Month: May 2008
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Floridians Prepare for a Sci-Fi Invasion
Southern Florida’s Metromix published “Freaks and geeks: The Florida SuperCon comes to town this weekend” this morning, an article about the impending festivities of this coming weekend. Wizard rock acts are mentioned amongst Harry Potter film stars, comic book artists, and more. “Naturally no self-respecting Wizard would show without knowing s/he has got to go…
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Swept Away Pre-Order Available Now
The album by Witherwings can be pre-ordered now by visiting the band’s MySpace page through May 26th. The CD contains eight tracks and includes three brand new songs. Pre-ordered CDs will be shipped free of charge, making the cost of the album $10. Those of you in the Orlando area can also see Witherwings perform…
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Musical Monday Returns
I’m always grateful when my Monday is brightened by new wizard rock. Here are the new songs out today! The Basilisk In Your Pasta has a new tune in the form of a video. Called “Harry in the 60s”, you can watch it in their most recent blog entry or on YouTube here. The Blibbering…
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May 19th Pic of the Day
Spinner’s Alley The Parselmouths Your Wizard Rock Photo of the Day, brought to you by wizrocklopedia. Okay, so in case you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m going to keep posting Phoenix Rising pictures until the anniversary of the con is over! On this night last year, SpinnersCast and SpellCast joined forces to bring you…
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Wrackspurt, PoP, and Wild Magic Bring the Tunes
Wrackspurt has uploaded a clip of a song they’re working on. It’s called “Umbridge Blues”. According to the band’s blog, “It’s a peek in to our often goofy rehearsal process.” Proverb of Puremuggles, meanwhile, has provided the lyrics to their new song “Puremuggles”. You can listen to the song on their player and check out…
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Write-Ups, Contests, and Merchandise
Dave from Order of Merlin shares his experiences at the Maryland NerdFest in this blog entry. He writes, “This show made me feel much more confident about what Order of Merlin is doing now. There are many days when I look at my bass and think, “Why do I even bother?” Shows like tonight’s, my…
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Weasel King Music Appearing In a Film
Okay, not exactly, but close. Grant wrote a blog recently on The Weasel King‘s MySpace account informing readers that, “…some of my music from a previous group has been featured in the trailer for the new Helen Hunt movie, Then She Found Me… It plays during the entire last third of the trailer.” You can…
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May 18th Pic of the Day
Storyville: The Parselmouths Your Wizard Rock Photo of the Day, brought to you by wizrocklopedia. I’m still feeling nostalgic! I’m also still becoming more and more excited about this summer. Road trips. Harry Potter. Wizard rock. I think I need a time out. If you want to see more pictures from Storyville, which happened on…
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AlleyCast 24: The Lena Experience
The 24th episode of the our explicit Harry Potter podcast, AlleyCast features an interview with The Butterbeer Experience‘s singer songwriter complete with an entire live set of her music! The show also features a new theme song by Gred and Forge. Other topics include Wrockstock and Portus, where an official live AlleyCast will be recorded!…
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May 17th Pic of the Day
Pottercast LOVE 2 Your Wizard Rock Photo of the Day, brought to you by wizrocklopedia. This photo was taken on this day one year ago at Phoenix Rising, the symposium that kicked off the best summer of my life! I’m feeling very nostalgic tonight while at the same time being very excited for Wrockstock this…