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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: sweetcell on April 28, 2017, 10:59:20 am
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so apparently Ja Rule organized a "luxury" festival guaranteeing supermodels, champagne - with a price to match. based on early reports, it's turned into a cross between lord of the flies and a refugee camp (minus the international aid).
from a FB buddy:
there are festival disasters and then there is this. https://www.fyrefestival.com/ . Seems to be unfolding in real time. "The villa" option goes for $4350 and turns out to be a red cross disaster recovery tent. and I though the tents at the symbiosis fest were a scam (they are) . There is a sucker born every minute
https://www.google.com/search?q=fyre+festival
https://www.reddit.com/search?q=FYREFESTIVAL (clearly some exaggeration going on here...)
https://twitter.com/hashtag/fyrefestival?src=tren&data_id=tweet%3A857917827038289920
https://twitter.com/FyreFraud/
OMG i might not get any work done today. this shit is fascinating. it can't all be that bad... can it?
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We actually elected not to partner with this fly-by-night operation. No true luxurophile would plan for a festival that overlaps with the Derby.
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https://twitter.com/PaleCompanion/status/857892906815901696
https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/857933884033572867
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This is totally making my Friday.
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There's one guy who found someone's notebook on the ground and it says they have 50-75 security guards. Also the "to do" list is hilarious.
https://twitter.com/WNFIV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnewsbeat%2Farticle%2F39743303%2Ffyre-festival-turns-from-luxury-to-disaster-with-ticket-holders-stranded-in-bahamas
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cheese sandwiches (http://uproxx.com/realtalk/ja-rule-fyre-fest-scam/)
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There's one guy who found someone's notebook on the ground and it says they have 50-75 security guards. Also the "to do" list is hilarious.
https://twitter.com/WNFIV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnewsbeat%2Farticle%2F39743303%2Ffyre-festival-turns-from-luxury-to-disaster-with-ticket-holders-stranded-in-bahamas
Wait, wait, there's a Kendall Jenner afterparty but the drink list does not include Pepsi. Someone done fucked up.
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https://twitter.com/FyreFraud/
This is actually a fascinating read which has been outlining for months that the promoters were massively in debt, lying about major details, and had no infrastructure in place for this.
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I can't help but laugh at this. The incoming lawsuits will be crazy.
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The kids over at metafilter:
"Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from scammery."
http://www.metafilter.com/166639/Fyre-Festival
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I can't help but laugh at this. The incoming lawsuits will be crazy.
ehh... as an attendee, they'll be lucky to get their $$$ back.
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I can't help but laugh at this. The incoming lawsuits will be crazy.
ehh... as an attendee, they'll be lucky to get their $$$ back.
Yeah, they're going to sue an LLC that (supposedly) was funding the entire thing with a $5mil bridge loan. Good luck with that!
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I can't help but laugh at this. The incoming lawsuits will be crazy.
ehh... as an attendee, they'll be lucky to get their $$$ back.
I mean if these people are really being deprived of food and water as they say I'd imagine there is some legal path you could take to get some cash.
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(http://i.imgur.com/gGb4nkb.png)
"Hmmm, thousands of people will be arriving in two weeks, prob should go look at t the site. Then I'll finally start that Excel sheet with all the lines on it."
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Bimini Superfast is apparently the yacht that goes along with the $120,000 ticket option.
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This is not going to be good for Coolio's mountaintop ski adventure weekend
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Reminiscent of Field Day Festival
http://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=9906.0
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Bimini Superfast is apparently the yacht that goes along with the $120,000 ticket option.
Honest to God, I assumed it was a diet.
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We actually elected not to partner with this fly-by-night operation. No true luxurophile would plan for a festival that overlaps with the Derby.
your ability to stay in character, despite direct attack, is unlike any other. bravo!
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https://www.reddit.com/r/fyrefestival/comments/683oy2/i_just_landed_in_miami_after_being_on_the_first/
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We actually elected not to partner with this fly-by-night operation. No true luxurophile would plan for a festival that overlaps with the Derby.
I wore my cotton suit and pink bow tie today in honor of the derby.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-28/coachella-for-the-super-rich-ends-in-disaster
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This is the best article I've seen yet.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/04/fyre-festival-exumas-bahamas-disaster.html
Disaster in the making: A first-hand, front-row account of the #fyrefestival debacle.
"They didn't make me sign an NDA."
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Smackie beat me to the article I was going to post.. The not having to sign an NDA is priceless
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We actually elected not to partner with this fly-by-night operation. No true luxurophile would plan for a festival that overlaps with the Derby.
I wore my cotton suit and pink bow tie today in honor of the derby.
Im doing a pink ascot this year.
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We actually elected not to partner with this fly-by-night operation. No true luxurophile would plan for a festival that overlaps with the Derby.
I wore my cotton suit and pink bow tie today in honor of the derby.
why did smakie wear the cotton suit and pink bow tie on the day that wasn't the Kentucky Derby?
was he preping, testing out what he would wear to such a momentous sporting day?
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why did smakie wear the cotton suit and pink bow tie on the day that wasn't the Kentucky Derby?
was he preping, testing out what he would wear to such a momentous sporting day?
Sorry, should have mentioned that I have next Friday off and have a tradition of wearing the cotton suit or a seersucker suit the Friday before the Derby.
Many people actually asked if the Derby was this weekend....
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why did smakie wear the cotton suit and pink bow tie on the day that wasn't the Kentucky Derby?
was he preping, testing out what he would wear to such a momentous sporting day?
