End of an era (or is it?)

We're back for another season!!!! Yay yay yay wizard rock! Wizard rock forever!

The Witching Hour has loads of new music, stories, and more to share with you, dear listener. We'll be talking about Pottermore, reviewing Deathly Hallows part 2, airing our interview with Harry and the Potters, and hopefully getting into some super sweet discussions about the Potterverse, as usual.

This week we answer Oliver Boyd's song "End of an Era" with a resounding "Hey, no it's not!" Sure, things are changing, some aspects of wizard culture are changing, but it's not the end, not yet. But we still love the song.



So without further ado, the first episode of our FOURTH season:

Season 4 - Episode 1 - End of an era (or is it?)

"Harry Potter and the Remix of Death" by Mike Relm

"End of an Era" by Oliver Boyd & the Rememberalls

"Wizard Party Forever!!!" by the Whomping Willows

"A Phoenix Lament" & "Epilogue" by Ministry of Magic

"This is Never Going to End" by the Parselmouths

"The End" by the Remus Lupins

"When the Lights Go Out" by the Whomping Willows

"Post Potter Depression" by Lauren Fairweather

"Into the Night" by Ministry of Magic

"Hallelujah (The Boy That Lived)" by Talons & Tea Leaves

"Save Ginny Weasley from the House of Awesome" by Oliver Boyd & the Rememberalls

"My Dad is Rich" by Draco and the Malfoys

"The Firebolt (2010)" by Harry and the Potters

"House Elft 4 Life" by MC Kreacher

"Underwater" by the Giant Squidstravaganza

"Prefects are Hot" by the Moaning Myrtles

"For Those Who Are Desperate For Those Who Are Lost For Those Who Have Acne" by Bella's Love

"Problem Solving Skillz" by Harry and the Potters

"Insufferable Know-it-all Hermione Granger" by Gred and Forge

"Caught in your Devil's Snare" by Into the Pensieve

"Expelliarmus Kid" by Peeved

"Your Flying Car" by the Whomping Willows

"Whatever You Like" by DJ Ronald B

"The Weapon" by Harry and the Potters

Wizard rock greatest hits

Courtesy of Harry and the Potters.

Tune in this week for Mehera and Claire's favorite wizard rock songs of all time! This is the last regularly scheduled podcast of season three, but keep checking in with The Witching Hour throughout the summer for some exciting updates.

As a matter of fact…. in just a few weeks, we will be releasing Part 1 of our interview with Paul and Joe of HARRY AND THE POTTERS! That's right, guys, the one, the only, the original wizard rock band and the boys who brought it to life. We caught up with them in Portland on their Ride the Lightning tour on topics like the new movie release, Dear Mr. Potter, and more.

On top of that, we'll be SOLVING the mystery of Justin Finch-Fletchley and the pizza obsession! We chatted briefly with Justin in Portland and he finally answered why, why, why he's so into pizza.

So, without further ado, here's the tracks for the newest podcast:

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Greatest Hits

"XOXO Gossip Witch" by the First Task is Dragons
"Alohomora" by Pogo
"I'll Follow Their Son" by the Remus Lupins
"Problem-Solving Skillz" by Harry and the Potters
"My Dad is Rich" by Draco and the Malfoys
"Animals That Have Left Me" by the Mudbloods
"Trains, Doubts and Dreams" by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
"Portkey into Your Heart" by Into the Pensieve
"The Boy Who Lived" by Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls
"Taking You To School" by Dumbledore
"Bookworm" by Roonil Wazlib
"I Believe in Nargles" by the Whomping Willows
"Loosen Your Tie" by the Remus Lupins
"Hey Hey Ron" by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
"Just a Hufflepuff" by Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls
"Made to by a Gryffindor" by the Nifflers
"Pizza in the Hall" by Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills
"Accio Love" by Ministry of Magic (acoustiatus version)
"Pretty Girl" by Peeved
"Meet Me on Diagon Alley" by Ministry of Magic
"House of Awesome Theme Song" by the Whomping Willows
"Save Ginny" by Harry and the Potters
"Pensieve Diggory" by Ministry of Magic
"Eulogy, Book IV" by Philsopherock
"Woe is Me" by Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls
"Come On, Angelina" by Gred and Forge
"Who Are These Boyz?" by the Parselmouths
"Caught in Your Devil's Snare" by Into the Pensieve
"Underwater" by the Giant Squidstravaganza
"Bravest Man I Ever Knew" by Ministry of Magic
"The Burrow" by RiddleTM feat. the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
"I Am A Wizard" by Harry and the Potters

Pottermore

Have you heard? Jo has released the news on her exciting new project, "Pottermore."

