour Film Project (ben@48hourfilm.com is the contact for y'all brave and stupid enough to take that rough gig). Why? "Because in my book it was 10 years," says Johnston, who sounds hurt that 48HFP didn't remember that auspicious date. "And that's a long time assisting in other people's dream-projects while ignoring my own."

Top chef David Katz's Mémé is looking for a new sous chief. Help Katz keep his duck abreast.

Send love, lust and winning wishes to Brian Bangs and Spock Buckton for this weekend's Adult Video Awards in Vegas. They produced "The Official Jersey Shore Parody" and several other shorts up for porn-y prizes. Bangs and Buckton run TLA Video 's PopPorn.com blog with TLA's retail site tlaraw.com, up for a best-retailer nom. Now this does Philly proud.

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