How to tell if something is fake or not:
-No pictures/proof
-New member (20 and under posts or so)
-Too good to be true (old stuff released/going on a tour)
-Posts some stupid poetry like Family_Photo_Album
-Acts "mysterious" by only posting pictures and not replying to anyones comments
Examples of Fakes:
*This fake example is non-fictional
if you're on the warp mailing list, you will find this in your inbox very soon, along with a nice picture. remember, you read it here first...Boards of Canada - Alpha Taxonomy (WARP169CD)
Release date: December 4, 2006
Warp Records are delighted to announce the highly-anticipated Boards of Canada box set Alpha Taxonomy, a collection of previously unreleased songs and rarities, commonly circulated online as the 'Old Tunes'. Unwillingly leaked to the web years ago, Mike and Marcus have finally given into the incredible demand for the tracks. They've remastered and re-recorded a colossal 87 tracks, spanning four compact discs, as well as overseeing a gorgeous accompanying 32-page booklet. The lovely resulting package goes well beyond the high expectations the duo's fans have come to hold. Alpha Taxonomy will be available for pre-order from Warpmart in the coming weeks.
Boards of Canada will be performing live at a handful of shows in early 2007.
Okay, so first of all the user information:
Username: maersk
Posts: 4
So right now, you could already tell that it is a bit fishy... 20 and under post count.
Now for the name: Alpha Texonomy
It does not seem like a name Boards of Canada would choose.
Stuff it contains:
Old Tunes
This seems way too good to be true.
In one of the 13 or so pages, he also posts a picture of some gathering/someone playing live.
So this means he is also a "mysterious" asshole.
So this concludes that it is most likely fake.
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Example of a non-fake
*Fictional
Hey, my friend works at warp and says Boards of Canada are releasing a new album. Warp should send out a letter about it in a few weeks or so. Here is a picture: [picture here]
Username: Aesthetics
Posts: 1028
Okay, first of all it is by an admin (Aesthetics) with 1028 posts. He showed a picture of the cover and the name sounds right. In a few weeks people start to get emails from warp about the release. This is true.
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I think we should have learned by now that somethings are way to good to be true.
Here is all the big fake events that I remember:
-Family_Photo_Album
-BoC Set
-Closes Vol. 1
-etc... cant think of any more stuff at the moment.
If someone recieves an email from warp about "Alpha Taxonomy" then this is all proven wrong and maersk is right.
(Just kiddin peeps)