UPDATE: It turns out the Vampire Weekend cover band is real, or at least real-ish. According to an email from manager Katharine Brandes, the band now has a name, the VW Bugs, and four members, all of whom are former Princeton students. In your face, Columbia! They've also got a MySpace page and a Twitter and everything, and they "are now busy practicing up, tacos in hand." Brandes reports that they're in talks to throw a party at the New York nightclub Santos Party House in August, and a documentary about the formation of the band is already in pre-production. Amazing.

Are you nostalgic for 16 months ago? Do you miss those carefree days of presidential primaries and Josiah Leming and still having a job? Do you have vaguely wavy hair and at least one pair of fake Wayfarers? Well, then you could relive those long-gone glory days as a member of the Vampire Weekend tribute band!

As Idolator points out, some aspiring Brooklyn-based hipster svengali has posted a Craiglist ad looking for members of a Vampire Weekend cover band. Applicants should be able to play their instruments and should also look at least a little bit like the member of the band they're supposed to be emulating.

The ad also says "tacos will be provided," though if they eat enough of those, they probably won't look like members of Vampire Weekend for much longer.

Maybe Scott Baio can try out for the part of Chris Baio! (They are cousins, actually.) I wonder if Scott Baio plays bass.

And yes, this whole thing is probably a joke. But we really hope it's not. Click below for the full text of the ad.