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Question Everyday, part 4

Monday, March 15, 2010

You guys have done a really great job of helping us out with this brainstorming! Here are a few more categories to ponder: Best Merch Item (anything that is not music counts!) Best Youth Effort Best Music Video As far as merch goes, there were a lot of awesome new designs for tshirts this year, plus wizard rockers started branching [...]

Question Everyday, part 3

Saturday, March 13, 2010

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Everyone is doing such a great job helping us remember wrock in 2009! Here’s some more categories for you to think on: Best New Artist Best Compilation Album Best Live Act For Best New Artist, I can think of two just off the top of my head: I Speak Tree and Standing in Line. I highly recommend both of [...]

Question Everyday, part II

Thursday, March 11, 2010

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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 [...]

Question…Everyday!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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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 [...]

#MuggleMusicMonday with Freezepop!

Monday, March 8, 2010

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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 [...]

Creevey Thursday

Thursday, December 31, 2009

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Happy New Year, everyone! If you’re lucky enough to be at the Sidewalk Cafe tonight to ring in 2010 with some of our favorite wizard rockers, awesome! If not, you can catch the live action on PotterTeeVee. Tune in tonight for the Muggle music stylings of The Jena Campaign, Harvey Dowd, Lauren Fairweather, and Justin Finch-Fletchley!

Question Tuesday

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

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Every year, we’re given the chance for a new start. I like to go around on January 1st and say things like, “This is my first cup of coffee this year!” or “This is the first time I’m wearing these boots this year!”. Midway through January, there are probably still clothes I haven’t worn, or [...]

Creevey Thursday

Thursday, December 24, 2009

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To everyone celebrating today and tomorrow. Have a very Harry Christmas! photo by Zoe

Keeping the Spirit Alive

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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Plenty of people take this time of year to do good. Call it the Christmas spirit, benevolence, magnanimity, kindness, whatever. Regardless, it’s a lovely thing to witness. I was thinking about how I would use these adjectives to describe our community throughout the year. At any given time, there is someone out there planning, working toward, [...]

It’s Snowing!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

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Massachusetts is oftentimes given the credit as the birth of wizard rock because of Harry and the Potters. But we all know that without Harry Potter, there would be no wizard rock. And where did Harry Potter get its first real start? A little coffee shop in Edinburgh, called The Elephant House. So, with a castle [...]