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by A.D. Amorosi

The immediacy of heat is driving y'all mad. Not Dave Chappelle-freaky-deak mad. Jez buggy. Especially those in enforcement. While blog-man Joey Sweeney ran afoul of the law handing out fliers to a post-Echo & The Bunnymen party at Pontiac (hey, I'd arrest anyone who suggested I go to Pontiac), your faithful Icepacker got snagged by beefy security types overseeing another '80s icon, Sly Stallone, at a recent signing at Barnes & Noble. Now, I'm not the only one pissed off at Stallone. Seems countless folk named Salvie, Tina and Ant'ny, brandishing copies of the tiny, over-tanned, surprisingly large-headed contender's Sly Moves workout/diet tome (with words, yet!) were disappointed their hero gave them less than three seconds of their time. "Looks lahk a dollar saagghn," said one woman with two teeth, showing me Sly's rushed signature, before running to buy an Elvis Presley tribute mag. But me? I was whisked off by security after asking several questions — garnering little more than Sly's glaring contempt — then turning off my tape recorder. The click must've reminded him of the sound his career made when it ended. … WHOWHATWHERE: PR maven Nicole Cashman made tony Italio watchmaker Giuliano Mazzuoli, designer of the rare Manometro timepiece, guest of honor for her hip-up Boyds clothier event with Esquire. Atsa nize. Even introducing Mazzuoli to lowbrows Gwen Bachelor 2 Gioia, Jervase Peterson and some KIXX and Wings didn't lower Giuliano's or Boyds' stock. As for the after-party at Brasserie Perrier, who were the clowns trying to swing from Georges' chandelier? He's very angry at you douchebags. New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain and Sami Yaffa hung upstairs at The Troc for their own after-party with old pal/party DJ WYSP's Jacky Bam Bam. While the world awaits the second coming of Bono — May 22, to both the Wachovia Center and a rumored stop at the "Spirit" matinee on Lemon Hill — Philly's King Britt got a crack at the holy man by DJ'ing his birthday party at the Park Hyatt Chicago. "I killed him," said Britt, oblivious to the religious connotations of the statement. … When acousticat John Torres plays Bar Noir May 23 with Jealous Type's Tommy Ciccone and friends, Torres will debut new band members Joe Lam (Love Revolution) and Jay Medley (Supernatural Birth Machine) for one glammier, crunchier rawk experience. … Space-related: After me rumoring that House of Blues would bring a new live venue/restaubar to Metro developer David Grasso's Roy's Building at 15th and Sansom, HoB instead snagged nearly 50,000 square feet of Grasso's Packard Building/Grande condo a few yards away. It'll open in 2006. Then there's the 5,500 square feet of The Pleasure Garden Club, a thematic multiroom complex that'll tend to the Goth/dark wave/fetish set with parties geared toward gay play. "It has the look of a theme park, very tiki taboo," says Lisa Steiner, a one-time promo person for Club Kama Sutra who's currently managing, painting murals and designing the Garden's stage sets at a currently under-wraps address. It'll open June 24. But what about Shampoo? Has the NoLib-area club sold itself to condo operators? And is there another divey Drinker's Pub in Avram Hornik's immediate future — like at the 19th and Chestnut address that his high-end Halal-certified restaurant Amedeo was set to open in? Yes. In June. SURPRISE! … Electroheads, godfathers are afoot: While the U.K.'s Gavin Bryars leads Relâche through his compositions for May 23's "Future Sounds III: Tragedy + Hope" at the Prince, Robots in Disguise founders Mikronesia and Plunkit join forces with their new projects, Gemini Wolf and My Evil Twin at Aqualounge May 21. … Sweaty reggaeton freaks get on it when G-13 Sound — DJs Rahsaan, Deluxxx, Double L, Jay-P, JesOne — drop the hard Latin sounds of their Silk City

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third Thursdays onto CD, G-13 Sound presente Reggaeton Version 1.0, with a racy release party

May 19 at Silk. … Get a room, guys: Check Philly1's "Portuguese wine-induced," paneling-backed, "P1-Presents" vid-talk between 1's Harry B. Cook and Philly mag's Sasha Issenberg. "It seems we just can't get enough of him: We can't," says Cook on the site, sounding ready to film a gay porn flick. And remember: "P1-Presents" is sponsored by the Pad Thai Shack! (www.philly1.com/ISSENBERG051105.html). … Zigaboo gospel punks Phil Moore Brown, while readying several new CDs for release, hit the Barbary May 20 with New Jersey band Issac Hurt — thick instrumental rockers crossing Mogwai with Black Sabbath. … Big benefit weekend at The Rotunda: First, May 20 finds members of Shooting Ropes, Dumpsta Players and those in the local arts/queer/activist communities paying tribute to Axi Nue, the multidiscipline everything who died in January from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Then, there's a live gig/art installation fundraiser for the pressing-up of Up the Stairs and through the Hall, a CD of West Philly-based musicians (like Cynthia Mason, Men in Fur, Make a Rising) May 21 and 22 (www.gypsyboots.org for info).