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LeakyCon Remembrance, Day 2: Wizard Rock Night
Continuing with Part Two of my remembrance, I take a look at Wizard Rock Night. The next night, if you can believe it, was even better than Evil Night, and for me, the very highlight of the conference. Wizard Rock Night featured Tonks and the Aurors, Gred and Forge, the Whomping Willows, and the indelible Harry [...]
Continue reading...LeakyCon Remembrance, Day 1: Evil Night!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Exactly one year ago, as I write this, I was on my way to Boston, Massachusetts to attend LeakyCon 2009, the very first conference put on by The Leaky Cauldron. Prior to that, I had only attended one other conference, which was Prophecy 2007 in Toronto, Canada, so I had very high expectations. In many [...]
Continue reading...Let’s Hope this Wizard Party lasts Forever!!!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Now I’m not normally a fan of multiple exclamation marks, but for the sake of The Whomping Willows’ new album, I suppose we can make an exception. Last year, The Whomping Willows put out an album departing from the traditional wizard rock album that we’re accustomed to seeing. Each song was a different part of the [...]
Continue reading...The Final Three
Friday, April 16, 2010
We’ve got the last three categories for you to check out! Stay tuned because final voting will be starting sometime this weekend. Best Video D.A. Power, by Tianna Weasley and Bobby Walch Seven Potters, by Brandon Nicholas, featuring The Remus Lupins Howler, by Hank Green, featuring Lauren Fairweather Goodbye Privet Drive, by Luke Conard, featuring Jason Munday Funky Christmas (At the [...]
Continue reading...We Have Our Final Ballot!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
We need just a bit more time to set up the final voting for the Wizard Rock People’s Choice Awards. In the meantime, we’ve got a list of nominees for you to mull over! Also, due to the nature of the nomination process, we are going to wait a little longer to release the list of [...]
Continue reading...Question Everday, part 5
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
And the categories keep on coming! Best Collaboration Best Folk/Country/Blues Song Best Techno/Electronica Song For Best Collaboration, I have to say that ‘Don’t Let Me Explode’ by The Whomping Willows with Lauren Fairweather has some pretty amazing harmonization. That whole album has some other great collaborations, too – Mark from Ministry of Magic and Georgia and Victoria from Riddle™ [...]
Continue reading...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 [...]
Continue reading...Question Everyday, part II
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...Weekly Wrock Wrap Up
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Weekly Wrock Wrap Up
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Welcome to this week’s Wrock Wrap Up! Don’t forget to keep us updated on your Wrock news! General Into the Pensieve is now on Twitter. Follow them @intothepensieve. The Whomping Willows Street Team needs your help to find venues that the band can return to year after year. For more information check out the band’s blog. In some not [...]
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
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