Conspiracy Theory: Pig Lib A hoax?

[Spy]

Okay so I had this epiphany early this morning after a long night of drug induced sleep. Matador has been known for some heavy duty pranks throughout the years. Keep in mind April first is right around the corner and Malkmus has always been a keener when it comes to playing with the media. Forget crop circles, the Bermuda Triangle, and Rex Murphy’s hair piece… Pig Lib could be the finest gag in modern history.
Consider the evidence:
• Pitchfork’s hasty review of the album
• The pre-release has been everywhere and months in advance
• The ultra shitty production resembles b-sides from the past… groovebox demos and fruityloop effects
• The promises of something new, something brilliant yet tracks such as Us, The Craw Song, and Dark Wave (how could this not be a joke?)
Think about it. What a blow this would be to the psyches of music pirates... A lesson long deserved packaged with the ingenuity only Matador could pull off.

[johansen smith]

everyone knows Dark Wave is aces.

[tinobeat]

everyone knows having a computer with no filesharing capabilities (no soulseek for Mac OS9) and waiting for the proper release is aces, right? um, right guys?

sure...

[johansen smith]

hey, mine was a promo copy.

[Timothompson]

Are you reviewing it?

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by Timothompson
Are you reviewing it?

maybe yea, maybe nay.

[tinobeat]

who/what do you write for?

[D.A.R.Y.L.]

Kansas: 82, Oklahoma: 75.

now dont get all sensitive on me, Jo-Jo...its fair ribbin'. besides, it would be a privilege, nay, an honor to appraise such work.

enough chit-chat, fire up that word processor & step to!

with hopes,

D.A.R.Y.L.

np.talkingheads.remaininlight

[bitterfruit]

This is insanity....pig lib is for real.

[Ladt]

I did say the title "one percent of one" sounded like a Malkmus parody.....

[c. leo]

So all those bootlegged songs and the songs we've seen him perform live — the rough versions from Pig Lib — are an elaborate hoax? Boy, I feel real stupid for preordering Pig Lib. Damn you Matador! Ya got me good...

The last time I felt this duped is when I pre-ordered that Lake Speed album from you guys!

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by c. leo
The last time I felt this duped is when I pre-ordered that Lake Speed album from you guys!

that was hilarious!

[Seneschal Gox]

Originally posted by Spy

Consider the evidence:
• Pitchfork’s hasty review of the album


Despite the fact that Pitchfork has just posted a review today (3-10-03)...the rumors are true:

Pig Lib is a hoax. In eight days you will know the truth.

...And the truth will know you.

[bitterfruit]

Let me further your conspiracy theory, though I don't believe it, and say that maybe it has something to do with their "We're Sorry" ad campaign.

[Seneschal Gox]

Note the new ad panel for Pig Lib on the front page: why the big red question mark? Why indeed.

Red: the color of emergency, alert, danger.

?: uncertainty, obfuscation, sleuth.

No one knows what danger awaits.