We recommend the links below to get the full details.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYs1d3jAdG0&feature=player_embedded

http://www.pottermore.com/

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/06/jk-rowlings-pottermore-reveal-harry-potter-e-books-and-more.ars

Are you planning to sign up? What do you think of the name—weird? fitting? awesome? Share with us @ thewitchinghour.kwcw@gmail.com!

Wrock wrenditions, upcoming cons, and more!

This week on the Witching Hour we play some new and old wrock "wrendition" favorites—coupled with some wrock that focuses specifically on the wizard wrock genre and a discussion on Harry Potter conferences. If they intrigue you, the next Wrockstock is this Halloween in Missouri, LeakyCon 2011 is over the weekend of the release of Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 in Orlando, and next year is Ascendio, also in Orlando. Interested? It's never too late to get involved in an online Harry Potter community! (Except maybe in the case of this year's LeakyCon, as conference tickets are starting to sell out!)

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Wrock Wrenditions & Meta-Wrock #3

But to get to the music.... this week's songs are:

"99 Deatheaters" by Draco and the Malfoys
"Weasley Family" by the Holyhead Harpies feat. Catchlove
"Eulogy, Book VI" by Philosopherock
"We're the Students at Hogwarts" by Catchlove
"I'll Follow their Son" by the Remus Lupins
"Whatever You Like" by DJ Ronald B
"Like It's Quidditch" by the Station
"Ginny is a Punk Rocker" by the Whomping Willows
"I've Just Seen a Witch" by Madam Pince and the Librarians
"Hey Remus" by the Whomping Willows
"This Book is So Awesome" by Harry and the Potters
"This Book is So Awesome" by Ministry of Magic
"In Which Draco and Harry Secretly Want to Make Out" by the Whomping Willows
"Draco and Harry" by Into the Pensieve
"Wrock Fangirl" by House of Black
"This is Never Going to End" by the Parselmouths
"Rock with a W" by Buckbeak's Flight
"Big Magic Wreggae Party" by Mimbulus Mimbletonia
"I'm Bringin' Sneakoscopes" by the Sneakoscopes
"Bring Back Richard Harris" by Harry Potter and the Magic of Music
"Wizard Rock Heartthrob" by the Whomping Willows
"Thanks for the Potter Puppet Pals" by Harry Potter and the Magic of Music
"Potter Addict" by House of Black
"For Jo" by RiddleTM
"Wizard Rock Twist" by the Remus Lupins
"Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock" by Harry and the Potters

Edit: Sorry guys, it looks like I accidentally published the "raw" version of Wrock Wrenditions & Meta-wrock #3. You may need to re-download it if you want to hear the pretty-fied, quality version in iTunes or above. (I've fixed the link so it plays the right one!)

A Day at Hogwarts

Dear listener,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress

FIRS' YEARS THIS WAY!

OMG you guys, you've been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! in honor of your acceptance, we're doing a show to help you get in the mood for things you might encounter at Hogwarts, like people from different houses, difficult classes, Quidditch games, and so much more.

Season 3 - Episode 9 - A Day at Hogwarts

"Taking You to School" by Dumbledore
" by Harry and the Potters
"Hogwarts Here I Come" by Into the Pensieve
"What Up, Hogwarts?" by Big Whompy
"We're the Students at Hogwarts" by Catchlove
"Trains, Doubts, and Dreams" by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
"Potions, Dancing, Hexing and Romancing" by Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills
"House Song" by Ministry of Magic (and friends!)
"Go Go Gryffindors" by the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office feat. Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls
"In Which Green is the Best Color" by the Parselmouths
"We are Ravenclaws" by DJ Accio
"For all the Hufflepuffs" by the Remus Lupins
"Problem-Solving Skillz" by Harry and the Potters
"Pick Me in the Classroom" by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
"Pretty Girl" by Peeved
"Bookworm" by Roonil Wazlib
"History of Magic" by Gred and Forge
"Potions Yesterday" by Draco and the Malfoys
"Divination" by Gred and Forge
"APWBD" by the Remus Lupins
"My Baby" by Ministry of Magic
"Sybill Trelawney" by Catchlove
"Snape" by the Remus Lupins
"Captain of Gryffindor" by the First Task is Dragons
"Gryffindor Rally Cry" by Ministry of Magic
"Broomstick" by Draco and the Malfoys
"Chasin' Snitches" by the Cruciatus Curse
"SPEW" by Harry and the Potters
"Prefects are Hot" by the Moaning Myrtles
"Loosen Your Tie" by the Remus Lupins
"Hogsmeade Hop" by Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls
"Yuletide Anthem" by Kwikspell
"Hogwarts Lullaby" by the Veelas

