Month: July 2007
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“AlleyCast Gets Married”
The Harry Potter podcast known as AlleyCast has partnered up with the Wizrocklopedia! Episode 19 contains the official announcement, as well as talk about the Order of the Phoenix movie, video game, and soundtrack, an interview with Prophecy public relations witch Heather, and the reveal of the winners to the AlleyCast trivia contest with wizard…
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Wizard Rock Prophecy Itinerary Finalized
Attention Prophecy attendees! Our Itinerary for the symposium has reached its final incarnation. We’ve added a few things, like details about our Scavenger Hunt as well as a game we’ll be playing called FREE CANDY!!! That’s right. We also have the details for the scheduled Common Room wrock performances. Be sure to check it out…
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Wrock Theater #10
I’m very pleased to be bringing you this week’s installment of Wrock Theater while Lauren is on vacation! My pick is The Weasel King‘s “Stupid Waste of Time Show.” Check out the Weasel King making music and being ridiculous. If you’d like to recommend a video for Wrock Theater, email lauren@wizrocklopedia.com!
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Wizard Rock in the LA Times
The LA Times online has published a sort of guide to wizard rock, highlighting bands Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, The Whomping Willows, The Parselmouths, The Remus Lupins, Bella’s Love, The Hermione Crookshanks Experience, and Marked As His Equal. The write up provides examples of song titles, the bands’ sounds, and their…
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Under-Appreciated Song of the Week
After a long pause, the Under-Appreciated Song of the Week is back! This week’s song comes from a band called Mirror of Erised. The song is called “Reflections of Desire” and once you listen to it you will hear the sadness and brilliance of the track. This song doesn’t have words, but it doesn’t need…
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Wrock out with Hollow Godric
Hollow Godric have recently announced their first ever show in two years of being a band. “We’re looking at possible locations for a Pittsburgh show (We’ll get back to you), and we may stop by Oklahoma City as well. The big news, however, comes from my hometown of Dallas, TX.” They mention how their Dallas…
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“Another Potter Geek,” Wrocker Thune, in OC Weekly
The Hermione Crookshanks Experience‘s Kristine Thune made the papers! The singer songwriter was interviewed recently by Rex Reason of Orange County Weekly. Kristine tells Rex how she got into wizard rock, what it’s like performing live, and more. A quote from the interview: “One of the things that ties everyone together is MySpace. All of…
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Wrock Gains Two More Bands
Marietta and the Sneaks currently have one song, “Ravenclaw Common Room,” which is essentially a’cappella and is quite cool. Also, Obliviate! has emerged with four songs, “In Her Eyes,” “Petunia,” “Mudblood for Sure,” and “Revenge.” The band is the solo acoustic project of Tamara. Give ’em both a bit of your time! And don’t hesitate…
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New Tunes from Diagon Alley
As promised, the band has uploaded new songs to their MySpace page! They’ve left “Butterbeers and Owls,” but have added “A Quiet Night on Diagon Alley,” “Gringotts,” and “Fight at Flurish and Blotts.” If you click on the songs’ names, you can read more about each of them in the band’s blog! Diagon Alley‘s music…