Harry Potter fandom
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The Harry Potter fandom is a large international and informal community drawn together by J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The fandom is supported by a wide variety of media, including web sites, fan fiction, podcasts, fan art and songvids, and a distinct genre of music. Harry Potter fan fiction, stories based on the series but written by fans online, is the most searched-for subject of all fan fiction on the web, surpassing even those in the Star Trek fandom, or Trekdom.[1] However, the fandom not only interacts online in Internet forums, but also gathers at fan conventions and parties held for the release of each book and film.
The last three books have been so desired that considerable security measures have been taken to ensure that no book is sold or read before their official release date at midnight that morning.[2] A Maine bookseller said she had to sign a legal form stating that she wouldn't open the boxes of the books until that time, and that she would cover the boxes with blankets in her back room so they would not be seen.[3] For the release of the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, extra security will be added by limiting the number of librarians who handle the book prior to its release. Those who fail to comply with the written agreement, which employees must sign, could jeopardize those libraries' access to "future embargoed titles."[4]
Studies on the fandom have shown that both children and adults are fans,[5][6] despite Rowling's original marketing of the books towards children aged nine through twelve.[7]
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[edit] Pottermania
Pottermania is an informal term describing the craze Potter fans have over the series.[8] Fans hold midnight parties to celebrate at bookstores which stay open on the night leading into the date of the release.[9] In 2005, Entertainment Weekly listed the midnight release of Goblet of Fire as one of "Entertainment's Top Moments" of the previous 25 years.[10] For that release, 9000 FedEx trucks were used with no other purpose than to deliver the book.[6] Together, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble presold more than 700,000 copies of the book.[6] In the United States, the book's initial printing run was 3.8 million copies.[6] This record statistic was broken by Order of the Phoenix, with 8.5 million, which was then shattered by Half-Blood Prince with 10.8 million copies.[2] 6.9 million copies of Prince were sold in the U.S. within the first 24 hours of its release; in the United Kingdom more than two million copies were sold on the first day.[11]
Children who attend summer camps are unable to go to release parties or even have easy access to the new book because the last three books, and the next one, have all been released in the middle of summer. For Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this summer, camp counselors are taking different measures to allow their campers to experience the book at the same time that the rest of the world does; though camps won't allow their kids to be removed by their parents for the night, many of them order mass copies of the books, and some are planning a field trip to a local bookstore.[12]
In April 2007, Amazon.com, the online bookseller, announced a contest honoring the U.S. city which pre-orders the most copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from Amazon.com on a per capita basis. When the contest closes on July 15, 2007, Amazon will donate a $5000 Amazon gift certificate to a charity which it feels best serves the winning town. At the time of the contest's announcement, Falls Church, Virginia was the top town. More than 450,000 orders of the book have already been placed on Amazon.[13]
The craze over the series was parodied in the 2003 novel The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger. In the story, the protagonist Andrea Sachs is ordered to retrieve two copies of the next installment in the series for her boss's twins as soon as they are published so that they can be privately flown to France, where the twins and their mother are on holiday.[14]
[edit] Fan sites
There are thousands of fan web sites about Harry Potter on the Internet, the oldest ones dating to about 1997 or 1998.[15][16] J. K. Rowling has an open relationship with her fan base, and since 2004 periodically hands out a "fan site award" on her official web site.[17] The first site to receive the award was Immeritus, a fan site mostly devoted to Sirius Black, and about which Rowling wrote:[18]
| “ | I love this site, which I discovered towards the end of writing Order of the Phoenix, and which made me feel exceptionally guilty, as you can imagine [because Black dies at the end of the book]. I am so proud of the fact that a character, whom I always liked very much, though he never appeared as much more than a brooding presence in the books, has gained a passionate fan-club. | ” |
In 2004, after Immeritus, Rowling bestowed the honor upon four sites. The first was Godric's Hollow;[19] strangely, the site's domain name is occupied by advertisers and its content is lost,[20] and there is no further record on Rowling's site that Godric's Hollow ever received the award.[17] The next site was the Harry Potter Lexicon, an online encyclopedia Rowling has admitted to visiting while writing away from home rather than buying a copy of her books in a store. She called it "for the dangerously obsessive; my natural home."[21] The third site of 2004 was MuggleNet, a web site featuring the latest news in the Potter world, among editorials, forums, and a podcast. Rowling wrote when giving the award, "It's high time I paid homage to the mighty MuggleNet," and listed all the features she loved, including "the pretty-much-exhaustive information on all books and films."[22] The last site was HPANA, the first fan site Rowling ever visited, "faster off the mark with Harry Potter news than any other site" Rowling knows, and "fantastically user-friendly."[23]
In 2005, only The Leaky Cauldron was honored. In Rowling's words, "it is about the worst kept secret on this website that I am a huge fan of The Leaky Cauldron," which she calls a "wonderfully well designed mine of accurate information on all things Harry Potter."[24] On another occasion, Rowling has called the Leaky Cauldron her "favorite fan site."[25] In 2006, the Brazilian website Potterish was the only site honored, in recognition of its "style, [its] Potter-expertise and [its] responsible reporting."[26] It is the only non-English language website to be awarded so far. There have been no sites to receive the award yet in 2007.