It's 1975 all over again...

The loneliest Slytherin. Image courtesy of the Harry Potter Wiki

Finally, the latest podcast is out. This week the Witching Hour focuses on the key figures of Hogwarts, 1975: The Marauders, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, as well as Lily Evans and Severus Snape.

We want to dedicate this week's episode to our fan Tabitha for being such a faithful listener! This week's for you!

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Back in the Day (Marauders Era)

This week's tracks:

"My Parents Are Muggles" by Seen or Unforseen (as requested by Jesse!)
"Marauders' Map" by Ministry of Magic
"Baby I'm Back" by the Purebloods
"Great, I'm in Love with a Flower" by Padfoot and Prongs
"The Godfather" by Harry and the Potters
"The Godfather, Part II" by Harry and the Potters
"I Miss You" by the Purebloods
"The Veil" by the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
"Furry Little Problem" by the Marauders
"Teenage Werewolf" by the Rempus Lupins
"Hey Remus" by the Whomping Willows
"My Teacher is a Werewolf" by Harry and the Potters
"Love Song for Professor Lupin" by the Parselmouths
"Werewolf Love" by Tonks and the Aurors
"Beneath Your Scar" by Muggle Relations
"Peter Pettigrew, that Rat" by Catchlove
"Wormtail Soup" by the Marauders
"Honorary Marauder" by Tonks and the Aurors
"However Far Away" by Ministry of Magic
"Marauders Forever" by the Remus Lupins
"Marauders" by Danny Dementor
"Marauders' Worst Memory" by the Remus Lupins
"Snape's Worst Memory" by the Marauders
"Song of the Doe" by Reflections of Lily
"This Book is so Awesome" by Harry and the Potters
"Dear Mister Snape" by The Cruciatus Curse
"Snape vs. Snape" by Ministry of Magic
"Run Snape Run" by Harry Potter and the Magic of Music
"The Bravest Man I Ever Knew" by Ministry of Magic

Drumroll please....

Yes, it's true: It all ends on July 15, 2011. And it's already less than 100 days until that day rolls around.

Harry Potter series wins BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in 2011

Check it out—David Heyman, JK Rowling, most of the directors, Emma and Rupert all turn up to represent the now-OFFICIALLY most important movie series EVER!

Bet you didn't know...

Image courtesy of A Fort Made of Books

Fun fact: According to J.K. Rowling's web site, Harry became head of the Auror department in the Ministry in 2007.

Here at the Witching Hour, we love thinking about what our favorite wizard and company might be up to these days... Rufus Scrimgeour was an Auror back in his day, before becoming Minister for Magic. Please, Jo, don't tell us that Harry's going to follow his lead.

A magical blessing to anyone who can tell us how old Harry turns this coming July!

Hunt for the Horcruxes; also, SIX DAYS

Photo courtesy of Spencerette via Flickr.

Finally! A new podcast! After last week's recording fiasco we figured out the trouble and got the podcast recording software to behave again.

This week's theme drew inspiration (and wrock) heavily from Creevey Crisis's album VII, which chronicles each of the seven Horcruxes with a different song. It's kind of metal-y, so if that's your thing, definitely check it out. We may just have to add (w)metal to the growing list of genres played on the Witching Hour.

