Sat morning I had ticket booth duties with DJ Monica (who sometimes calls in to the Best Show), DJ Bennett for Senate (who sometimes calls in to the Best Show), and a girl named Bridget (who listens to the Best Show).
Monica posted early with a great line about how all the record nerds had their best t-shirts on for the Fair. Apparently there are guys like this who regularly call her show to give out the catalog numbers for the songs she's just played.
It was an even mix of hipster kids whose pants were louder than Ted Leo's set later that afternoon (hey-o!), European DJ types in town for CMJ, and the older record dudes whose under-developed social skills were stretched to the breaking point on this day - they would not have looked out of place at the OTB or the Port Authority, god bless 'em, all shifty and furtive.
Early afternoon, I did a FOTo with LJP, and by the time I got back the Fair was packed to the gills. I think I saw just about everyone, if only briefly! I bought about 9 or 10 records, most of which I have owned at one point or another in at least 1 format. I only just got a record player again last year, so basically I can just buy whatever. There's no way I'm going to start collecting nice stuff, so it's very freeing. Everything I bought was $4 or $5.
A bunch of us went out afterwards too. Big fun. I missed AP Mike, though, and tweeted at him "are you still at the Fair?" and only remembered a little bit later that he ain't mobile.