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HPA FTW!
Dear friends, Five years ago a sweaty dude named Andrew Slack came to one of our shows with an idea would profoundly change the way Harry Potter fans could interact with the magical world created by JK Rowling. No, he wasn’t proposing a theme park. Instead, he wanted to take a cue from the books…
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Helping Haiti Heal! Wow!
Okay, I’d like to start this with one big fat WOW! For those of you who weren’t privy to the onslaught of tweeting yesterday or who were unable to make it to the Helping Haiti Heal event organized by the HP Alliance, you missed out! But you don’t have to stay out of the loop!…
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Light Through Darkness
Live episode of Potterwatch tonight (Wed, January 13) at 8:30 pm EST with the theme of light through darkness!! In these dark January days where the winter blues can make us feel as though we’ve suffered a dementor attack, it is as they say, far, far better to light even the smallest candle than it…
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The Dumbledore Challenge Calls to Wizard Rockers
If you are a member of the Harry Potter fandom and are on Twitter, chances are you’ve noticed everyone using the #Dumbledore hashtag in order to try and make it a trending topic. This is part of the #Dumbledore Twitter Challenge and I’ve already noticed the Wrock community joining in whole-heartedly! So if you haven’t…
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What Would Dumbledore Do?
Many times in the past, the Wizard Rock community (and the Wizrocklopedia specifically) have worked in coordination with the Harry Potter Alliance to spread awareness, raise money, or just have a good time for a good cause! Freya and I are extremely excited to continue this working relationship with the HP Alliance and have jumped…
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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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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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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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An Open Invitation to Cover
One half of The Blibbering Humdingers, Humdinger2 (also known as Scott), posted a blog entry yesterday inviting other wrockers to cover their tune “Voldemort Made Me Crap My Pants”. If interested, lyrics and chords for the song are available in the MySpace player on their page. In return, Scott asks that you share your version…
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Make Your Rainy Day Brighter With New Music
Check out “Forget My Scars” by Split Seven Ways. Lyrics are available in this blog entry. The song will appear on the Letters From Hogwarts album with proceeds benefiting To Write Love On Her Arms. 2 Cauldrons and a Broomstick have released “The Ending (When I Wake Up)”. The duo of RiddleTM have posted “Fight…