Sorry, should have mentioned that I have next Friday off and have a tradition of wearing the cotton suit or a seersucker suit the Friday before the Derby.
Many people actually asked if the Derby was this weekend....
so now we need to see a pic to believe it happened
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why did smakie wear the cotton suit and pink bow tie on the day that wasn't the Kentucky Derby?
was he preping, testing out what he would wear to such a momentous sporting day?
To be fair, the Derby Festival has been going on for days.
My weekend was entirely dedicated to finalizing my outfit, getting it tailored, and drinking hopped cider with friends as we planned our Derby Saturday.
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Many people actually asked if the Derby was this weekend....
An April Derby? Someone find my a chaise lounge, I have the vapors.
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7776986/fyre-festival-100-million-lawsuit-geragos
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drinking hopped cider
the times, they are a-changin'...
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so now we need to see a pic to believe it happened
I half thought about texting Jules a photo as I knew he would be the only one besides my mom to truly appreciate it. Maybe I'll do a repeat on Thurs...
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drinking hopped cider
the times, they are a-changin'...
We had a hopped cider festival in town. As I predicted it was 80% female. Fantastic life decision.
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Since I've hijacked this thread to be about the Derby and my go-go glitterati lifestyle, can we discuss this poster?
(http://i.imgur.com/vFvDaNS.jpg)
What do people think of this? Is this offensive cultural appropriation or fair use? I asked my go-to cultural consultant, The Director, and he mostly just labelled it tomfoolery and seemed irked I was asking. Does the hashtag #HorseOwnerLivesMatter potentially take this into egregious bad taste? Thoughts?
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so now we need to see a pic to believe it happened
Insta-message for you my friend!
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so now we need to see a pic to believe it happened
Insta-message for you my friend!
I can confirm it did happen...but not on derby day?
you must be confusin' them in the Haight
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did ween cause pemberton fest to fold??
Fyre Was Bad. For the Concert Industry, This One Could Be Worse. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/business/media/fyre-pemberton-music-festival-market-tickets.html)
Pemberton, planned for July 13 to 16 with acts including Chance the Rapper, Muse and A Tribe Called Quest, was abruptly canceled on May 18, when the two companies behind it declared bankruptcy. In a break from standard practice, ticket holders were not offered refunds, but were instead told that they could ?file a proof of claim form as an unsecured creditor.? secured creditors, ... stand a better chance of getting their money back than the fans who paid $275 a ticket
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Damn . . . one less festival chance the rapper isn't headlining. Only, 500 more to go.
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(http://img.wennermedia.com/article-leads-horizontal/rs-billy-mcfarland-qa-6c4ef770-ddca-447d-af16-f9e6d048a2d2.jpg)
Next stop: Prison! (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/07/01/founder-of-disastrous-fyre-festival-arrested-and-charged-with-fraud/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_fyre-arrest-1010am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory)
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Hulu picks up docuseries about the disastrous Fyre Festival (https://news.avclub.com/hulu-picks-up-docuseries-about-the-disastrous-fyre-fest-1825305497)
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Two Attendees win $5 million Judgments (https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/03/two-attendees-fyre-festival-5-million-suit/)
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Two Attendees win $5 million Judgments (https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/03/two-attendees-fyre-festival-5-million-suit/)
The videographer for the Julian to GwarBQ kerfuffle knows one of these two EXTREMELY well. They acknowledge they’ll never see a penny.
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Fyre Festival Organizer’s Lawyer Claims ‘Mental Illness’ in New Court Letter (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lawyer-fyre-festival-organizer-mental-illness-728744/)
Do you know what will drive your crazy? 11 years in prison....
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Fyre Festival Organizer’s Lawyer Claims ‘Mental Illness’ in New Court Letter (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lawyer-fyre-festival-organizer-mental-illness-728744/)
Do you know what will drive your crazy? 11 years in prison....
We'll see how he handles six:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-11/festival-fraudster-who-targeted-status-seekers-gets-six-years
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is the woodstock 50th turing into Fyre Fest 2.0
Woodstock 50 ticket on-sale postponed, sparking fears of cancelation [Updated]
Tickets were originally supposed to go on sale on Monday (https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/04/woodstock-50-ticket-postponement/)
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is the woodstock 50th turing into Fyre Fest 2.0
Woodstock 50 ticket on-sale postponed, sparking fears of cancelation [Updated]
Tickets were originally supposed to go on sale on Monday (https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/04/woodstock-50-ticket-postponement/)
Field Day Fest 2.0 might be closer analogue.
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This has Fyre Fest written all over it.
https://theknow.denverpost.com/2019/07/11/bed-cinema-denver-outdoor-movies/218802/
then...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/08/20/an-outdoor-movie-night-air-mattresses-seemed-fun-mother-nature-disagreed/
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Since it went so well the last time, let’s do it again
https://consequence.net/2023/04/billy-mcfarland-fyre-festival-ii/
It does have good name recognition
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Since it went so well the last time, let’s do it again
https://consequence.net/2023/04/billy-mcfarland-fyre-festival-ii/
It does have good name recognition
This is the best worst idea ever.
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For whatever reason, Fyre Festival 2 is happening. (stolen from sfgate)
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For whatever reason, Fyre Festival 2 is happening. (stolen from sfgate)
"Happening" needs to be in quotes and italics in this sentence. Possibly even with "(ed: ???)" added after it for emphasis.