These fan sites contain news updates into the world of the books, films, and film cast members, forums, image galleries, or video galleries.[27] Some sites host thousands of pieces of fan art, submitted by a wide variety of artists, often in the form of a contest.[28] It is also common to find sites (or simply YouTube member pages) devoted to fan videos, which are typically in the form of anime music videos or songvids.
[edit] Conventions
The Harry Potter fandom has held a number of conventions. The conferences have maintained an academic emphasis, and professional keynote speakers have attended. Steve Vander Ark, the webmaster of the Harry Potter Lexicon, spoke at Accio, a conference held in July 2005 at the University of Reading in Reading, Berkshire,[29] and Lumos, held in July 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.[30] Still, the conventions try to attract the fandom with other activities, often more interactive, such as wizarding chess, water Quidditch, the watching of Harry Potter films,[31] or local cultural immersions. At a number of conferences, The Leaky Cauldron's podcast PotterCast, MuggleNet's MuggleCast, or, as they are known when they collaborate, "The Leaky Mug," have recorded live.[31]
[edit] Fan fiction
Rowling has backed fan fiction stories on the Internet, stories written by fans that involve Harry Potter or other characters in the books.[32] A recent study has shown that "Harry Potter" is the most searched-for fan fiction subject.[1] Some fans will use canon established in the books to write stories of past and future events in the Harry Potter world; others write stories that have little relation to the books other than the characters' names and the settings in which the fan fiction takes place. On FanFiction.Net, there are upwards of 280,000 Harry Potter stories, the largest number for stories stemming from books; Lord of the Rings boasts second in the book section with close to 40,000.[33] There are numerous websites devoted entirely to Harry Potter fan fiction. Of these, Fiction Alley has grown to be so large that it is now a series of smaller sites under one name, each dedicated to a different style of writing, such as comedy or romance.[34]
Rowling has said, "I find it very flattering that people love the characters that much." She has adopted a positive position on fan fiction, unlike authors such as Anne McCaffrey or Anne Rice who discourage fans from writing about their books and have asked sites like FanFiction.Net to remove all stories of their works, requests honored by the site.[32] However, Rowling has been "alarmed by pornographic or sexually explicit material clearly not meant for kids," according to Neil Blair, an attorney for her publisher. The attornies have sent cease and desist letters to some sites that have adult material, some of which feature homosexual tendencies that do not exist in the book (known as "slash fiction") among characters.[35][36]
In the fall of 2006, Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Potter films, said that he has read fan fiction about his character; he said he gets "a huge kick out of the more far-out stuff."[37]
[edit] "'Ship debates"
- Further information: Shipping (fandom)#Harry Potter fandom
In the fandom the word "'ship" and its derivatives like "'shipping" or "'shipper" are commonly used as shorthand for the word "relationship." According to Emerson Spartz, webmaster of MuggleNet, "Romance in the books is the most prominent source of debate in the online fandom, where many of the fans border on obsessive, but casual readers will never understand what the big deal is."[38]
[edit] After Half-Blood Prince
At the end of Half-Blood Prince, after building up since Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Rowling tells the reader that Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley are in a relationship, and Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger are in another.[39] This caused great disappointment among those fans who favored a relation between Harry and Hermione,[38] and the hate was fueled when Spartz and Melissa Anelli, webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron, interviewed Rowling after the publication of the book. Spartz said, "We thought it was clearer than ever that Harry and Ginny are an item and Ron and Hermione—although we think you made it painfully obvious in the first five books[.]" Rowling agreed, and Spartz joked that Harry and Hermione partisans were "delusional." Though Rowling said immediately she still valued their readership, she established straightforwardly that "we do know now that it's Ron and Hermione," and added, "I do feel that I have dropped heavy hints. Anvil-sized, actually, hints, prior to this point. I certainly think even if subtle clues hadn't been picked up by the end of Azkaban, that by the time we hit [Viktor] Krum in Goblet..."[39]
