We Are Harry and the Potters

Hey everyone!

Joe and I will be hosting a Livestream event this Sunday, March 7th at 6pm EST to get all GRYFFINDORS pumped for the HP Alliance’s 2nd Annual Accio Books campaign.

Accio Books runs for the entire month of March and the Harry Potter Alliance is asking YOU to donate books to benefit the people of the Mississippi Delta. The books can be new or used, from any genre, and for all age groups. Last year, we raised 14,000 books! This year, let’s go above and beyond that. Our partner, The Delta Center for Culture and Learning, will disperse all of your donated books to many different communities within the Delta.

For information on how to donate books and get involved, please check out the HPA’s Accio Books page.

Accio Books is a House Cup competition and I am really proud to again be Head of Gryffindor! Please tune in to Livestream this Sunday at 6pm EST to get pumped about this awesome House Cup! All are invited, our Gryffindor brethren will receive the warmest welcome. We are reigning House Champions after our awesome victory in the Wizard Rock 4 Equality campaign last October.

Here’s what you can expect during our Livestream broadcast:

Sounds like a killer lineup to me! You gotta tune in March 7th at 6pm EST! BE THERE!

Head of Gryffindor,
Paul T. DeGeorge

Hey dudes!

We’ve been sitting on this for a while, but we’re excited to finally start selling our 2009 Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club contribution: Harry and the Potters Live at the Yule Ball 2008!

This is a 2-disc CD/DVD combo that was professionally recorded at the 4th Annual Yule Ball on December 21, 2008 at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA. The DVD was edited from a 5-camera video shoot and the audio CD was sourced from a multi-track soundboard feed. This is a blistering 25+ song live document of all the wizardly holiday cheer that makes the Yule Ball one of our favorite shows of the year.

Tracklist:
1. Yule Ball
2. Xmas Rulez, Voldmort Droolz
3. I’m a Wizard
4. Wizard Chess
5. Save Ginny Weasley
6. Felix Felicis
7. Meet Me Under the Mistletoe
8. Everlasting Icicles
9. How Hagrid Saved Christmas
10. Keeping Secrets From Me
11. Stick it to Dolores
12. the Human Hosepipe
13. The Hogwarts Tonsil Hockey Team
14. This Book is so Awesome
15. Christmas Shopping for Dobby
16. Ice Cream Man
17. Gringotts Goblin Coaster
18. New Wizard Anthem
19. We Save Ron’s Live, Part VIII
20. Accio Hagrid
21. Save Ginny Weasley From Dean Thomas
22. the Weapon
23. Dumbledore
24. Xmas at Hogwarts
25. Frosty the Snowman
26. Let it Snow
27. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
28. Smells Like Harry Potter

We have less than 200 of these to sell through our website, so get it now while you can! Only $15 for the 2-discs CD/DVD set!

Also: I’ve added yet another side-project to our webstore here. Now you can order the debut EP from the dæmons. Five songs that are perfect for mixtapes, all exquisitely packaged in handmade CDr format. Just $5! All these songs are available for free download here, but just in case you wanted a real copy of this, we made some nice looking CDrs by cutting up some vintage wallpaper, photos, and recycled cardstock. Fun!

Both items available in our store!

Finally, we would really like to play in Sweden this summer. Swedes should get in touch and help us book shows! Please!

Hey everyone!

We are really excited to be a part of an amazing Harry Potter fandom even happening tomorrow!

Harry Potter fans have joined with members of fandoms from other popular books, movies, and tv series (including Heroes, Lost, True Blood, The Wire and Firefly) to create Helping Haiti Heal, a home-grown effort to contribute to the growing humanitarian aid and charitable relief activities in Haiti.

This Saturday, January 23rd, at 2 P.M. EST, The Harry Potter Alliance’s Potterwatch, PotterCast, MuggleCast, Hogwarts Radio, and FictionAlley will come together for a live fundraising webcast on Livestream to benefit Partners in Health. This four hour live event will feature a donation drive where donors have the opportunity to win prizes (including complete set of signed Harry Potter books anda note from JK Rowling!), live performances from many wizard rockers; leaders in fan communities; personal interviews with Haitian-Americans about the importance of giving to Partners In Health; human rights activists; a representative from MIT’s Media Lab discussing ways that we can donate our time using new media; and much more.

