Stop Standing Still - BETA

So I loaded up a couple of more shows into the database tonight.

Nerdcore

First I just got word today from the Megaman himself, Random, about a handful of shows coming up between now and April.

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Dec 6 2007
TBA
Ft Lauderdale, Florida

Dec 20 2007
Court Tavern
Mash it Up Thursday
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Jan 4 2008
TBA
Los Angeles, California

Jan 5 2008
Anime Los Angeles
Burbank, California

Apr 25 2008
Mid Tennessee Anime Convention
Sheraton Music City
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Wizard Rock

For the WRockers around Southgate, MI, we’ve got a show by The Chinese Chomping Cabbages and Tonks & the Aurors at Modern Exchange on Nov. 25th.

And finally, I just got word on a Canadian Yule Ball happening outside of Toronto, in Mississaugua, Ontario on December 15th. I’m a little scarce on information about this show (like a more specific location), but I’ve added what I do have. Luckily what I do have includes the line up. Here you go,

Treacle Tart
The Chinese Chomping Cabbages
The Hufflepunks
Tonks & the Aurors
Olver Boyd & the Rememberalls

I’ve got an email in with Treacle Tart looking for more info, so hopefully I’ll have something soon.

That’s it for tonight. As always, if you’ve got tips on shows or comments about the site in general, my email is in the side bar.

The last week has brought news on not one, but two major events in the Wizard Rock world. And not even a month after the legendary WRockstock.

First up, Harry and the Potters have released word on the much anticipated Yule Ball. The evening of WRock goodness has been expanded this year from one night to two! Here’s the skinny.

Night One of the Ball will be held at the Brandeis University’s Levin Ballroom, located at 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454. Doors will be at 7PM and there will be a $10 cover charge ($5 for kids under 12). The show will be all ages (duh!) and will be opened to non-students. The evening will feature the following performers,

Harry and the Potters
Jason Anderson and the Best
the Whomping Willows
Potter Puppet Pals
Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills

As a side note, why am I not really surprised that the only non WRock act of the night is a guy who’s recorded for K Records? Oh yeah, because all WRock kids are K fans just waiting to bloom. (seriously, go buy some albums on K)

(no seriously! you’ll thank me later)

Night Two of the Ball will be a return to old haunts as the event returns, for its third year, to the Middle East Downstairs, located at 480 Mass Ave, Central Square, Cambridge, MA. Doors will be at 5PM and there will be a $12 cover charge (three of those dollars go to the Harry Potter Alliance). According the the Potters this event WILL sell out, so get your tickets on November 12th when they go on sale.

Wait a minute. That’s today! Well that’s what is on the Potters myspace page, but the Middle East is showing November 15th as the sale date. Keep an eye on the calendar and I’ll update with any info I get.

Anyways, performers for this night will be as follows,

Harry and the Potters
Draco and the Malfoys
Uncle Monsterface
Math the Band
Remus and the Lupins
and special guests!

And after getting harassed before by a certain California based werewolf, I just want to point out that I did double check that I had the right Lupins this time. If it is wrong, it is the Potters fault, not mine.

So that’s your holiday lined up for you. Now, what do we have for summer? How about the weekend after a certain geek’s birthday?

Why, the goblins behind Magus ‘08 have you all taken care of.

Showing the lovely DIY attitude that makes WRock so great (and reminds me of K Records *cough**cough*) these goblins decided to stop wishing for a local fest and created one of their own. This week they announced dates for the inaugural event.

June 20th through the 22nd will find Magus 2008 being born in the hills of West Virginia, just east of Morgantown. The site for the fest will be Chestnut Ridge Park. Fans who are definitely going to attend the event are being asked to drop a line at magusgoblins@gmail.com. The more people who attend the event, the lower the ticket prices will be.

Performers for the event so far include,

The Blibbering Humdingers
The Chinese Chomping Cabbages
The Cruciatus Curse
Dumbledore’s Army
The Grey Ladies
Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills
Snidget
The Sugar Quills
Tonks and the Aurors

Anyone event remotely close to Morgantown, WV really needs to be at this show. Having been an attendee at more then a couple of shows in WV, including a few festivals, there is something about those hills. It is an old magic and it results in one hell of a good time. Don’t miss this one!

OK, that’s all the news that’s fit to print at the moment. As always, feel free to drop me a line with comments or show tips, my email is in the side bar. Have a good night.

While the site is still in Beta mode, I’m going to be making various tweaks to make the site easier to use and navigate. If you have any comments or ideas, please don’t hesitate to drop me a note. You’ll find my address in the side bar under Contact.

While I won’t be mentioning every change I make, I’ve just finished making two changes that I think are fairly substantial and I wanted to draw attention to them. Both of these changes can be found in the side bar.

The first change I wanted to mention are the links under the Calendar heading. I realize that, while I’d love the site to help expose people to different scenes, most people probably only care about finding dates that pertain to their own scene. To help facilitate this, I’ve set up these links. Each link leads to the calendar application, but puts a filter on the dates that are shown. The dates themselves are the same dates that you would normally see, just filtered to only show a certain scene. As before, you can click on the Calendar link, either in the side bar or the header, and you will be shown all of the dates.

The second change is similar. One of the nice things with Wordpress (the blogging tool I’m using) is that you can provide RSS feeds that are filtered based on the tags that are attached to a post. I’ve decided to use this feature to let people choose what news they want to hear about.

Now that the site has been around for a week or so and people have had a chance to visit and see the Welcome message, I’m going to start posting more on this blog. The posts will include site news like this post, notices when I’ve added or updated dates, late breaking news on shows already in the database, and special shows that I want to draw attention to. The different feeds will allow users to stay up to date on information about shows they care about, while being able to ignore information that they don’t care about.

As with the Calendar link, you can click on the RSS link and get the unfiltered feed, or you can grab one or more of the sub links and only get information on that scene. I’ll warn you though that I will sometimes combine information about various scenes in a single post, especially when I’m updating people on shows that I’ve loaded into the system. So, if the post doesn’t look like something you care about, keep reading.

Beyond the four “scenes” that are also listed under the calendar heading, you will also find the Site News link. This will be posts like this one, telling you about things that are happening with the site itself.

Even if you are subscribed to one of the filtered feeds, you can always come back and look at this page to see all the posts that I have made. You may also notice the Categories and Recent Post sections in the side bar, which will also allow you to filter through what I’ve posted to the site.

That’s it. Again, if you have any comments or suggestions about how I can make this site easier to use, please do not hesitate to email me.