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Sunday
--Proof that some dance moves will never die: 1) Dozens of fans busting out the twist during E-Six and Roan’s DJ set. 2) A spontaneous conga line winding through the crowd while Chromeo performed on the MySpace stage.
--In a sea of sweaty fans, concerns about personal hygiene usually go out the window. Not for Chromeo fans, apparently. After a particularly odiferous hands-in-the-air moment, we saw one guy reach into his bag and quickly apply deodorant before continuing to groove.
--To clarify: The "T-shirt deli" has nothing to do with sandwiches. Just T-shirts.
--Gotta love the big guy wearing a T-shirt reading "Swamp Dog" who was doing some sort of Iirish jig through the whole Whigs show.
--A T-shirt asking "What time is it Kanye?"? Priceless.
--Salud lowered the price of a watermelon slice from $3 to $2. Um, hooray?
--Wild Sweet Orange introduced one tune by saying, "Give each other noogies during this song." Surprisingly, a massive noogie war did not result.
--Thanks to Whole Foods for supplying free fruit. Still, we can't help but wonder who made the executive decision that whole pineapples would make the best fest-friendly eats? We could hardly open our green banana.
--Weakerthans cancelled. Bummer.
Saturday
"How can you lose shoes if you don't have 'em?" reasoned one barefoot concertgoer before Rage Against the Machine's set. His logic didn't last long: Minutes later he took shoes from his backpack, which were all but essential once the band--and their ensuing ruckus--began.
--Overheard pre-Rage: "You have not seen a live band until you've seen George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars." Anyone care to disagree?
--And the cool tattoo of the day award goes to (drumroll, please ...) the guy with the full-on Icarus-style wings across his entire back.
--We've heard of people sneaking in booze and cigarettes, but a humidor? Some dude walking through the crowd during Lupe Fiasco's set was actually toting the cigar-holding contraption.
--The porta-potties smell surprisingly nice. Like Bubble Yum "Tutti-frutti." Thumbs up Lolla--thats something you have on Bonnaroo.
--Apparently the "That Guy" rule of concerts (don't wear a shirt for the band to the band's show) doesn't apply to Rage fans: We lost count of how many T-shirts we saw for today's headliners.
Sign of the times: Barack Obama's name used to hype the crowd. An MC for Spank Rock on the Citi stage used this number: "Chicago, get the f*** up. Obama, get the f*** up."
--To the teenage boy sporting an ‘At the Drive In’ style afro and wearing his grandma’s moo-moo: Thank you for the laugh.
--Boots in the summer? I’ve heard of suffering for fashion but come on, it’s 90 degrees.
--It's been a while since we've seen someone rocking the jersey of former Indiana Pacers center Ric Smits. Nice.
--Lolla providing hammocks to lounge in? Sounds great. Ya know, if we didn't have full days of music to listen to.
Friday
--This year's hip Lolla accessory is, apparently, the flag. Whether Irish flag or Canadian flag or Puerto Rican flag, we've seen it all: Flag as cape, flag as hat, even flag as ... flag.
--A quick survey of the food booths reveals mostly reasonable prices--by fest standards, anyway. But there are a few random outliers. Case in point: The $3 watermelon slice, brought to you by your friends at Salud Tequila Lounge.
--Kudos to the lady with the stroller after the Black Keys show. That kid's gonna grow up to be a rocker.
--Huh? A boy in the front row at Mates of State's show was wearing a stocking hat, complete with ear flaps, in 90 degree heat.
--The bra and swimsuit top, we've noticed, is not a good combo.
--Ironic moustaches are no longer ironic if EVERY hipster has them.
--The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles clearly are making a comeback, showing up on bags, hats and T-shirts. We'll leave the reasons up to you.
--Overheard in the crowd waiting for Duffy to take the stage: "Wait ... this is the girl who sings 'Mercy'? I hate that song!"
--"Anyone else think the Kanye sunglasses are kinda stupid? If I see any more hipster 12-year-olds with them I'm going to step on them. Mini-blinds are for windows, not faces." --Rex Chekal
--A tattoo of Jesus and Elvis kung fu fighting. Sweet.
--Coolest tat: A guy at the Rogue Wave show had an image of a hand gripping the Sears Tower and John Hancock buildings on his back. Chi-Town love, baby!
--Weird hat count as of 4:18 p.m. Friday: 3 -- A guy at The Go! Team rocked what could only be described as a plastic Buddha head. Nearby, a fellow in a foam Cowboy hat stolled with the word "Texas" enblazened atop his dome.
--Interesting story: Allan Walsh travled from Kildare, Ireland, with a group of friends this summer. Ostensibly, he said, it was because they were looking for temporary summer work. The real reason, he revealed, was Lolla. Was it worth the trip? "Definitely," Walsh said. "You got sunshine, you got beer, you got great bands. What more could you want?"
--Thought-provoking T-shirt sighting No. 1: "Make awkward sexual advances, not war."
--More than 45 minutes before Holy F*** was set to start at the AT&T stage, several fans were spotted running, from a decent distance, to reach the stage. Excited fans don't let a little thing like 90-degree temps get in their way. Especially when Radiohead is taking the stage eight hours later.
