CLUBS

Forty Deuce’s wild ride

Forty Deuce turned out to be a lucky roll of the dice. The sexy burlesque club on Melrose Avenue has already spawned a Forty Deuce Las Vegas, which has been visited by such luminaries as Courtney Love,

Quentin Tarantino, the Hilton sisters and Pam Anderson.

According to owner Ivan Kane, the next stops are New York, London and South Beach. Kane’s reality show, “Forty Deuce,” which follows him as he travels the world to hire dancers for his nightclub (rough gig),

begins airing on Bravo on April 7. And, by the way, Kane recently sold his flagship nightclub, Deep, to promoters Brad and Dave Weida.... Paris Hilton celebrated her 24th birthday at El Centro in Hollywood last Thursday in a whirlwind week that had her partying from here to Miami. Such pals as Jack

Osbourne, Efren Ramirez, Frankie Muniz and Paul Oakenfold turned out to wish her well.

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Buddy Holly revisited

Actor/singer Gary Busey treated folks to a laid-back set at the Vine Street Lounge on Monday night, with a set including Buddy Holly classics and vintage country with plenty of roadburn.... On Saturday, promoter Steve Dimon debuts his new night at Vine Street, with DJ Mike Palmieri.... Bumped into BMX superstar Rick Thorne at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip. Thorne has a new Spike TV show, “Boom!” and it’s from the creators of “Monster Garage.” “Every episode, I get to blow things up,” Thorne says of the program that debuts Saturday night.... Bopped over to NoBar in North Hollywood and dug its scene. The bar’s gold-and-scarlet-flocked wallpaper and psychedelic lighting fixtures could mean only one thing: the work of designer Ricki Kline, who is readying two more bars downtown (one at a former bank vault and the other the opulent Broadway Bar.... Green Day celebrated its Grammy triumph last week by partying down with members of No Doubt, Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera at Bar Marmont.... On Thursday, I hydroplaned to Pomona in the rain to check out the Bouncing Souls, Throw Rag and Madcap at the Glass House, the excellent all-ages club. Throw Rag has a new lease on life. The once-rag-tag punkers from the Salton Sea now commands the stage like an arena rock band, even if they do play washboards and bugles.

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-- Heidi Siegmund Cuda