Gossip Roundup: I Better Get at Least as Much as Maureen Edition

• Names & Faces: White House places fresh flowers on seats of rickety press plane. Pilot, dubbed “Captain Bang,” flies a bumpy ride. [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: KE04 attorney resigns after allegedly soliciting prostitute. . . Cheney celebrates 40th anniversary, will settle for “four more years.” [WT]
• Inside Politics: Zellout.com says Miller should be a Republican. . . Coulter nexis-es “Hardball”; apparently Matthews talked more than John O’Neill. [WT]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Delegates have choice words for Michael Moore. . . Putnam reportedly gave Dowd $675,000 advance. [NYDN]
• Piazza & Rovzar: Boy George, Moby, Lou Reed, Weinstein, Billy Baldwin, Alan Cumming, and the rest of liberal New York hope to out-party Republicans. [NYDN]
• Liz Smith: Clinton advises Kerry to “be absolutely clear as possible outlining what he would do, if elected, on all major issues.” Calls “F9/11″ “brilliant” and “provocative.”. . . Sim Farar, Tony Bennett rake in $3m for KE04. [NYP]
• Page Six: Rodent problem at Madison Square Garden. . . Foghat doesn’t support Bush. . . Dreamers think Cheney will drop out at convention, allowing McCain to step up. . . Alexandra, Vanessa skip party favors at VMAs. [NYP, NYP, NYP, NYP]