Once the interview was published online, Harry/Hermione 'shippers were furious, one writing on an online message board, "That woman [Rowling] has completely destroyed my faith in ever having a real relationship."[38] Petitions were made, one asking Rowling to "immediately apologize for her remarks, … in particular the following words: 'Yes, we do now know that it's Ron and Hermione.'" It also demanded of Rowling to "rectify the situation in Book 7, clearing up any questions the few Ron/Hermione shippers (the truly 'delusional' ones) floating around might have about the one true romantic relationship that matters in the Harry Potter books, that of Harry and Hermione."[40] Spartz later apologized, admitting "delusional" might have been too harsh a word, but explained:[41]
| “ | My comments weren't directed at the shippers who acknowledged that Harry/Hermione was a long shot but loved the idea of them together. It was directed at the "militant" shippers who insisted that there was overwhelming canon proof and that everyone else was too blind to see it. You were delusional; you saw what you wanted to see and you have no one to blame for that but yourselves. | ” |
He also requested that they not "lash out on" Rowling: "the creator herself has laid down the law, it's time for you to lick your wounds and move on."[41] However, Harry/Hermione proponents continued to complain. On one message board, posters decided to unite against Spartz, Anelli and Rowling, writing that the new purpose of the forum was to "express your views and show why the evidence was there for the [Harry/Hermione] ship, even if Ms. Rowling, unfortunately, did not see it," and to "let her know the way you feel about her comments, or point out how, why and where she went wrong in her development of the characters, or simply discuss how she will have missed a golden opportunity to tell one of the greatest love stories ever told."[42]
[edit] Other relationships
On a less intense scale, other relationships have been formed in the fandom from suggestive hints or explicit statements throughout canon, such as those between Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson, Rubeus Hagrid and Olympe Maxime, or Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater.[43] A possible relationship between Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood was squashed by Rowling.[44] Some couples, besides Harry and Ginny and Ron and Hermione, have been explicitly stated in the series: Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour are to be married in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Nymphadora Tonks is depressed for most of Half-Blood Prince because Remus Lupin didn't want to engage himself into a relationship with her, due to his being a werewolf; when Tonks professes her love for him at the end of the book it appears that Lupin may come around.[43]
[edit] Roleplaying games
Roleplaying is a central feature of the Harry Potter fandom. There are two primary forms: internet-based roleplay and live-action roleplay, or LARP.
LARPing often involves re-enacting or creating an original Quidditch team. Match rules and style of play vary among fandom events, but they are generally kept as close as possible to the sport envisioned by Rowling. The 2006 Lumos symposium included a Quidditch tournament played in water.[45] More common are ground-based games such as the handball style developed by USA Team Handball and featured at the MuggleNet-sponsored Spellbound event, as well as the Muggle Quidditch style played intramurally at Millikin University (at left).[46]
Internet-based roleplay consists of many types of sites, which normally try to simulate the Hogwarts experience. Most sites are forum-based, which usually emphasise taking classes taught by staff members in order for the players to earn points for their respective houses. Some internet-based roleplay sites go more in depth into canon and storylines, and do not specifically rely on posting as the only method for gaining house points.
