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Title: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: sweetcell on April 28, 2017, 10:59:20 am
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?
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 28, 2017, 11:03:22 am
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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: azaghal1981 on April 28, 2017, 11:13:56 am
https://twitter.com/PaleCompanion/status/857892906815901696
https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/857933884033572867
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: K8teebug on April 28, 2017, 11:15:56 am
This is totally making my Friday.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: K8teebug on April 28, 2017, 11:18:29 am
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

Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: azaghal1981 on April 28, 2017, 11:19:25 am
cheese sandwiches (http://uproxx.com/realtalk/ja-rule-fyre-fest-scam/)
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 28, 2017, 11:25:57 am
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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 28, 2017, 01:02:18 pm

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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: MAGA 2020 on April 28, 2017, 01:19:29 pm
I can't help but laugh at this.  The incoming lawsuits will be crazy.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: grateful on April 28, 2017, 01:27:02 pm
The kids over at metafilter:

"Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from scammery."


http://www.metafilter.com/166639/Fyre-Festival
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Yada on April 28, 2017, 01:28:43 pm
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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 28, 2017, 01:32:57 pm
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!
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: MAGA 2020 on April 28, 2017, 01:34:47 pm
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.  
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Relaxer on April 28, 2017, 02:01:17 pm
(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."
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: grateful on April 28, 2017, 02:05:51 pm
Bimini Superfast is apparently the yacht that goes along with the $120,000 ticket option.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Relaxer on April 28, 2017, 02:10:53 pm
This is not going to be good for Coolio's mountaintop ski adventure weekend
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: ggw on April 28, 2017, 02:11:41 pm
Reminiscent of Field Day Festival

http://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=9906.0
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 28, 2017, 02:22:24 pm
Bimini Superfast is apparently the yacht that goes along with the $120,000 ticket option.
Honest to God, I assumed it was a diet.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: sweetcell on April 28, 2017, 03:51:26 pm
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!
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Yada on April 28, 2017, 05:23:28 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/fyrefestival/comments/683oy2/i_just_landed_in_miami_after_being_on_the_first/
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: vansmack on April 28, 2017, 05:39:48 pm
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.   
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: ggw on April 28, 2017, 05:44:57 pm
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-28/coachella-for-the-super-rich-ends-in-disaster
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: vansmack on April 28, 2017, 07:39:56 pm
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."
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 29, 2017, 05:44:05 am
Smackie beat me to the article I was going to post.. The not having to sign an NDA is priceless
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 29, 2017, 10:25:00 am
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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 30, 2017, 10:00:12 pm
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?
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: vansmack on April 30, 2017, 11:21:01 pm
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....
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 01, 2017, 08:05:36 am
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
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 01, 2017, 08:52:39 am
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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 01, 2017, 08:53:11 am
Many people actually asked if the Derby was this weekend....
An April Derby? Someone find my a chaise lounge, I have the vapors.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: MAGA 2020 on May 01, 2017, 10:07:42 am
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/music-festivals/7776986/fyre-festival-100-million-lawsuit-geragos
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: sweetcell on May 01, 2017, 10:21:01 am
drinking hopped cider

the times, they are a-changin'...
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: vansmack on May 01, 2017, 10:25:37 am

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...
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 01, 2017, 10:38:24 am
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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on May 01, 2017, 10:45:59 am
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?
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: vansmack on May 03, 2017, 05:51:59 pm
so now we need to see a pic to believe it happened

Insta-message for you my friend!
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on May 04, 2017, 08:27:59 am
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
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on June 03, 2017, 10:18:18 am
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
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: herman otto on June 03, 2017, 11:47:10 am
Damn . . . one less festival chance the rapper isn't headlining.  Only, 500 more to go.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Justin Tonation on July 01, 2017, 11:06:39 am
(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)
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: vansmack on April 16, 2018, 07:58:43 pm
Hulu picks up docuseries about the disastrous Fyre Festival (https://news.avclub.com/hulu-picks-up-docuseries-about-the-disastrous-fyre-fest-1825305497)
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: vansmack on July 03, 2018, 07:17:46 pm
Two Attendees win $5 million Judgments (https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/03/two-attendees-fyre-festival-5-million-suit/)
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on July 03, 2018, 07:45:25 pm
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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: vansmack on September 25, 2018, 12:02:19 pm
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....
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: ggw on October 11, 2018, 03:33:08 pm
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
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 22, 2019, 11:09:19 am
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/)
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on April 22, 2019, 11:27:51 am
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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: grateful on August 21, 2019, 11:16:52 am
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/
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on April 12, 2023, 07:05:17 am
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
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 12, 2023, 09:03:03 am
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.
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 23, 2023, 07:50:07 am
For whatever reason, Fyre Festival 2 is happening.  (stolen from sfgate)
Title: Re: welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 23, 2023, 09:54:00 am
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.