We are excited to be performing as part of this incredible event. We have also contributed to the prizes available to donors! We are donating one of our old busted keyboards!

Be sure to tune in on Saturday to learn more!

Description:

Harry and the Potters’ Badly Used Keyboard
Roland Juno-D model
NON-FUNCTIONAL

Harry Potter Year 4 used this keyboard for nearly every Harry and the Potters show from 7/16/05 to 8/12/06, over 175 shows. It was also used in the recording of Harry and the Potters and the Power of Love. It was replaced after it started detuning mid-song on a very hot day in Dallas, Texas. It does not work (at least properly). It does power up, but won’t output sound. Really smart bidders may be able to fix it though. Does not include a power cable though (that’s long been busted!). We will gladly sign this and provide a certificate of authenticity.

From this picture you can get a sense of how many Juno-D keyboards we’ve used over the years. Ha!

Be sure and tune in Saturday! If you can’t, this auction will be going on until January 31st, so I’ll post more detail later. Did I mention there’s also a complete signed set of the Harry Potter books up for auction! The Mudbloods #1 guitar strap! There is seriously tons of amazing stuff in this auction, so please check it out! More details here!

UPDATE for the YULE BALL

Boston is expecting 4-8 inches of snow tonight!

Cambridge is still expecting an awesome wizard rock show tomorrow!

Last year, there was like 20 inches of snow before the Yule Ball and we played on! This year shouldn’t be any different. We aren’t scared of a measly 4 to 8 inches. In fact, we will revel in it! We will make a snowman and taunt him from stage - no way can he spoil our holiday cheer!

Doors for the show are at 5:00pm SHARP!

There are currently about 150 tickets left for the show, so if you have not purchased advanced tickets, you’ll will be able to see the show! Just show up at 5pm!

The order of bands is as follows:

Ed in the Refridgerators
Mary and the Grandpres
MC Kreacher
the Whomping Willows
Jason Anderson and 57th Street
Draco and the Malfoys
Harry and the Potters

We are happy to announce that this year, the Yule Ball will feature the debut of WIZARD STAND-UP. That’s right! Don’t miss this special night! In the future, you can tell your children that you were there at the first WIZARD STAND-UP show, long before there was a WIZARD STAND-UP EP of the Month Club or anything like wizstanduplopedia.com.

Also: this year we will be adding four new drinks to our potions-heavy drink menu. Be on the lookout for Amortentia, Pepperup Potion, the Brain Room and some Troll Bogies. These were all road-tested last weekend by your favorite wizard rock bands and they are sure to satisfy your discrimiating cocktail palate.

Once again, the show is still on. Doors are at 5pm! Get there early cause there are a ton of bands and stuff moves fast, so if you blink you could miss Dumbledore’s awesome stand-up routine.

Drive safe! See you tomorrow!
paul and joe

It’s that time of year again!

Ladies and gentlemen, witches and wizards, muggle and squibs, you are cordially invited to join us at our

5th Annual YULE BALL!

Sunday, December 20, 2008
Middle East Downstairs
5pm | ALL AGES | $20
480 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA

This is pretty much always our favorite show of the year! We hope you’ll join us once again for our 5th Annual YULE BALL! For the fifth year running, we’ll be celebrating the holidays at the Middle East downstairs.

We’ll be joined by:

Draco and the Malfoys
Jason Anderson and 57th Street
the Whomping Willows
MC Kreacher
Mary and the GrandPres
Ed in the Refridgerators

Formal-wear is encouraged!
$5 from each ticket will go to the Harry Potter Alliance!

Buy tickets through Ticketmaster or service charge-free at the Middle East box office. Be sure and get advanced tickets as THIS EVENT USUALLY SELLS OUT!!!

This is definitely one of our favorite shows of the year and we’re honored again to be joined by so many of our dearest musical friends. The Middle East will be serving up special wizard-themed drinks and we will do our best to test the human threshold of for festiveness. Be sure to throw on your fanciest dress robes, bring some cookies, bring some friends, and most importantly, bring your holiday cheer and join us in making this the best show of the year!

For those who can’t make it, we wish you and yours a most joyous of holiday seasons!

Happy holidays!
Paul and Joe
Harry and the Potters