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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 13, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 11, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 8, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 31, 2009
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!
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 24, 2009
To everyone celebrating today and tomorrow. Have a very Harry Christmas! photo by Zoe
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 17, 2009
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 [...]
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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