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Thanks to everyone who added their two cents for yesterday’s categories! Don’t forget to keep thinking and posting comments as you come across them!

Today, we’re asking for more song help, along with a category given to someone behind the scenes.

Best Album Art
Best Holiday Song
Best Comedy Song

For album art, any EP or LP released in 2009 is eligible. I buy a lot of music via iTunes, so sometimes I don’t even see the art! Leave a link to anything you recommend in the comments.

As for the holiday song, don’t forget about Jingle Spells 3 or Wrockin’ in a Wizard Wonderland.

Comedy has a plethora of entries every year, but right now, all I can hear in my head is ‘Merch Girls are Easy’ by The Whomping Willows.

Who would you nominate for these categories?

Here at the ‘pedia, we’re gearing up for the WRPCAs. Our nomination period will start soon, and we will have lots of information regarding that as it gets closer. For now, we’re going to start with a brainstorming period to help jog your memories of all the awesome wrock we heard in 2009.
Starting today, we are going to post a few categories every day, and we want you to help us remember what fits in that category from 2009. These first few categories are ones where we aren’t sure there are enough nominees to fill the category.
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This Muggle Music Monday features Freezepop, who I discovered when they opened for Cibo Matto at a show in Boston. About a year later, one of my biggest regrets was not buying their CD when I saw them, because I couldn’t find it anywhere. I eventually found the CD. Fast forward a few years, and Guitar Hero 2 is released. Lo and behold – Freezepop was on it!
Freezepop’s music is not hugely profound, but their energy and catchiness make up for it tenfold. I find it to be so much fun that it’s almost a guilty pleasure to like it so much.

Today’s #WrockWednesday is pretty much super awesome. Richard Rozanski is probably one of the most wacky, fun-loving people I’ve encountered in the Wizard Rock Community. He has all manner of fun with his music and I think that more people should share in it.

Richard Rozanski is…. (drum roll please) …Roger Davies! Dun dun dun!!!

Okay, so not so ominous, but actually a great deal of fun! In addition to making fun music, he also makes some very memorable videos. Have fun this #WrockWednesday, everyone!

Happy Question Tuesday! Today’s question is courtesy of our wonderful friend Jayelen!

What sports would be in the Wizard Winter Olympics?

For example, Harry and the Potters created the Forbidden Forest Hockey League. Another idea presented was curling with brooms.

Do you have any ideas?

I know it’s been a while, but today we’re bringing #MuggleMusicMonday back in style! I’m going to tell you a little bit about the Muggle band that a couple of very talented Wizard Rockers are a part of. You may be familiar with their Wrock music if you have ever listened to the wonders of The Brothers Black. When I was writing my Daily Wrocket write-up on the Brothers Black was when I first realized that they were members of a relatively well-known Muggle band. In fact, I decided to ask a few friends if they had heard of the band and, to my surprise, more of them said yes than not.

I guess I’m not used to bands that people have heard of, huh?

In any case, I have found 8mm to be a pretty damn awesome band. This Los Angeles based band has a hypnotizing sound, with a bass that digs deeply into your core and vocals that could inspire loyalty from men and women alike. It seems no wonder to me that so many people are already aware of this band. So that’s why I’m bringing it up here… so that the few stragglers out there can get their listening time in as well.

No, today’s band has nothing to do with actual Time Turners. However, this band has been officially done for a little over a year and a half. So it’s like we’re travelling back in time to re-visit them in all their glory. Ginny and the Heartbreakers was one of the first bands I ever listened to after Harry and the Potters. Because of this, they will always be one of my favorite Wrock bands. There always seems to be a special place for the bands that really got you started into a musical style, isn’t there?

So, while they aren’t still making new music, their old stuff is still absolutely brilliant! So if you are a newcomer to Wizard Rock and haven’t heard of them because they have been inactive, educate yourself! If you knew about them but haven’t listened to them in ages, remind yourself of the glory! But either way, get over to their Myspace and get listening!

When and/or how did you learn the extent of Wizard Rock and its potential impact on the world?

I wish I could say that the first time I heard a Harry and the Potters song, I just knew. But I didn’t. In fact, I was listening to HatP for at least a year, maybe even two years, before I so much as started to realize what Wizard Rock was doing. I got a hint of it when I was just roving Myspace pages, well before I even signed up for one (with the sole purpose of following Wrockers, naturally). When I discovered the Wizrocklopedia and saw the band listing, I realized just how much more there was. That was when I signed up for Myspace and sent friend requests to every single Wrock band listed on the ‘Pedia at the time. It wasn’t until a little later, when I started to see the bands raising money for charities and the like that it all started clicking. Then the Harry Potter Alliance came to my attention and it was over. There was no way I could un-know how brilliant this musical movement I had stumbled upon was and is.

So my story is sort of a gradual realization. There was no epiphany, no moment where the world stopped and slapped me in the face with the awesome of Wizard Rock. So what’s your story?

Welcome to this week’s Wrock Wrap Up! Don’t forget to keep us updated on your Wrock news!

General

The Whomping Willows will be touring in the month of February and has a few dates open for house parties. Check out the band’s blog for more information.

The Potterwatch Project is celebrating its one year band anniversary by having the song “Life According to Remus Lupin” available for free download.

Several Wizard Rock bands are showing their support to help Haiti, including The Silver Doe that will be donating all profits from the CD “Lily’s Last Breath” sales to the Red Cross that are sold from now until Valentine’s Day will help support Haiti.

The Blibbering Humdingers are also doing their part by having an interesting fundraiser entitled Hufflepuff Sandwiches for Haiti. The band’s blog will give you more information.

Siriusly Hazza P has launced a new band site that will be updated more frequently than the band’s Myspace. Make sure to check it out.

Become fan of The Lord of the Strings on Facebook. 

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Today’s #MuggleMusicMonday is one that many Harry Potter fans are already familiar with. Almost everyone who reads this will have heard of (and watched numerous times) the Potter Puppet Pals. Neil Cicierega, the creator of the Puppet Pals and of today’s band, is widely viewed as a premium nerd. Okay, so maybe that’s just how I view him.

In any case, today’s band, Lemon Demon is freaking awesome. Probably most well-known for the song ‘The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny’, Lemon Demon has some particularly strange yet truly amazing songs to their name. All I can do is recommend that each and every one of you check them out and give them a listen! You can check out their Myspace or their Official Site!