We interrupt your normal weekly banter* to tell you that Dave Chappelle is alive and doing surprise gigs in Portland. Here’s a crowd shot of the 5000 plus people that showed up based on the power of a rumor.

You know how you talk about some one one day only to find them inexplicably popping back into consciousness the next day? Chappelle must have heard the conversations about him in Huntsville last night cause he made his almost secret appearance at damn near the same moment we were talking about him 1000 miles away.

As @mattpdx tells it, the “secret show” didn’t quite happened as the tiny amp he brought wasn’t cutting it and the full PA wasn’t working before @mattpdx left.

“I learned a lesson tonight: don’t tell a secret in Portland” – Dave Chappelle

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