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

by A.D. Amorosi

For those who just won't let August go (I'm attached to my grotesque gym shorts, too, but) and still can't wrap their heads around the Zagat's ratings thing where Philadelphia has the country's highest tippers (I know six bartenders and eight waitresses who'll dispute that) I'mo let you linger but for a second longer in the summer wind. Let's talk to old friends before schoolkids clamor down the steps with their protractors and pencil holders and whatnot. Like: 'Member how Blue Comet — Glenside's 12-year-old home to all things rockabilly — had to go BYOB due to problems with LCB but figured everything would be back to its humma-humma-clambake-jukebox-baby-go-cat-go usual? Not quite yet. The Comet, for now, is closed. But, despite rumor/rant to the contrary it ain't over. Scott Acker, owner of Blue's building and business, claims his liquor license was revoked due to administrative issues, not criminal ones. "I tried for two and a half weeks to keep it open as a BYOB but it wasn't financially viable," he adds. "But we'll be back within 30 to 90 days. I've been there for nearly 13 years and open every day. This is breaking my heart."

► Is Stephen Starr doing designer Mexican for his Broad Street diner?

► Anyone who knows the craftiest craft Web site ever, Etsy.com, knows that one of its founders, Chris "Revolving Dork" Maguire, was from le Roxborough area. For three years, Maguire made the planet safe for stitch-witch sock monkeys and impressive jewelers while winning over design doyennes like Martha Stewart (she was rumored to have wanted to buy Etsy). But on Etsy's community site, The Storque, Maguire announced he'll be leaving. "With a heavy heart now we move onto other ventures," he and fellow Etsy founder, Haim Schoppik, wrote of their departure.

► When Cybergecko Alex Strang pulled his Puppet Karaoke Show out of M-Room this spring, he left fans of hands-up-the-ass theater clueless as to where it would land. But land it has. "The Puppet Karaoke Show left the apocalyptic ruins of Fishtown for the glitz and glamour of Chinatown," says Strang of PKS' new home starting Sept. 27 — Ly Michaels at 11th and Arch, where chef/raconteur Billy Wong resides.

► Philly salsa king Jose Rodriguez joins DJ Robbie Tronco for something impressive: a "Tango at Vango" night beginning Sept. 8 that starts early (8 p.m.), goes late (2 a.m.), and looks to unite the dinner crowd with a Latin/disco dancing crowd.

► Part one of Crane Arts Building painter/designer Kevin Kernan's "Wear" T-shirt exhibition starts at Glam Gallery on Second Street this First Friday.

► Before marveling at the sight of Philly's the Rev. Bob Levy, his pal Artie Lang and his nemesis Danny Bonaduce in the ring for Damon Feldman's Sept. 13 fight at Marple Sports Arena in Broomall, luxuriate in this Feldman Promotion: ex-WWE femme wrestler/Surreal Lifer Chyna hosting the Ms. Delaware County Bikini Contest Sept. 5. She's going to crown the "Hottest Girl in Delco" — hey, one of the two hot girls in Delco have to win — at Nicky Bigs Restaurant, 773 W. Sproul Road. I write this in full because I w