Category: Columns
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Into the Pensieve: The Making of the Hufflepride Video
Welcome to this month’s blast from the past! In my previous two posts, I shared some wizard rock memories that had been made in my home in Yonkers. In 2016, I bought a little Victorian house in Irvington New York, and began to make new wizard rock memories there. One really fun memory I have…
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Why We Fight: TK of Totally Knuts
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Why We Fight series. I’ve asked some of our favorite wrockers from around the world to talk about what they’re feeling now that JK Rowling is openly transphobic. Please feel free to join the conversation in the comments, but do remember these are sensitive subjects and real people you’re…
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The Wrock Wreview: The Electrowrock Singles
The Album Hello and welcome to another Wrock Wreview! This is a compilation of three songs by electrowrocker Nearly Headless Nick. The Electrowrock Singles were originally released on March 1, 2007, and were rereleased on July 17, 2020. Try not to lose your head while you listen to these mixes!
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Wrock Talk: Interview with Lauren Fairweather
There are quite a few musicians in our fandom who have been wrocking out for years and years, but Lauren Fairweather has been a part of the scene from almost its very inception! Rising to wizard rock fame as one half of the Moaning Myrtles (a band inspired by everyone’s favorite toilet ghost), Fairweather eventually…
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Why We Fight: Introduction
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Why We Fight series. I’ve asked some of our favorite wrockers from around the world to talk about what they’re feeling now that JK Rowling is openly transphobic. Please feel free to join the conversation in the comments, but do remember these are sensitive subjects and real people you’re…
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The Wrock Wreview: i solemnly swear that i am up to no good
The Album Hello and welcome! Today I get to review the shortest wizard rock EP I’ve ever seen! With six tracks, the whole EP comes in at under three minutes. Elderwand released this EP entitled “i solemnly swear that i am up to no good” on July 18, 2020. Let’s tap the map and head…
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The Wrock Wreview: The Time Has Come
The Album Happy Saturday! Today we’re going to be reviewing a short little EP called The Time Has Come by The Rotfang Conspiracy. Only four tracks long, this EP was released on July 26, 2020. And now, without further ado, the time has come to review this EP!
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Making Magic: House Show How-To
Hello and welcome to the Making Magic series, where we’ve asked organizers of your favorite wrock shows to let us take a peek behind the curtain and show us how it all happens. This month we’ve got Michelle Brannon, who organizes legendary shows in the Northern Virginia area. ~*~
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The Wrock Wreview: Nocturnes
The Album Note: The image shown is not the original EP cover; this image was taken from The Owl Post’s old MySpace page! The wizard rock band The Owl Post only ever released one EP, and that’s what we are going to review today! Originally released on May 1, 2007, and rereleased on July 17,…
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The Wrock Wreview: Mirror of Erised
The Band Happy Saturday all! Today we’re going to reflect on an instrumental wizard rock band called The Mirror of Erised. The band is the pseudonym of composer Bruce Geller, a huge Harry Potter fan who dove headfirst into Harry Potter filk in 2007. Bruce has traveled across the country to perform his wrockish tunes…