Other sites use modified versions of phpBB that allow for a certain level of interactive roleplaying and are what is commonly referred to as "forum-based roleplaying". Interactive gaming can include player versus player features, some form of currency for making purchases in stores, and non-player characters such as monsters that must be fought to gain levels and experience points. However, these features are more prevalent in games that are not forum-based. Advancement in such games is usually dependent on live chat, multiplayer cooperation, and fighting as opposed to taking classes or simply posting to earn points for the House cup.
[edit] Podcasts
A podcast is a media file that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.[47] The Harry Potter fandom has embraced podcasts as a regular, often weekly, insight to the latest discussion in the fandom, accessible on iPods or other portable players.
MuggleCast, hosted by MuggleNet staffers, was created in August 2005, not long after the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.[48] Topics of the first show focused on Horcruxes, "R.A.B.", the Goblet of Fire film, which was due for release two months later, and the website DumbledoreIsNotDead.com.[49] Since then, MuggleCast has held chapter-by-chapter discussions, character analyses, and a discussion on a "theory of the week." MuggleCast has also added humor to their podcast with segments like "Spy on Spartz," where the hosts would call MuggleNet webmaster Emerson Spartz and reveal his current location or activity with the listening audience. British staff member Jamie Lawrence tells a British joke of the week, and host Andrew Sims reads an email sent to MuggleNet with a strange request or incoherent talk.[50]
PotterCast was released less than two weeks after MuggleCast's first episode. Produced by The Leaky Cauldron, it differed from MuggleCast with a more structured program, including various segments and involvement of more people on the Leaky Cauldron staff compared to MuggleCast. It also was the first and is still the only Potter podcast to produce regular interviews with people directly involved with the books and films. The first show featured interviews with Stuart Craig, art director of the films, as well as Bonnie Wright, who plays Ginny Weasley. PotterCast has also interviewed Matthew Lewis (the actor who portrays Neville Longbottom), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe), Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, and Mike Newell (directors of the first four films), and Arthur A. Levine and Cheryl Klein (editors of the books at Scholastic).[51]
The two sites are friendly rivals and have aired a number of combined episodes, which they entitled The Leaky Mug, a separate podcast released on a separate feed from time to time. It has also been quite common for hosts on one podcast to appear on their counterpart. There have also been several of these live joint podcasts in New York City, Las Vegas, and in California.[51]
[edit] Fame and awards
Apple Inc. has featured MuggleCast and PotterCast on occasion.[52] MuggleCast reached the top spot of iTunes podcast rankings and has been polled one of the top 50 favorite podcasts.[53] At the 2006 Podcast Awards, when MuggleCast and PotterCast each received two nominations for the same two categories, the two podcasts teamed up and requested listeners vote for PotterCast in the Best Entertainment category and MuggleCast in the People's Choice category. Both podcasts won these respective categories.[54][55]
[edit] Wizard rock
Wizard rock is a musical movement dating from 2002 that consists of at least 200 bands made up of young musicians, playing songs about Harry Potter.[56] The lyrics are usually humorous and simple, and many bands write songs from the point of view of a particular character in the books, usually the character who features in the band's name. If they are performing live, they may also cosplay, or dress as, that character.[57] Though most fans of the music are previous fans of Harry Potter, some bands have attracted listeners outside of the Harry Potter fanbase.[58]
In contrast to mainstream bands that have some songs incorporating literary references (notably Led Zeppelin to The Lord of the Rings[59]) among a wider repertoire of music, the majority of wizard rock bands, such as Harry and the Potters, take their inspiration entirely from the Harry Potter universe.[57] In preserving the promotion of reading, too, bands like to perform in libraries, bookstores and schools.[60]
A number of wizard rock bands, Draco and the Malfoys, The Whomping Willows, The Parselmouths, and The Remus Lupins, will perform at the May 2007 fan convention Phoenix Rising.[61]
A full-length feature film project documenting the wizard rock movement, Wizard Rockumentary, is currently in production.[56]
[edit] See also
- Fan of Fantasy
- Harry Potter Fan Zone: News, info, galleries, videos.
