This was a tough piece to write. There's a school of journalism that you might call the what-will-those-crazy-nerds-think-of-next! school. That is not the school at which I wish to matriculate. I wanted to give a genuine unsnarky, unwinking account of what Wizard Rock actually is. This is not something that contemporary journalistic rhetoric is particularly configured to do. But I hope it comes across relatively undistorted. (Though I notice "DeGeorge" became "Degeorge" somehow, at least in the online version. To Azkaban with the copyeditors.)
At any rate, Swish & Flick have now, irreversibly, been mentioned in Time magazine. That seems important somehow. (Give a listen to the Swish & Flick theme song, the first track on their MySpace page. Unreal. Esp Flick's heavily vocoded outro at 2:50: "Ha-a-a-a-rry Po-o-o-o-o-tteeerrrrr ... "
Hrm. There's Wizard Rock, Timelord Rock, even Browncoat Rock.
You know what we don't see a lot of music about?
Church
Jul. 13, 2009 10:49:am
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Do any of these Wizard Rock bands do a version of All Along the Watchtower?
Kemper
Jul. 13, 2009 11:39:am
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I want to start a band that plays LOST music. Sorry Charlie, but I might have to steal the song title "Monster Ate the Pilot"...
@Kemper: hehe.. so subtle I almost missed it... Do Muggles begin to hear the Watchtower playing before they find out they have wizarding powers?
suiter
Jul. 13, 2009 13:30:pm
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I never have understood the wizard mystique. Harry Potter never did it for me, even when I was in third grade. (The first book came out that year.)
I was far more interested in knife fighting and martial arts. Maybe it's just me. I seem to be one of the few people that hasn't read/reread the HP series.
walkinghbomb
Jul. 13, 2009 15:16:pm
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