Month: September 2009
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Question Tuesday
The Whomping Willows and Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills start their fall tour this week. If you follow them on twitter or facebook, you may have seen the brand new merch they will be selling this tour, including Justin’s kazoos: and Matt’s cozies (or koozies, depending on where you’re from): Recently, Steph of Tonks…
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#MuggleMusicMonday with Nellie McKay
In the past, #MuggleMusicMonday has been slightly related to wizard rock or at least nerd culture in general. This week, I wanted to change things up a bit, so I picked one of my favorite artists who isn’t terribly well-known. Nellie McKay has been releasing music since 2004, and includes the albums Get Away From…
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Weekly Wrock Wrap Up
Welcome to this week’s Wrock Wrap Up! Don’t forget to keep us updated on your Wrock news!
creevey crisis, dj luna lovegood, draco and the malfoys, harry and the potters, i was lord elbin ausley, justin finch-fletchley and the sugar quills, miss parkinson, muggle death camp, mulciber zerstörer, prophets of godric’s hollow, psychopeteric, secondhand magic supplies, the chinese chomping cabbages, the first task is dragons, the gringotts grrls, the moaning myrtles, the whomping willows, tonks and the aurors -
A Remembrall for You
Don’t forget about our Quad-Wizard Tournament going on right now! I know that I said the deadline for the slogan entries is tomorrow, but I’ve decided to extend the deadline to Sunday at midnight, EST. Check out the original post for directions on how to enter, and please consider our artwork and video contests as…
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Wrockstock Creevey Thursday
In all the world, I believe there are two photos that include all five members of Ministry of Magic, and I managed to find them both. One from the ever prolific erratic0101 And the other from the ever talented Grace, of Snidget We’ve also got their official video for ‘Escape From Azkaban’, for your viewing…
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Question Tuesday
As this is something I’d like to do myself some day, I’m curious about everyone else’s personal choices in the matter… If you could have a Wizard Rock birthday party and could have any bands from anywhere in the world play, which bands would you invite? You are limited to 3! One thing I’d like…
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Start Your #MuggleMusicMonday Right with JoCo
This #MuggleMusicMonday we’re having a listen to the rightly self-proclaimed Internet Phenomenon, Jonathan Coulton (more typically referred to as JoCo by fans). JoCo is most well-known for his particularly geeky music and his “Thing A Week” project. For this project, he decided to create a song a week for a full year. The resulting 52…
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Wrockstock Creevey Thursday
We’ve got a week full of Myrtles for you! If you haven’t already, check out the article Laura wrote about their newly released EP for the EP of the Month Club. photo by Grace, proving that wizard rockers take the best wizard rock photos.
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#WrockWednesday Celebrates Strange Alliances
Happy #WrockWednesday! Today I would like to bring to your attention a NYC area Wrocker that I had the great fortune to meet in the Summer of 2008 at Wrock for Darfur. Officially billed and playing as Nagini, we got an extra treat when her friend joined her on stage singing alongside as Alastor to…
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Singing In the Shower Never Sounded So Good
A recent shipment of this year’s Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club includes an entirely a cappella EP from The Moaning Myrtles titled Bathroom Acoustics. When you are in a band that revolves around a dead character who only pops into the story every so often, it can be difficult to find material to…