Dave Chappelle
Pioneer Square
Portland, Oregon
July 14/15 2009
It is a bit dark. I wish I had better video skills, but this is about as close as you could get to Chappelle. This is as he was leaving Pioneer Square.
Luckily, he came through..so there ya go. Unfortunately, he had a speaker so small that no one could really hear him. Apparently the power needed for sound is cut off at the Square at midnight.
I never heard what he said, but hopefully someone out there has video and pics and can tell us. Email us @ pdxpipeline@gmail with it.
Videos: place them in our Vimeo Portland video group here.
Pictures: Place them in our Portland picture flickr group here.
Related: Rumor: Dave Chappelle Surprise Midnight Party in Pioneer Square
Better Chappelle video and why so many people came after the break…
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Dave Chappelle live in Portland Oregon
Video by comprevolution
Description: “At 1:00am on July the 15th Dave Chapelle appeared in downtown portland infront of thousands of fans. sadly they didn’t have any audio equipment and all he had was a small amp.”
July 15, 2009 at 6:40 am
At least we got to see a half naked chick scale a starbucks! Happy dave honored his crazy ass idea even if the city fucked him on power.
July 15, 2009 at 10:44 am
You blame the city for the lack of sound? Apparently Dave Chappelle can do no wrong in your eyes… the blamelessness of celebrity perhaps?
As far as I can tell, Dave started a rumor which spread rapidly via internet, and when thousands showed up to see if the rumor was true, Dave let them down by appearing late and unprepared.
Lame, but an interesting social experiment nonetheless.
July 15, 2009 at 12:17 pm
No i wouldnt say he could do no wrong, but it would have only helped to give him some power source so he could have been better at relaying the message he had which was, wow im amazed you all fuckin showed up and get the fuck off those buildings this isnt safe.
it was amazing that he did show up anyway, we put him on the spot big time and he delivered as much as he could, but as for being late and unprepared, it was hell trying to navigate that square as a regular person, i bet it was a daunting idea to get himself and equipment through 6 thousand potentially angry fans (i heard some serious suggestion to riot which made some of the people around me nervous and they left for their safety.)
And it seems pretty pointless on the police perpspective to attempt to shut down such an event, it would not have ended favorably and I applaud Portland Police for their respect of our rights, and peaceful crowd control. Even when people were climbing on the Max stops they didnt disperse or even fine anyone really. they fulfilled their jobs not as nannys, but peace keepers. This doesnt happen in many places.
Dave made a life long memory for me. Dont be such a downer.
July 15, 2009 at 6:42 am
[...] are some great photos of the night and a great account from someone who was like 10-feet away. [via] Spread the [...]
July 15, 2009 at 8:08 am
how odd
how surreal
for him and them
July 15, 2009 at 8:15 am
Wow, he showed up about 10 minutes after I left. When the crowd started to rock the tent over the stage back and forth and the drunk girl started the flash show I figured it wasn’t gonna happen. After seeing the vids I don’t feel to bad tho.
July 15, 2009 at 9:18 am
Yeah I was about to leave myself after the tent shake and the flashing. I made my way up to the stage and was literally 5 feet away from Chapelle the whole time. He walked right by me when entering the stage and I got to touch him on the shoulder. Even though it was hard to hear, I saw, and touched, the greatest comedian alive. Even if I was far away and didn’t hear a thing, seeing him was worth it.
July 15, 2009 at 9:32 am
Yup one girl had no boobs at all other was fat two thumbs down.
July 15, 2009 at 11:30 am
Good times last night! Made it all the way to the front center of the stage with my bro. We could hear everything. Everyone was sort of confused and that added to the Performance Art that was last night. Glad I was a part of it.
July 15, 2009 at 1:15 pm
http://www.cafepress.com/davestock09.397957679# Greatest Show that almost happened!
August 5, 2009 at 2:20 pm
must be really hard up for entertainment in portland. dave chappelle? wouldnt waste the time to chase him around, or any other celeb for that matter