And remember, if you don't want to directly download the link here, you can always use iTunes to do your podcatching for you. Simply open iTunes, go to the iTunes store, and type "the Witching Hour" into the search bar. In the results, scroll down to the podcasts section. We're on the main page, on the right (the music one, next to the wiccan podcast). Otherwise, here you go:

Episode 10 - Season 2 - Hunt for the Horcruxes

This week's tunes:
"The Blood of a Prince" by Harry and the Potters
"The Diary" by Catchlove
"Song of the Locket" by Roonil Wazlib
"Ring" by Creevey Crisis
"The Diadem" by the Butterbeer Experience
"Harry" by Creevey Crisis
"Horcruxes" by Harry and the Potters
"Cup" by Creevey Crisis
"So This Is It (Taking Off That Locket)" by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
"The 7th Horcrux" by the Remus Lupins
"Diadem" by Creevey Crisis
"The Deathly Hallows" by the Cruciatus Curse

Tune in next week for songs along the theme The Final Battle. Check the Facebook event for more.

ALSO SIX DAYS UNTIL DEATHLY HALLOWS PART ONE GET PSYCHED.

Magical deeds are afoot!

Bad news, dear listeners. Very bad news. The program we use to convert our live broadcasts into podcasts FAILED this week! So that means, unfortunately, no podcast today. SO SO SORRY!

I am especially sorry to the beautiful and talented Caitlin Goldie, whose poem we read on air.

But that doesn't mean you should be deprived of the knowledge of what we played. We shared with our live listeners the Halloween charity album, A Hogwarts Halloween.

It's only $7!!! And all the proceeds go to the Harry Potter Alliance! So buy it anyways, k wizards?

In other news, the Witching Hour was interviewed for the Pio today, woo. Check it next Thursday around Whitman campus. It's an article about the Weeks of Wizardry OF COURSE.

Happy Halloween!

Obviously, as witches, we love Halloween. So go nom on some candy and scare some little kids. Just avoid the big trolls and the evil two-faced professors.







Check back here for Tuesday's show, A Hogwarts Halloween, which is all about a charity album for the Harry Potter Alliance!

In the coming weeks, look for more details on the Weeks of Wizardry, as well as all the deets from our shows about Horcruxes and HP7 in general.

Don't forget to get your ticket to the midnight premiere, too!

Luna Lovegood ft. TRISHA WAY

Image courtesy of Makani.

Two common themes this week on the Witching Hour: Luna Lovegood is awesome. And Trisha Way is awesome.

Trisha, our #1 fan, guest-starred this week to give listeners the 411 on Luna's quirkiest quirks. A few microphone issues down, we were in business. Tune in to the podcast for a few laughs and a lot of great Luna-inspired wrock.

Episode 8 - Season 2 - Luna Lovegood

Songs this week:

"Lovegood" by Ministry of Magic
"I Believe in Nargles" by The Whomping Willows
"Loony Luna" by The Quaffle Kids
"The Ballad of Neville and Luna" by The Remus Lupins
"Luna Lovegood" by RiddleTM
"We are the DA" by Oliver Boyd & The Rememberalls
"Luna Lovegood is OK" by Harry and the Potters
"Voldemort, Peace Off!" by The Basilisk in Your Pasta ** One of Trisha's favorites.
"Whatever You Like" by DJ Ronald B ** Also a Trisha favorite.
"Luna" by The Weasel King
"Save the Quibbler" by Gred and Forge
"I'll Love You Good" by Mimbulus Mimbletonia

THE END BEGINS

Whitman students: Look out. It's coming.

The Ministry of Magic — We're all the justice that you need!

This week on The Witching Hour, Mehera and Sara explore the anti-government sentiments that are rampant in wizard rock.

Season 2 - Episode 6! The Ministry of Magic!

Songs this week:
"At the Ministry" by the Butterbeer Experience
"Ministry of Magic" by Ministry of Magic
"A Ministry-Approved Christmas" by Peeved
"Cornelius Fudge is an Ass" by Harry and the Potters
"Down with the Ministry" by Justin Finch-Fletchley & the Sugar Quills
"Thoughts on the Ministry of Magic" by the Whomping Willows
"The Veil" by the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
"Stick it to Dolores" by Harry and the Potters
"We are the DA" by Oliver Boyd & the Rememberalls
"Prophecy" by the Cruciatus Curse
"Expulsion during Disapparation" by Harry and the Potters


P.S. pukey, pukey, pukey, pukey, pukey ON THE FLOOR.
P.P.S. If you don't get that last post script, DEFINITELY listen to this podcast.

Harry + Voldie 4 EVER

Photo courtesy of lughole.net.

