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After a rocking concert at the Puyallup Fair on September 21, The Flaming Lips frontman, Wayne Coyne, stopped by Ballard on Thursday evening to meet friends and sign merchandise at Sonic Boom Records.

Fans started lining up around 4:30 p.m. for Coyne's 6 p.m. scheduled appearance.

"He'll stay until everyone has had a chance to meet with him," staff told us. And that's exactly what Coyne did.

Sipping on a Rainier tall boy, Coyne took his time chatting with each fan, spending easily 10 minutes with one person as he made them a drawing or was engaged in a conversation.

"It's kind of like meeting Santa, isn't it?" Coyne said, who brought with him his "strobo trip light phase illusion" toys, which feature three new songs.