- Harry Potter Lexicon: Online encyclopedia and reference guide.
- HPANA: Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator.
- MuggleNet: News, information, editorials, and media; with a featured podcast.
- The Leaky Cauldron: News, information, interviews, essays, forums, media; with a featured podcast.
- Veritaserum: News, information, galleries, forums, and videos.
- Wizard People, Dear Reader: A retelling/parody of the first Harry Potter film, written and performed by Brad Neely.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Hurd, Gordon. "Fantastic Fiction", Yahoo!, 2007-03-20. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
- ^ a b "Harry Potter hits midnight frenzy", CNN, 2005-07-15. Retrieved on January 15, 2007.
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- ^ "Libraries Must Follow Rules of Secrecy to Get New 'Potter' Book", Fox News, 2007-04-05. Retrieved on April 5, 2007.
- ^ Rucker, Philip. "The Magic Of 'Potter' Not Just For Kids", The Washington Post, 2005-07-21. Retrieved on February 28, 2007.
- ^ a b c d Fierman, Daniel. "Wild About Harry", Entertainment Weekly, 2005-08-31. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
- ^ "Harry Potter and Me", BBC, 2001-12-28. Retrieved on April 7, 2007. “Dear Mr. Little, I enclose a synopsis and sample chapters of a book intended for children aged 9-12.”
- ^ "Pottermania takes over the planet", BBC Newsround, 2004-06-08. Retrieved on January 15, 2007.
- ^ Simmons, Matthew. "Midnight magic for Potter fans", The Colorado Springs Gazette, 2005-07-16. Retrieved on January 15, 2007.
- ^ Entertainment's Top Moments. Entertainment Weekly (2005-08-31). Retrieved on March 14, 2007.
- ^ "Worksheet: Half-Blood Prince sets UK record", BBC Newsround, 2005-07-20. Retrieved on January 19, 2007.
- ^ Alston, Joshua. "Camp Deathly Hallows?", Newsweek, 2007-03-12. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
- ^ "Amazon.com Seeks Harry-est Town in America, Launches Muggle Counter", Amazon.com via CNN, 2007-04-04. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.
- ^ Weisberger, Lauren (2003). The Devil Wears Prada. New York City: Broadway Books, 79. ISBN 0-7679-1476-7.
- ^ Grunier, Stephanie, John Lippman. "Warner Bros. claims Harry Potter sites", ZDNet, 2000-12-20. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ Chandler, Jo. "Google-eyed over Harry", The Age, 2005-07-16. Retrieved on February 28, 2007.
- ^ a b Rowling, J. K.. Section: Fan Sites (English). J. K. Rowling Official Site. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ Rowling, J. K.. Section: Fan Sites: Immeritus (English). J. K. Rowling Official Site. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ J. K. Rowling Official Site: Timeline. The Harry Potter Lexicon. Retrieved on January 2, 2006.
- ^ Godricshollow.org. Retrieved on January 9, 2006.
- ^ Rowling, J. K.. Section: Fan Sites: The Harry Potter Lexicon (English). J. K. Rowling Official Site. Retrieved on January 2, 2006.
- ^ Rowling, J. K.. Section: Fan Sites: MuggleNet (English). J. K. Rowling Official Site. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ Rowling, J. K.. Section: Fan Sites: HPANA (English). J. K. Rowling Official Site. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ Rowling, J. K.. Section: Fan Sites: The Leaky Cauldron (English). J. K. Rowling Official Site. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ Rowling, J. K. (2003-06-26). JKR at Royal Albert Hall (QuickTime). The Leaky Cauldron. Retrieved on January 9, 2007.
