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Riddikulus! 2012: A Rolling Wizard Rock Festival
with Lauren Fairweather, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Tonks and the Aurors, Snidget, The Whomping Willows, and I Speak Tree!
Friday 6.8.12 | 6:30pm | Providence RI
AS220
115 Empire Street
Providence RI
Admission: $8, ALL AGES
Saturday 6.9.12 | 7pm | New Haven CT
The Space
295 Treadwell Street
Hamden, CT 06514
Admission: $10, ALL AGES
Sunday 6.10.12 | NJ/NY
TBA
Monday 6.11.12 | 6pm | Rochester NY
Henrietta Public Library
455 Calkins Road
Rochester, NY
FREE, ALL AGES
Tuesday 6.12.12 | 5:30pm | Cuyahoga Falls OH
Cuyahoga Falls Library
2015 Third Street
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
FREE, ALL AGES
Wednesday 6.13.12 | 7pm | Ypsilanti MI
Daye’s Barn
5515 Crane Rd
Ypsilanti, MI
Admission: $5, ALL AGES
Thursday 6.14.12 | 4:30pm | Elyria OH
West River Branch Library
1194 West River Rd. North
Elyria, Ohio 44035
FREE, ALL AGES
Friday 6.15.12 | 7pm | St. Louis MO
Lafayette Park United Methodist Church
2300 Lafayette Ave
St. Louis, MO 63104
Admission: $5, ALL AGES
Saturday 6.16.12 | 12:30pm | St. Louis MO
Florissant Valley Branch Library
195 New Florissant Road South
St. Louis, MO 63031
FREE, ALL AGES
Sunday 6.17.12 | TBA | Chicago IL
Monday 6.18.12 | 6pm | Indianapolis IN
Lazy Daze Cafe
10 Johnson Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46219
FREE, ALL AGES
Tuesday 6.19.12 | Time TBA | Marlinton WV
Pocahontas County Opera House
818 3rd Avenue
Marlinton, WV 24954
FREE, ALL AGES
Wednesday 6.20.12 | 5pm | Pittsburgh PA
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main Library
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
FREE, ALL AGES
Thursday 6.21.12 | 8pm | New York NY
Sidewalk Cafe
94 Avenue A (at 6th Street)
Manhattan NY
FREE, ALL AGES
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The Whomping Willows - From Ginny To Luna (Official Music Video!) (by thewhompingwillows)
New amazing song from the man who got me into wizard rock.
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Help The Whomping Willows, Lauren Fairweather, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Tonks and the Aurors, Snidget, and I Speak Tree go on an all-new wizard rock experience this summer—a ROLLING Wizard Rock Festival!
Details on how you can help out (and earn fantastic thank you gifts) and tour dates are listed at the link.
Discount on Whomping Willows merchandise for purchasing When I Was Your Age? Why thank you! [Click the link for details!]
A. I received this question via twitter from @loveofstrings, and I have to admit that it threw me for a loop. My immediate reaction was “Yeah, he’s released like 8 of them already,” and then I remembered that The Whomping Willows is actually a collab between the Whomping Willow and the human he possesses…
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All Bark, No Bite—The Whomping Willows
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Wow. Is it really that time of year again? Am I really posting another one of these retrospective end-of-year blogs? Am I really still in a wizard rock band? Are you my real mom? WHO AM I?! (Answer key: 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. 4. Results of DNA test still pending. 5. Matt Maggiacomo!)
As always Matt’s end-of-years blogs about the state of his band (and as a microcosm of wizard rock as a whole) always feels spot on and exciting to me. Personally, I can’t wait to see the next chapter any of my favorite wrock bands decide to write. (Though really, if any wrockers are struggling with ideas, I know some fanfic writers you can bounce ideas with. ;) )
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House Tie On & Up: Wrock Show Recap
I went to see a Wrock show last night. The lineup was Witherwings, Snidget, Lauren Fairweather (Maggiacomo), and the Whomping Willows. Originally, Justin Finch Fletchley was supposed to play, but he skipped out on this show for some unspecified reason.
I’ve done library and music venue Wrock shows before, but this one was held in a youth center/house in Springfield. There were maybe 20 people there total, and it was definitely very different than the other Wrock shows I’ve been to. Witherwings played first, and spilt her set between a few songs with a backing track full band style and a few songs with her accompanying herself on piano. I think both work equally well for her, but have different appeals. There was definitely a high level of audience participation and interaction throughout the show, which was a nice benefit of the small space. Snidget was next, and ended up sitting on the floor to play her Dulcimer, so that was a pretty unique view and interaction as well. She had the whole crowd sing along to the bridge on the “sad Colin Creevey song” that I should probably figure out the name of, and it ended up sounding really pretty, since people were singing and not yelling along like they might at a larger show (not that that doesn’t have it’s merits as well). She also did an Capella song with Lauren, which was a really pretty lullaby. Lauren sang most (if not all) of her Prince’s Tale EP for her set, which was sad but really good as well. Matt got a little louder and had some standing up and dancing going on throughout the set, but the show overall still kept a pretty chill feel. It was also nice to hear a couple of Matt’s non-Wrock songs from his upcoming CD, because I was interested in how that was going to go.
While the show wasn’t screaming and jumping and all that normally goes with Wrock shows, I really liked it for what it was. It was one tiny room with all of us together, no actual stage, and seats stuck where they fit. The show definitely had more of a personal community feel, rather than the group identity of bigger shows. I also got some great pictures, so those will probably go up later.
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matt maggiacomo (of the whomping willows), grace kendall (of snidget) and lauren fairweather (of the moaning myrtles) were very excited about butterbeer whoopie pies. get the recipe here!
The Orlando show was kind of beyond fun and if you’re looking for a recipe for a party, I highly recommend making the Butterbeer Whoopie Pies! They were delicious!
That awkward moment when you’re not a wizard, you’re a tree.
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