Three days, dozens of bands, liters of water, a few beers, a brat or two to eat, and, almost universally, an unforgettable experience. As the local radio DJs constantly reminded all weekend long, Chicago was indeed the center of the rock universe for these three days in August. On the final day, we asked fans about their favorite Lollapalooza '06 memories. PHOTOS AND REPORTING BY STEVE AQUINO, JAMES MONTELEONE, ERICA FUTTERMAN, KAREN CHAN, KURT SOLLER, AND RACHEL AHERIN
Name: The Nahmia Family: Diana, 37, Lenny, 37, Amanda, 9, Drew, 7
Hometown: Carmel, IN
"Playing the guitar at Kidzapalooza!"
Name: Ali Murphy
Age: 18
Hometown: Lagrange Park, IL
Occupation: Student
"I just graduated from high school and seeing people I graduated with that we haven't seen all summer come through the crowd [was my fondest memory]."
Name: Kim Firth
Age: 19
Hometown: East Moline, IL
Occupation: Student
"Seeing the man with the painted body -- he had short shorts on but had different color paints on his body. He was sweaty and it was all running down his body."
Name: Russell Woelfel
Age: 21
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
Occupation: Student
"All of the people coming together to bond over one thing."
Name: Poopstain
Age: 50
Hometown: Janelew, WV
Occupation: One of the clowns
"I got to hug the clown mother, Miss Kit. There's about 30 or 40 of us in the clown army and part of the Mindfield gang. She's a harsh mistress, but by the end of the night we saw eye to eye and made a date to go square dancing."
Name: Jason Skidjell
Age: 21
Hometown: Boston
Occupation: Student
"Hot Chip -- they were the first band to get me to really dance."
Name: Ali Collins
Age: 18
Hometown: Loveland, OH
Occupation: Student
"Last night at Kanye, seeing everybody and meeting all of the different people here. It's nice to see everyone all relaxed for the weekend."
Names: Zach Gelfand and Hope Morley
Ages: 18
Hometown: Northbrook, IL
Occupation: Students
"Hot Chip. Even if you didn't know the songs, it was fun to dance to."
Name: Sterling Schlegel
Age: 20
Hometown: Annapolis, MD
Occupation: Student
"Andrew Bird or Wilco. They're both from Chicago so they seemed to be relaxed."
Name: Rachel Kauffman
Age: 22
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Occupation: Insurance worker
"Sparta. He was so gracious when it came to Chicago."
Name: Emily Bobbitt
Age: 22
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Occupation: Hairdresser
"Death Cab. It was really sweet that they had a lady in the front doing sign language."
Name: Evan Porter
Age: 18
Hometown: Naperville, IL
Occupation: Student
"We saw this couple making out so hard at the Flaming Lips, their faces should have been bruised."
Name: Jimmy Geary
Age: 20
Hometown: Portage, IN
Occupation: Steel worker
"Have you ever seen a hot dog body surf?"
Name: Michelle Welton
Age: 19
Hometown: Monee, IL
Occupation: Telephone operator
"I like this purple wristband, it's my favorite memory."
Name: Anthony Ina
Age: 28
Hometown: Chicago
Occupation: Works at a "dot com"
"Everyone loved it at Thievery Corporation; they walked away and just went yeahhhh.