- ^ Rowling, J. K.. Section: Fan Sites: Potterish.com (English). J. K. Rowling Official Site. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ Anelli, Melissa. A Brief (Believe it or Not) History of the Leaky Cauldron. The Leaky Cauldron. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
- ^ Tynion, Julie. "Fan Art Contest - Design a "Deathly Hallows" Book Cover", The Leaky Cauldron, 2006-12-23. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
- ^ Accio Schedule of Events. Accio 2005. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
- ^ Lumos 2006: Academic Programming. Lumos 2006. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
- ^ a b Lumos 2006: Programming - Schedule. Lumos 2006. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
- ^ a b "Rowling backs Potter fan fiction", BBC, 2004-05-27. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
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- ^ A Bit About FictionAlley. FictionAlley. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ "Potter fans produce Potter fiction", HPANA, 2003-06-18. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ Pauli, Michelle. "Fan fiction", The Guardian, 2002-12-05. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ VanderArk, Steve. "The Lexicon Visits The Magic Factory (part one)", The Harry Potter Lexicon, 2006-11-24. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ a b c Chonin, Neva. "If you're an obsessed Harry Potter fan, Voldemort isn't the problem. It's Hermione versus Ginny.", San Francisco Chronicle, 2005-08-03. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ a b Anelli, Melissa; Emerson Spartz (2005-07-16). The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Two. Accio Quote!. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ Harry and Hermione are destined for each other. Petition Spot. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ a b Spartz, Emerson. "THE INTERVIEW! Part two", MuggleNet, 2005-07-20. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ The Wall of Shame Special Edition: Shippers. MuggleNet. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ a b Possible Couples. MuggleNet. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ Rowling, J. K.. Luna and Neville will hook up in HP&THBP. J. K. Rowling Official Site. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
- ^ Water Quidditch. Lumos 2006. Retrieved on February 16, 2007.
- ^ Spellbound!. MuggleNet (2005-06-06). Retrieved on June 29, 2006.
- ^ Arthur, Charles and Jack Shofield. "Short shrift", The Guardian, 2006-01-12. Retrieved on January 21, 2007.
- ^ MuggleCast: About. MuggleCast. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
- ^ "MuggleCast EP1 Transcript", MuggleCast, 2005-08-07. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
- ^ MuggleCast Episodes 1 - 10. MuggleCast. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
- ^ a b PotterCast is the Harry Potter podcast brought to you by The Leaky Cauldron. PotterCast. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
- ^ "Book corner: Secrets of Podcasting", Apple Inc., 2005-09-08. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
- ^ "Mugglenet.com Taps Limelight's Magic for Podcast Delivery of Harry Potter Content", PR Newswire, 2005-11-08. Retrieved on January 31, 2007.
- ^ Anelli, Melissa. "PotterCast Voted Best Entertainment Podcast at Podcast Awards", The Leaky Cauldron, 2006-08-15. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
- ^ Sims, Andrew. "MuggleCast wins Peoples Choice Award", MuggleNet, 2006-10-02. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
- ^ a b Brady, Shaun. "Yule Ball rolls into Philly", The Philadelphia Daily News, 2006-11-28. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
- ^ a b Sweeney, Emily. "Sibling musicians bring out the 'punk' in Harry Potter", The Boston Globe, 2004-09-16. Retrieved on January 26, 2007.
- ^ Rose, Lacey. "Wizard Rock", Forbes, 2005-07-13. Retrieved on January 26, 2007.
- ^ Gleason, Janelle. "Four reasons you should raid your parents' music collection", Fort Wayne News Sentinel, 2007-01-04. Retrieved on January 26, 2007.
- ^ Harry and the Potters: The Band. Harry and the Potters. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
- ^ "Wizard Rockers to play at Phoenix Rising", Wizard News, 2007-01-30. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
[edit] References
[edit] "Fan Site Award" winners
- Godric's Hollow as of 2004-06-05, 13:51:45, as recorded in the Internet Archive
- The Harry Potter Lexicon
- HPANA
- Immeritus
- MuggleNet
- Potterish
- The Leaky Cauldron
[edit] Conventions
[edit] Podcasts
[edit] Wizard rock
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Dumbledore is Not Dead, an essay referenced by both podcasts and Rowling
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