welcome to FYRE FESTIVAL, brought to you by julian's america (in barbados)

[sweetcell]

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?

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

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.

[azaghal1981]

https://twitter.com/PaleCompanion/status/857892906815901696
https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/857933884033572867

[K8teebug]

This is totally making my Friday.

[K8teebug]

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

[azaghal1981]

cheese sandwiches

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

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.

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

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.

[MAGA 2020]

I can't help but laugh at this.  The incoming lawsuits will be crazy.

[grateful]

The kids over at metafilter:

"Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from scammery."


http://www.metafilter.com/166639/Fyre-Festival

[Yada]

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.

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

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!

[MAGA 2020]

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.  

[Relaxer]

"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."

[grateful]

Bimini Superfast is apparently the yacht that goes along with the $120,000 ticket option.