I found this photo, a production shot from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, while googling for images of the Ministry of Magic for our upcoming show. At first glance, I thought it was some sort of deleted scene screen shot from the movie. It is totally messing with my head right now. Please allow it to mess with yours, too.



Check back later this week (because I know you totally do....) for the podcast on the Ministry of Magic.

love sara

Portus!

Any idea on what that spell does? It turns an ordinary object into a Portkey, obviously! Learn more about magical transportation in the Potterverse, and listen to some fantastic wizard rock while you're at it.

We now present Season 2, Episode 5 — Portus!

And now a new feature, the playlist from this week:
"Broomstick" by Draco and the Malfoys
"Flight" by Witherwings
"Firebolt" by Harry and the Potters
"Floo Powder" by Wrackspurt!
"Portkey into Your Heart" by Into the Pensieve
"Pensieve Diggory" by Ministry of Magic
"Get on the Bus" by Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls
"Freedom is Only a Hippogriff Away" by the Mudbloods
"On Thestral, We Ride" by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
"Your Flying Car" by the Whomping Willows
"Platform 9 3/4" by Harry and the Potters
"Meet Me on Diagon Alley" by Ministry of Magic
"Two Weeks to Myself" by Harry and the Potters

Also, become a follower through Google! Just follow the link below and to the left. You might earn yourself a shout-out.

Read about us in The Pioneer!

This week in Whitman College's student-run newspaper, The Pioneer, The Witching Hour was featured as the KWCW radio show of the week! It featured a short bio on the DJs, a history of the show, and some of our favorite tracks. Side note: Pio, we love you, but you need to work on your copy editing skillz. Also, you changed what we submitted. Uncool. If you're on campus, pick up a copy. If not, read it here:

Every Christmas the Weasley family gathers in their living room to listen to the latest hits on the Witching Hour. However, since the mysterious disappearance of the hosts of the Witching Hour from the Wizarding Wireless Network studios in Diagon Alley in 1998, Christmas has not been the same. Yet recent reports of wizard rock on the radio suggest the two hosts are alive and wrockin’. They appear to have relocated to Walla Walla, Washington and have taken the aliases of Mehera “this guitar is a horcrux” Nori and Sara “we r wizards” Rasmussen. Neither Mehera nor Sara are entirely certain how they ended up among muggles, but continue to celebrate the tales of their good friend Harry Potter and his triumph over He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. In January of 2010, Sara and Mehera revived their wizard rock radio programme for the sake of maintaining their wizard culture, and for the musical enjoyment of muggles. Wizard rock is an all-encompassing genre of (w)rock, (w)folk, (w)techno, (w)rap, and lyrics written to the tune of J.K. Rowling. Though Sara and Mehera are far from their home, the Weasleys are pleased to have the show back on the air (and on iTunes) once again.

Wizard Favorites:
“I am a Wizard” by Harry and the Potters
“Teenage Werewolf” by the Remus Lupins
“My Dad is Rich” by Draco and the Malfoys
“Ginny Gets Around” by Gred and Forge
“Voldemort, Peace Off!” by the Basilisk in Your Pasta

Catch The Witching Hour on Tuesdays from 3-4 p.m. on 90.5 FM Walla Walla, streaming online at KWCW.net, or as a podcast on iTunes. Visit our Facebook page or thewitchinghourkwcw.blogspot.com for more!


Look for our upcoming show, called Portus!, next week!

Wrockstravaganza? We wish.

Bad news, dear listeners.

Because of the poor audio quality of last week's wrockstravaganza, we won't have a podcast version for that episode. Fortunately, it was a special show featuring our favorite tunes, so you're not missing out on too many factoids or info on the latest flicks. If you are dying to know what we played, find our group on Facebook or e-mail us at thewitchinghour.kwcw@gmail.com and we'll let you know what songs you should BUY to support wizard rockers.

We'll have this week's show up soon, promise.

FIRST WEEK DOUBLE DOSE??

Hey guys!

Sara and I are doing a special 2-hour show tonight from 8-10 PM (Pacific Time)! We'll be playing some of our favorite wrock songs and doing some Tales of Beedle the Bard reading. So if you didn't get enough HP in your day yesterday, tune in tonight! (And if you can't tune in tonight, look out for the podcast.)


luv,
Sara+Mehera