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Thrift Shop Superstar One gentleman wore a fur coat to the festival, hoping and praying that somehow Macklemore would see him in the sea of people, ask him to crowd-surf it to the stage, and later become an instant celebrity/chick magnet. Well, that guy better buy a fucking lottery ticket because all of that shit happened exactly as he probably planned.

Macklemore indeed wore the coat as he sang his hit "Thrift Shop," and then, as fur-coat dude climbed the hill after the set, he was stopped by a gaggle of cute ladies who wanted to take a photo a with him and show him love. If you're going to risk heatstroke and possibly death, you might as well be rewarded with new lady friends in the process. Well done, Mr. Fur Coat Guy. MARCO TORRES

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The Postal Service at Free Press Summer Fest, 6/1/2013

Geto Boys at Free Press Summer Fest, 6/1/2013

Wiki-Hole In case you didn't notice, Wikipedia-ing the band your watching is the new wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see to the show. While standing in my less-choice-by-the-second spot for Postal Service a man asked, "who's playing at this stage?"

I thought he was joking and said I didn't know. He and his lady friend barged past me, blocking my view. I then watched the lady friend fall down a Wiki-hole from Postal Service to Ben Gibbard to Zooey Deschanel. APRIL BREM PATRICK

Fashion Victims The only "WTF" things I noticed at the fest this year were some fashion choices. I saw a dude in an American flag Speedo, some chicks in 5" wedge sandals, and loads of ill-fitting bikinis. NEPH BASEDOW

Re-Entry Issues On Saturday afternoon, security decided there was going to be no re-entry at the East gate. We'd forgotten our IDs at home, and so my husband planned to ride the one mile back to our house to get them, but security wasn't going to let him back in.

I found some FPSF workers who tried to help me by calling on the walkie-talkies to clarify what the festival policy was, and it was reported back to me that the head of the festival and the head of festival security were having a powwow to decide on what to do. Now, I appreciate that some things will go wrong during a festival of this size, but re-entry? That's kind of a big one, guys. [That policy was later reversed - Ed.] BRITTANIE SHEY

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Iggy & the Stooges at Free Press Summer Fest, 6/1/2013

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Bandits

The dudes who tried to bandit the festival by swimming from the north banks of Buffalo Bayou in the hopes of hopping the fence: don't be dumb. And also, gross. He and his buddy ended up having to swim back across. There were several people, however, who enjoyed Matt & Kim from their canoe and from the North Bank. BRITTANIE SHEY

Nice Guy With a Sharpie My biggest WTF moment at FPSF this year requires a bit of explaining. I happened to go see the Dillinger Escape Plan a week ago, which is a dangerous prospect. I ended up with a broken wrist and a cast just in time for FPSF.

While I was standing at the ATM, a stranger jogged up to me, produced a Sharpie practically out of thin air, and signed "David" on my cast. He gave me a thumbs up and jogged away just as he had arrived. So here's a thumbs up back at you, David, wherever and whoever you are. COREY DEITERMAN


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