Category: Archived Columns
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The 2020 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: July-December, Part 2!
Welcome, once again, to the July-December edition of the Wizrocklopedia’s Wizard Rock Six Month Report! This is part two of the report. You can check out the first part right here and the third part here! Be sure to comment your favorite releases below! So—without further ado, let’s jump right back in and pick back…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 9: The Midnight Duel
Chapter 9, has a secret duel, a trapdoor, and a three-headed dog! Featured bands include: the Sweetwater All Stars, the Parselmouths, Eyes Like Mine, Slytherin Soundtrack, the Draco and the Malfoys, Defense Against the Dark Marks, The Basilisk In Your Pasta, Ollivander, and Harry and the Potters! Did I miss anything? Comment below and check…
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The 2020 Wizard Rock Six Month Report: July-December, Part 1!
Welcome, fellow wizard rock nerds, to the Wizard Rock Six Month Report™ for July to December, 2020! Twice a year, I compile this chronological list and review-in-brief of all the awesome wizard rock music that has been released or rereleased in the past six months of the year. And hopping hippogriffs, what a six months…
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Into the Pensieve: Evil Day 2007
This month, we are going WAY back to December 8, 2007, to revisit Evil Day. This date is very significant to me in many ways. It was my first Wizard Rock show as a fan, it was the first NYC HP Meet-Up Group event (TGTSNBN) I’d ever attended, and it was my first in-person experience…
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Wrock Talk: Interview with Scott and Kirsten Vaughan of The Blibbering Humdingers
Wizard rock is a fun genre, and logically many of its bands are quite funny, too. But when it comes to cleverness and humor, The Blibbering Humdingers may very well be in a category all of their own. Comprising Scott & Kirsten Vaughan, the band places heavy emphasis on the quality of their lyrics, which…
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Kwikspell #5: Virtual Performances
As I was watching the Fountaindale Public Library’s wonderful Yule Ball at Home last night, I was inspired to write this month’s Kwikspell column! Both Tonks and the Aurors and Ashley Trix and the WZRDs performed, and their sets were so wonderful and different. I really felt like they represented some of the best parts…
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Exploring the Swedish Scene: December 2020
Here is an update of what has happened in the Swedish Scene since the last update in September. Death of the Author In a previous exploration of the Swedish scene I wrote about the Swedish online Harry Potter convention DobbyCon. A recording of one of the panels that happened has now been released. It…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 8: The Potions Master
Chapter 8, deals with Harry adjusting to his unknown fame as well as the teacher who holds him responsible for it. Featured bands include: the Pumpkin Pasties, Hollow Gordic, Voldemort, Gred and Forge, the 8th Horcrux, Harry and the Potters, Eyes Like Mine, Ollivander, The Hermione Crookshanks Experience, Seamus and the Finnigans, Siriusly Hazza P, The…
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Wrock Talk: Interview with Ariel Factor Birdoff of Madam Pince and the Librarians
Almost every wizard rock show I have been to has been hosted at a library and organized by a librarian. I always love telling folks this because it shatters the myth of the stern librarian who wants nothing more than to shush patrons. Over the weekend, I got the opportunity to chat with one of…
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Wrock The Reread – The Sorcerer’s Stone, Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat
Chapter 7, shows us the Sorting Ceremony and our first Hogwarts feast! Featured bands include: Tonks and the Aurors, Harry and the Potters, Ravenrock, RiddleTM, Ollivander, Seamus and the Finnigans, MuggleBorn, Hawthorn and Holly, The Gryffindor Common Room Rejects and the Mudbloods. Did I miss anything? Comment below and check out the ongoing feed on…