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Raise Your Wands
Wizard rock arrives at the library
U
Draco and the Malfoys — did a library tour
nless you’ve been living under a
across the United States that was featured
ginormous rock or in a cave in
on NPR. Even MTV recently did a piece
the Alps, you undoubtedly know
on this unique genre’s appeal to main-
that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
stream America thanks to the Internet and
— the final entry in J. K. Rowling’s wildly
Potter fanatics.
popular book series —
The Remus Lupins,
Thankfully, the specta-
will appear on shelves on
The Parselmouths
cle that is rock ‘n’ roll li-
July 21. And considering
4 pm Tuesday, June 26
brary touring will be com-
the film version of Harry
Downtown Library
ing to Eugene this sum-
Potter and the Order of
FREE
mer. The Remus Lupins
the Phoenix (book five, if
hit the Downtown Library one week after
you’ve lost track) comes out July 11,
their second album, I Was a Teenage
chances are great the world will collec-
Werewolf, is released. The music of The
tively shut down for the entire month of
Remus Lupins ranges from epic ballads to
July. Mark my words: If aliens want to
cooky piano rock stompers like “Loosen
catch us unaware, this will be the perfect
Your Tie,” from their debut, Spells From a
time.
Broken Wand. Handclaps, ba-ba-bas and
What you may not know, however, is
random shouts from backup singers often
that within the last couple years, an entire
accompany singer/guitarist Alex Carpenter
music subculture has been spawned from
as he warbles about his “awesome scarf” or
the world of Harry Potter: wizard rock.
laments the tragic death of Cedric Diggory.
More than 200 bands have come up with
Of course, the idea of taking rock ‘n’
clever names (The Hermione Crookshanks
roll music into a library is probably galling
Experience, for example) and written rock
enough to make old-fashioned librarians
‘n’ roll, punk, acoustic and even dance
want to quit their jobs and start whisper-
songs about everything from going to
filled protests, but by using slogans such as
Hogsmeade to saving Ginny Weasley from
“Fight evil, read books,” and displaying a
deadly basilisks. There is an engaging pu-
lyrical appreciation for dozens of events
rity to the music these bands make since
and themes found in these stories, bands
the often campy songs ooze with absolute
like The Remus Lupins are showing that
joy and silliness. These folks genuinely
you can have a good time with books and
have fun mixing their love of music and
music simultaneously.
Harry Potter.
And that’s a combination that might
The phenomenon of wizard rock has
scare He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named even
been growing so much that last summer,
more than does Our Hero, Harry.
two bands — Harry and the Potters and
ew
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