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Fyre Festival, a luxury destination festival set for this weekend in the Bahamas (co-created by Ja Rule) was supposed to be a “cultural moment created from a blend of music, art and food” with performances from Blink-182, Disclosure, Migos, Rae Sremmurd, Skepta, Pusha-T and more. What attendees arrived to on Thursday (4/27) was, according to reports, chaos.

UPDATE FROM TODAY 11/8: I have spent the better part of four days volunteering with Hurricane Sandy victims in Coney Island. I am working with Occupy Sandy AND the Presidents of the Coney Island Houses and the Odwire Houses…

Jimmy McGovern, operations chief with New York City’s Sanitation Department, is tasked with clearing what superstorm Sandy left smashed onto the streets of this neighborhood, where he has lived for the last 20 years…

The Staten Island Advance reports:Tom Lacey has posted a simple message on the front door of his storm-gutted Great Kills home — “If you are found here tonight, you will be found here tomorrow…

Since we last spoke to Kurt Christensen, he has continued to update his photo documentation of the mess Hurricane Sandy left in his Long Island town of Lindenhurst…

From 10/30:…”The scene is pretty bad. Lots of homes with terrible flooding and damage. As I walked down Wellwood I watched as people walked with just a few garbage bags full of possessions…

UPDATE: NYC Marathon cancelled. “News from Staten Island is killing me right now. #Sandy” – @tedleo “Also? That the NYC marathon starts in Staten Island, which has been devastated & received such paltry aid, is a slap in the face…