The author's biographical information describes him as an "enigmatic wordsmith from the bustling streets of Glasgow" and a "rising star of the literary world".
Are we sure this isn't Bobby Gillespie?
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 March 2024 15:37 (two months ago) link
Oompa Loompa women interviewed on Good Morning Britain.
More scoop from the sad Oompa on her TikTok channel.
― ernestp, Saturday, 2 March 2024 16:03 (two months ago) link
Looking forward to his next book Shitty Things to be filmed by Tommy Wiseau
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 March 2024 17:34 (two months ago) link
https://knowyourmeme.com/news/wonka-actor-from-disastrous-wonka-experience-accused-of-grooming-student-from-time-he-was-a-teacher
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 2 March 2024 20:33 (two months ago) link
just realised i know that lad, he went to a drama school in Hull
― Morris O’Shea Salazar (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 March 2024 20:39 (two months ago) link
As Philip Larkin said, "Hull is other people."
― alpaca lips now (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 2 March 2024 20:46 (two months ago) link
the original wonka thing happened less than a week ago. its impact…. astounding pic.twitter.com/8O4WqNOlYS— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 2, 2024
― Morris O’Shea Salazar (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 March 2024 12:45 (two months ago) link
The Unknown known.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/unkown-willy-wonka-experience-glasgow-b2506115.html
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 March 2024 12:52 (two months ago) link
https://✧✧✧.tik✧✧✧.c✧✧✧@feli✧✧✧.wis✧✧✧/video/7341452364940922145
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 March 2024 12:55 (two months ago) link
OK, so TikTok doesn't work like Youtube, now I know.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 March 2024 12:56 (two months ago) link
Monorail Records in Glasgow are auctioning some of the Wonka backdrops a friend of theirs found in a bin, in aid of Medical Aid For Palestinians.
This is realGlasgow Willy Wonka Experience "House Of Illuminati" orig backdrops, for sale, from us.Auctioning 2 original backdrops and the Time Tunnel on Ebay. Rescued from the bin by a pal of the shopAll profits to Medical Aid For Palestinianshttps://t.co/HO76Fw7sIh pic.twitter.com/kKksZOot9B— monorail music (@Monorail_Music) March 7, 2024
― stirmonster, Friday, 8 March 2024 00:32 (two months ago) link
let me stand next to ur Fyre
https://www.usatoday.com/story/experience/music/rock/2024/04/11/skull-and-roses-grateful-dead-festival-canceled/73295623007/
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 April 2024 20:00 (one month ago) link
A couple other users compared the situation to Fyre Festival, writing that “the world of festival promotion continues to get shadier and shadier. Everyone watched the Fyre Fest documentary and was like ‘Wait, it’s that easy?’"
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Friday, 12 April 2024 20:12 (one month ago) link
so say everybody did a chargeback on their credit/debit card, how likely would the bank be to find against the buyer? does insolvency of the seller play into it at all? are 'no refunds' terms actually enforceable, or are they bullshit the same way that parking lot "we take no responsibility for damages to your car" signs are?
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 April 2024 20:56 (one month ago) link
apparently some states like California, you outright can't get out of refunding the ticket. I suspect jail time is going to happen, assuming these clowns didn't already hop a plane to a country with a no-extradition policy
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 April 2024 21:07 (one month ago) link
It sounds very much like they had no capital and decided to go ahead and try to mount the festival anyway, which is a terrible idea
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Saturday, 13 April 2024 12:26 (one month ago) link
Let's just do it and be legends man
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 April 2024 12:52 (one month ago) link
I mean, they had successfully mounted the festival five times previously, so they'd earned some credibility and some goodwill. Which they burned through.
― Wreckless Erik Satie (SlimAndSlam), Saturday, 13 April 2024 13:50 (one month ago) link
Was it successfully, or was as it "with mounting debts that we stay one step ahead of", in a Barry Hogan / ATP manner?
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 13 April 2024 15:52 (one month ago) link
Regardless, I think the point is that fans had no reason to suspect they were hucksters (it sounds like they even canceled the “right” way back in 2020). With Fyre Fest, there was an element of “why did you trust this shady Instagram thing”
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Saturday, 13 April 2024 16:04 (one month ago) link
At the time of Fyre Fest, the other festival that came to mind as having gone under with a problematic refund policy was Sunset Junction in L.A., which has never been mounted since though for years before that had devolved far from its original intent as a welcoming neighborhood festival I didn't do something a bit more exclusionary and disruptive to the local businesses and residents. I wonder if there was any weirdness surrounding this one beforehand that got overlooked because they were able to pull it off.
― omar little, Saturday, 13 April 2024 16:47 (one month ago) link