Wicked Cool Shows and Stuff
Hey dudes, this post is gonna be rapid-fire cause there is just so much amazing stuff going on right now. You won’t believe it!
1. We are playing in Chicago on Halloween! Believe it! Beverly Art Center. 8pm!
2. We are playing on the roof of the City Museum in St. Louis. Unbelievable, but true! Sunday, November 1st at 3pm. Free with admission! P.S. the City Museum is the most magical muggle place in the world.
3. Wizard Rock For Equality! The Harry Potter Alliance is joining the fight for Marriage Equality in Maine. In early November, Maine residents will have a chance to vote on Proposition 1, a ballot measure similar to California’s Prop 8 that would repeal the marriage equality laws passed this past May by the Maine legislature. We are planning a one-day event on October 24th that is aimed at getting people to the polls to defeat Prop 1. Our event takes place all day long in Portland, ME, but everyone will be able to participate online.
We want volunteers to join us in Portland for this rock show/canvassing/coffee/donuts/fun/inspirational awesome day.
North Star Cafe
225 Congress St.
Portland, ME
Our Schedule for the Day
10:30am -12:00pm Coffee, donuts, some songs, and some training
12:00-5:00pm Canvassing against Prop 1
5:00-7:00pm Awesome rock show with Harry and the Potters and Draco and the Malfoys
If you can’t make it to Portland, we will be broadcasting this event live via ustream. During the canvassing time, we want our online volunteers to join the fight by calling voters in Maine. Get your friends together and be a part of something awesome!
More info on this amazing event at the HP Alliance’s Wrock 4 Equality webpage. Sign up to be a part of this now!
4. Live Dumbledore’s Army call this Sunday! The HP Alliance is hosting a live call to action on Sunday afternoon at 3pm EST to talk about the upcoming Wizard Rock 4 Equality campaign. Participating HP Alliance members will be earning house points through phone banking and canvassing, so we’ll have all the Heads of House in attendance to cheer you on and discuss this event. Your heads of house are: Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter movies) as Head of Ravenclaw, Paul DeGeorge (of Harry and the Potters) as Head of Gryffindor, Brian Ross (of Draco and the Malfoys) as Head of Slytherin, and Lauren Fairtweather (of the Moaning Myrtles) as Head of Hufflepuff. Please sign up for your House in the HPA Common Room. The meeting will be broadcast via ustream.
5. Some college shows happening in the next month. Some public, some private. Party crashing is encouraged. Tufts/Olin/Alfred. There ya go.
6. We are hard at work on an elaborate 10 year anniversary reissue of Ed in the Refridgerator’s debut CDr, Good is Dumb. Who are Ed in the Refridgerators? Well, way back in 1999, long before the birth of Harry Year 4, Joe DeGeorge was 12 years old and he started an awesome band with his friend Andrew (whom many of you may have seen behind the drumset for Harry and the Potters on previous tours – either as Young Ollivander or Baby Hagrid depending on the facial hair of the day). They played many shows in Boston back in the early aughts, released a few records, and once got a song reviewed by the band Spinal Tap. But their crowning recorded achievement will always be their 10-song demo recorded on a cassette 4-track in August 1999. Issued in the fledgling days of CDr technology, Good is Dumb has long been considered out-of-print as many of the songs were later rerecorded for Ed’s official debut CD, It Could Happen to You. Now, we are planning an elaborate reissue, complete with many additional demos from the time period, two live shows, rehersal tapes, and Ed in the Refridgerators’ score to a MassArt student theater production from early 2000.
We’re hoping to have this deluxe edition ready by their show next Thursday at Tufts University.
Yes, you heard right! Ed in the Refridgerators RETURN! They’re playing live at the very same spot as their very first performance a full decade earlier. Back in the 90′s. If all goes right, this should be broadcast live on WMFO. Ed in the Refridgerators plan to perform Good is Dumb in its entirety. If you would like to attend, the show is free, but you must be on the guestlist. All you need to do to get on the guestlist is email edintherefridgerators@yahoo.com with your name and any of your friends who will also be coming to the show. You will not regret attending this show. You will regret not attending this show. Email now to get on the list!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Ed in the Refridgerators @ Tufts University
Hotung Cafe, Mayer Campus Center, Medford, MA
9pm | FREE! | email edintherefridgerators@yahoo.com to get on the guest list
That’s what’s up. Stay cool.
-paul
October 25th, 2009 at 10:38 am
You guys are gonna have some wicked cool stuff coming up. O_O Wish I could be there!
October 25th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
cant wait to see u guys in alfred!im going with all my friends. its going to be thier first wrock show.cant wait!stay awesome!
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Hey, guys! I just really want to thank you for helping fight Question 1. Throughout this campaign, I’ve been thinking about what Dumbledore would do. And it’s been killing me, because I’ve been out of the state at school, and I really just want to go home and rally. Knowing that you guys were out there rocking for equality really means a lot to me. Regardless of today’s outcome, I feel like we’ve put up a good fight. As Dumbledore said, “It is important to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated.” Thanks so much. Keep your fingers crossed for us tonight!
Cheers,
Laura
P.S. You guys need to come to Wheaton College. Seriously. (Siriusly).
November 8th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
hey guys!! the show in alfed rocked the house!!!! thanks sooo much for making it an awesome saturday!!!
November 9th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
alfred show rocked! thanks so much for making it awesome(though i never doubted it it wouldnt be so) hope to see you guys at the yule ball!