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lune 8. 2005 ___________(riu ^Jnrtlanb (©bseruer Page B3 Focus Chappelle Drops By Show Music Walk Features Local Talent (AP) — Is Dave C happelle b ack? T he A W O L c o m ed ian dropped in unannounced at two popular com edy clubs last T hurs day night, saying he had ju st ar rived in Los A ngeles and felt like performing. D aily V ariety reported that C happelle served up som e im prom ptu standup to stunned au diences at the H ollyw ood Improv and the Com edy Store. C happelle, 31, took o ff last month to South Africa for a “spiri tual retreat,” leaving his fans - and even his agent and publicist - w ondering w here he went. A fte r C o m ed y C en tral a n nounced that the planned May 31 debut o f the third season of “C h ap p elle’s S how ” had been postponed, the m agazine E nter tainm ent W eekly reported that Comedian Dave Chappelle on stage at the Laugh Factory in New York City in April 2004. (AP photo) C happelle had checked him self view with Tim e magazine. into a m ental health facility in Instead, he fled to stay with South Africa. friends in D urban because he But Chappelle denied check w asn’t happy w ith the direction ing into a m ental facility or hav o f the show, which is behind only ing a drug problem in an inter “ S o u th P a r k ” as C o m e d y C entral’s most-watched program. An unnam ed Com edy Central representative told V ariety that netw ork officials would be sit ting dow n with Chappelle to talk business “really, really soon.” Former Soldiers Put Out Rap Album War recording recounts horror (A P) - As S taff Sgt. T errance Staves dodged bullets recover ing a b u rn e d -o u t H um vee in B aghdad’s Sadr C ity, he heard a rocket-pow ered grenade zooming tow ard him. All he could do was hold his breath, he recalled, when it crashed into the arm ored B rad ley vehicle sitting ju st feet in front ofhim . Back at cam p. Staves w ent to his m akeshift recording booth to vent his anger and fear by sp it ting rap lyrics. Som e o f those lyr ics were used on “Live From Iraq,” an album he and a few other Fort Hood soldiers w rote, re corded and produced while on a one-year deploym ent in Iraq. On the 15-track album, soldiers Army soldiers from left, Mike Thomas, Edward Gregory, Terrance Staves, Neal Saunders and Mike Davis in Killeen, Texas. (AP photo) voice frustration at what they call me t o ... be able to get in the booth shabby equipm ent and the lack and let all my anger out was won o f support they feel from the derful. Because sometimes you A m erican public. The album vig can’t let all your anger out there orously defends soldiers charged because you might endanger your with crim es for actions com m it self, your brothers or do something ted during the conflict. you’re not supposed to do. It was “I was outside the gate a lot and a beautiful outlet.” had a lot of stuff happen to me,” The group led by Sgt. Neal said Staves, 26, of Houston. “So for “ Big N eal” Saunders, includes Sgt. Edward “G reg-O ” Gregory, Staves, Spc. M ichael “Paperboi” D avis, Sgt. Ronin Clay and Spc. M ichael Thomas. T h ey w ere d e p lo y e d w ith Taskforce 112 o f the 1st Calvary D ivision at Fort Hood on March 12,2004, and returned exactly one year later. W ithin tw o weeks, the CD was m astered and the group had 2,000 copies made. The group has sold about 1,000 copies through its W eb site and a regional music store chain has agreed to sell it. The a lb u m ’s title track re counts a particularly bloody day last April when eight o f their fel low soldiers were killed in a fierce gunbattle: “This here is blood of soldiers o f w hich the streets are paved ... And there is no reim bursem ent for the price that we pay.” T he 2 nd T h u rsd a y M u sic Walk on M ississippi A venue, show casing the diversity of lo cal talent and businesses, takes p la c e on Ju n e 9. T he new monthly event features partici p atin g b u sin e sse s on N orth M ississippi A venue betw een Skidmore and Fremont. Events at the Music Walk in May, such as the “Swing Mod” show at Belle Epoque Salon, at tracted huge crowds that backed into the street. Many restaurants, studios and clubs will be featuring live music throughout the night. Other par ticipating merchants along the av enue will be open late for business, with some holding their own events such as music, open houses and art exhibits. A few featured acts this month include Dylan T hom as V ance, Muckish and Jim Boyer. Arts and c ra fts, a fa sh io n show and firedancers will also be included. Festivities begin around 6 p.m. Play B enefits A ID S F ight The hit Broadway play “D e fending the Cavem an” will be presented at Jesuit High School on Thursday, June 16 at 8 p.m. as part o f an ongoing effort to help the AIDS crisis in Africa. The play, a hum orous explo ration of the differences be tw een men and w om en, has played to sold out audiences around the world. Proceeds from the perfor mance will help defray costs for local film m aker Peter G lenn’s “ Into the Light: Exposing AIDS in Tanzania” - a feature docu- mentary that will follow sociolo gist M ama Lyim o on a journey across the A frican nation o f T anzania to explore why AIDS continues to devastate the re gion. The docum entary will be used as a tool to educate A m erican audienceson AIDS in A fricaand in f u n d r a is in g to s u p p o rt grassroots AIDS prevention and treatm ent program s in Tanzania. Tickets are available at Ticket M aster outlets or by calling the Ticket M aster hotline: 503-790- ARTS. Stevie Wonder a Dad Again a t 5 5 (AP) — There was quite a 55th birthday surprise for entertainer Stevie W onder - the birth of his seventh child. Wonder and his fashion de- signerwife Kai MillardMorrisan- nounced Monday that they are the proud parents of a boy born May 13, the singer’s 55 birthday. It was the couple’s first child. Mandla Kadjaly Carl Stevland M orris w eighed 7-pounds, 8- ounces and was 20-inches long, publicist Howard Bragman said. Mandla means Powerful and Defi ant in Zulu and Kadjaly is Swahili for Bom From God, the spokesman said in a news release. The Grammy-winning singer is currently in the studio completing his “A Time To Love” album, his first in 10 years. 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