fyre festival is going well

Ja Rule with the taste and subtlety we've come to expect.

https://toofab.com/2019/12/16/ja-rule-unloads-on-andy-king-kardashians-in-fyre-fest-rap/

just reading a lucid first-hand account of woodstock from someone in a down-bill band and omg that event really only missed by a whisker being a MUCH more serious catastrophe than fyre festival, arguably bcz it was (reversing the FF set-up) much easier to arrive at than leave, plus it was close enough to nyc that the disgruntled and unimpressed authorities could actually drag everyone's nuts out of the fire

the bands actually showed and they had a real stage, though

And the Hog Farm served chili, maaaan.

half a million helpings!

yeah Woodstock was notoriously precarious

I was going to say, the concert film makes that really clear

idk but it's crazy to me the woodstock was only a three day thing, from watching various docs I just perceive it as like a week long event.

That was just the Grateful Dead’s set.

He's back!

(It's obviously a scam.)

https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/fyre-fests-billy-mcfarland-reveals-new-project-from-prison-swears-its-no-scam/

What not to do:

Fyre Fest's Billy McFarland asked a judge in the Southern District of New York for compassionate release due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government just responded with a 64 page filing as to why he should not be released.

— Luke Barr (@LukeLBarr) April 28, 2020

Government says McFarland's health does not meet criteria for release and that he got in trouble while at FCI Otisville for bringing a USB drive into the facility. In the filing last week, McFarland called it a "minor offense."

— Luke Barr (@LukeLBarr) April 28, 2020

That all said, on a more telling/serious tip:

McFarland, who is now being housed at FCI Elkton in OH per BOP, a facility that has been ravaged by COVID-19. Current numbers at the facility per source are 7 inmates are dead, 88 inmates in quarantine.

— Luke Barr (@LukeLBarr) April 28, 2020

feral dogs still on his tail :|

free all prisoners, even that asshole

he could put an interesting spin on the current situation, maybe even get ja rule to weigh in on why his endorsement of Ron’s island was misconstrued

just reading a lucid first-hand account of woodstock from someone in a down-bill band and omg that event really only missed by a whisker being a MUCH more serious catastrophe than fyre festival, arguably bcz it was (reversing the FF set-up) much easier to arrive at than leave, plus it was close enough to nyc that the disgruntled and unimpressed authorities could actually drag everyone's nuts out of the fire

― mark s, Friday, 6 March 2020 13:50 (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Would be interested in reading this

https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2020/073020.htm

whom amongst us is going to buy some fyre fest merch that the feds confiscated?

direct auction link: https://www.txauction.com/auctions/911

This is both stupid as an example of punishment and, somehow, hilarious.

Fyre Fest's Billy McFarland placed in solitary confinement for launching podcast https://t.co/RFeXuDbbcl pic.twitter.com/H3sGpklE6B

— Stereogum (@stereogum) October 24, 2020

get Joe Rogan next

ha

TONIGHT: #TheConABC is back!

What does Fyre Fest creator Billy McFarland have to say now about the disastrous music festival in the Caribbean? Watch the jailhouse interview with him on ‘The Con: Fyre Festival’ – tonight at 10|9c on @ABC. pic.twitter.com/hbJ8AEiFVQ

— 20/20 (@ABC2020) March 3, 2021

(I look forward to someone else watching and telling me what happened.)

just watch it and be a legend

Fyre Festival class-action settlement awards attendees $7,220 each, plus a free case of Evian. (ok, i made up the last part)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/arts/music/fyre-festival-settlement.html

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22386353/fyre-festival-organizers-settle-ticketholders-7220

I do know how they can get a free case tho

lol sic

this is messed up tho, 6 months in the hole

https://newsfeeds.media/fyre-festivals-bill-mcfarland-is-out-of-solitary-confinement-insider/

Not that I expect this guy to learn from his earlier mistakes necessarily but if he shaped up in a way where he worked earnestly on carceral reform for the rest of his days, that would be something.

I love that every failed venture will now be called "the Fyre Fest of <event category>" from now on

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fyre-fest-of-summer-camps-shut-down-after-parents-spend-thousands

and

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ja-rule-is-hawking-an-nft-of-the-infamous-fyre-fest-cheese-sandwich-for-a-good-cause

and here's why

two and a half years later I finally saw the netflix doc and can I just say...

what was with that one attendee talking about beating up the tents around him because him and his friends didn't want neighbors

this was probs the most astonishing moment in the doc. fuck that dude. fuck all those people. it's hard not to say they deserved everything they got. this was altamont for the late-period capitalism generation.

I was a little disappointed 100s of them didn't die of cholera

This is going to go well

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/19/billy-mcfarland-prison-release-fyre-festival-new-entertainment-ventures

The lead organizer of the infamous failed 2017 Fyre festival will immediately begin new ventures in the entertainment industry after being released early from federal prison on Wednesday, according to his attorney.

Billy McFarland, 30, “has put together a team of professionals to brainstorm and come up with ideas in entertainment and other avenues to generate income”, ostensibly to pay back the $26m he was ordered to reimburse his Fyre festival investors after pleading guilty to defrauding them, said his lawyer, Jason Russo.

“His sole priority and focus is how can he make these people whole and get their money back for them,” Russo added. “That’s what he’s been focusing on.”

Scam-o-Rama

Shkreli released the same day, they should team up.

fuck me are they gonna get elected to office?

run doomsday sequence

O here we go

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/fyre-festival-sequel-billy-mcfarland-vows-fyre-festival-ii-1235579488/

“After 309 days locked in a 9 x 7 concrete box: books taken away; mail held; no phone calls, & 6 years on the sideline – there are few who understand the same level of consequence and failure, and absolutely no one who wants it badder.”

Just amazing. In the worst way.

Not the poster boy for deterrence

“McFarlane may have one of his would-be headliners in mind, although he seems to lack a direct line of contact. “Hey 50 Cent, wanna chat?” he tweeted. Fitty did not jump onto his Twitter account to respond.“

Scummy festival scammers on this side of the pond too.

Gutted to find out @dounetherabbit has been cancelled. We were promised full payment in advance. We’ve not been paid anything. Hung out to dry like loads of others. (Although some acts have been paid in full). This massively affects DIY bands like us. Fucking fed up. pic.twitter.com/ueMV8pLAoM

— The Lovely Eggs 🥚 📺 (@TheLovelyEggs) June 21, 2023

Some really interesting acts were slated to play that. Had no clue that Black Grape reunited

Maybe they didn't either

Lol. Hasn't Shaun Ryder just formed some new "super group"?

I didn't know Lung Leg had a stage act (music, I presume).

lung leg are a 90s Glasgow girl group named after the model, and one of my favourite bands.

I was surprised to see her name on a "family-friendly" festival.

Pet peeve: Bands who name themselves after a living person.

That festival is attached to Craig Murray (his son runs it I think and he's a director?), notable Scottish nationalist zoomer, Assange apologist and Salisbury poison denier. The circumstances in which he was sacked as Ambassador to Uzbekistan are certainly worth a read.