We Are Wizards is a glimpse into the world of fans inspired by Harry Potter and who have taken their love for the series a step further by creating songs, forming bands, establishing fan sites, and organizing campaigns in the name of fandom. Josh Koury’s documentary mainly pays homage to the small musical genre known [...]
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November 15th, 2008 — , Brad Neely, Bradley Mehlenbacher, Brian Ross, Caryl Matrisciana, Harry Potter Culture, Heather Lawver, Henry Jenkins, Joe DeGeorge, Josh Koury, Melissa Anelli, Paul DeGeorge, We Are Wizards from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
Four Houses, Four Types of Readers?
October 22nd, 2008 — , Harry Potter Culture, Harry Potter Great Books, Harry Potter Great Literature, Harry Potter Sorting Houses, Hogwarts School of Literature, John Granger from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
Professor Stephen Brown of Ulster University, after conducting an interview study of readers ages 7 and up, says there are four types of Harry Potter readers, and they correspond to the four houses:
His research found ‘Hufflepuff’ readers take the tales at a slow, steady and systematic pace and enjoy re-reading the books over and over.
‘Gryffindor’ [...]
Hog’s Head PubCast #58: Movies, Books, and Culture
August 27th, 2008 — , Harry Potter Culture, Harry Potter and culture, Harry Potter movies, Podcasts from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
How do we read Harry Potter? How does our culture read it? What are the effects of celebrity culture on the experience of Story?
You can subscribe to the Hog’s Head PubCast through iTunes, or Odeo, and VOTE for The Hog’s Head for the month of August at Podcast Alley.
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Daniel Radcliffe Naked: Who Cares?
August 25th, 2008 — , Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Harry Potter Culture, Harry Potter movies, Monday Magical Musings, Rupert Grint from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
by Travis
I’m wondering what the marriage of celebrity culture to great literature is doing to Harry Potter.
The extent to which film has become normative in our culture is profound, especially as it relates to literature. We all used to joke about getting the movie version in order to do book reports in school (much to [...]
Half-Blood Prince Game, The Sequel!
August 22nd, 2008 — , Grand Theft Auto, Harry News and Commentary, Harry Potter Culture, World of Warcraft, simulation, spinoff, videogames from Dave the Longwinded @ The Hog's Head
by Dave
An article on The Leaky Cauldron has touched on a different issue concerning the Harry Potter videogames: the potential that they might keep making them after Deathly Hallows. The game industry does have a habit of running moneymaking franchises into the ground, especially if they have marketing tie-ins that reach audiences outside of [...]
Potter Fans Happy About Half-Blood Prince Movie Delay
August 17th, 2008 — , Azkatraz San Francisco, Azkatraz and Half Blood Prince movie, Harry News and Commentary, Harry Potter Culture, Harry Potter conferences, The Movies from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
I suggested, upon hearing the news of the delay of the Half-Blood Prince movie, that the only silver lining to the news would be for Azkatraz 2009 attendees. The LA Times got a note from a member of Team Azkatraz, Heidi Tandy, saying that very thing. There is no way they’ll be able to accommodate everyone [...]
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Marauder’s Map: Potter Events From Now Till Half-Blood Prince
August 15th, 2008 — , Beedle the Bard, Half-Blood Prince movie, Harry News and Commentary, Harry Potter Culture, Harry Potter conferences, Harry Potter events, John Granger, Melissa Anelli book, Tales of Beedle the Bard, The Movies, academic books on Harry Potter from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
Despite the fact that the supposed next big Potter event - the release of the Half-Blood Prince film - has been delayed till next summer, the Potterverse will be alive and kicking, with lots of key events, until that film release. Here’s a breakdown, in as close to chronological order as possible. Consider this your magical [...]
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The “Real” Platform 9 & 3/4
August 10th, 2008 — , Harry Potter Culture, Platform 9 3/4 from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
If you haven’t yet seen the “real” Platform 9 & 3/4, check out this video from the Baby Blue Cafe.
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August 5th, 2008 — , Harry Potter Conference, Harry Potter Culture, Hogwarts School of Literature, James Thomas, Termins from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
Sadly, I’m unable to attend Terminus, the Harry Potter conference in Chicago which starts Thursday of this week. I do, however, want to encourage any Hog’s Head readers, if you’re going, to make sure you attend James Thomas’s presentation. Here is the abstract:
The Omegas in the Alphas: Rowling’s Dazzling Use of Foreshadowing
James Thomas
Rowling’s Harry Potter [...]
Harry Potter This Week: Half Blood Prince Trailer, Harry’s Birthday
July 27th, 2008 — , AOL Half-Blood Prince Trailer, Half Blood Prince Teaser Trailer, Half-Blood Prince trailer, Harry News and Commentary, Harry Potter Alliance, Harry Potter Culture, Harry Potter's Birthday, J.K. Rowling's Birthday, Jim Dale, Portus 2008, The Movies from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
It should be a fun forthcoming week in Harry Potter’s world.
Tuesday, the 29th, the Half-Blood Prince Trailer will be appearing exclusively on AOL. It will be our first live-action look at the new film. I really enjoyed what Yates did with Order of the Phoenix, but I have to admit I’m a bit nervous about this [...]
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Happy Birthday, Deathly Hallows
July 21st, 2008 — , Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter Alliance, Harry Potter Culture, John Granger, Pensieve from Travis Prinzi @ The Hog's Head
by Travis
What were you doing at this time last year? You were reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I remember dropping Sophia off with Tricia’s mom and heading to the park on two hours’ sleep (I had read until 5am), and then reading all day long.
Today marks the anniversary of the release of Deathly [...]
HP a “New Classic”
June 25th, 2008 — , Harry News and Commentary, Harry Potter Culture, goblet of fire from Dave the Longwinded @ The Hog's Head
by Dave
Jamie and I subscribe to Entertainment Weekly, my favorite section of which is Stephen King’s monthly column in the back of the magazine. While the magazine certainly isn’t especially critically aware or anything, their latest issue lists what they believe are the “new classics” of film, television, books, and videogames. “New Classics” [...]
Wizard Rocking with Draco and the Malfoys
June 13th, 2008 — , Draco and the Malfoys, Harry Potter Culture, Wizard Rock from Behold a Phoenix @ The Hog's Head
by Johnny
Last night I made my way to the Sidewalk Cafe on Avenue A and 6th in Manhattan to see Draco and the Malfoys perform. Before they went on stage, we were treated to performances by Swish & Flick, Justin Finch-Fletchley of the Sugar Quills, and Whompy from the Whomping Willows. It was something to [...]
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