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Whomp The House Tour 3: Fatigue, Surrogate Families, and The Future of Wizard Rock
Note: This blog was written 36 hours ago, which can be an eternity in tour time. I’m not exactly sure why it’s been impossible for me to write a second tour blog until now. Probably has something to do with the fact that I’m more or less braindead and have been for weeks. Maybe braindead [...]
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Whomp The House Tour 3: Hope
It’s difficult to know where to begin. We’re nearly two weeks in and it’s been the usual series of ups and downs — mostly ups though, and morale is mostly high at the moment. We’re in a Best Western motel in Hope, Arkansas — the birthplace of President Bill Clinton. We drove around town tonight [...]
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Whomp The House Tour 3: I Am A Dork
It’s times like these that I realize what a huge dork I am. After having lunch with my father today, I immediately snapped into action, rolling and taping a few remaining t-shirts, putting the finishing touches on my (heavily organized) merch packing, setting up an example merch table in my living room so I have [...]
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Whomp The House Tour 3: The Virtues Of House Parties
If I was asked to put together a list of my top ten favorite shows of all time, one might expect me to include all of the biggest ones: LeakyCon, Prophecy, Wrock Chicago, the Yule Balls, Wrockstock, and so forth. Certainly, those shows would be among the first to come to mind; the big shows [...]
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Whomp The House Tour 3: Mental Preparation
A tour really begins the moment you start booking it – you have to cut a path across the country in your mind before you can cross it physically. I’ve imagined this entire tour several times over; the point A to point B to point C of constructing that initial schedule, the forced rearrangement of [...]
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No New Stuff '09: In Which Matt Breaks His Camera
It’s not the end of the world, but it really is a pain in the butt to break your camera when you’re in the midst of a vlogging project that involves a personal spending freeze. Oops. Find out how I broke my camera, who’s really to blame, and what I intend to do about it [...]
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No New Stuff '09: Bright Lights, Big City
I took a trip to NYC yesterday and went for a six-mile walk around Manhattan. Did I break down and buy something new? Find out by clicking this link! -Matt
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Introducing Paul and Matt's NO NEW STUFF '09!
Hey folks! Paul DeGeorge and I have just launched an awesome new project over at The Harry Potter Alliance YouTube Channel. Please check out the video and subscribe to the channel while you’re there! This project will ROCK YOUR WORLD! Click on that link to find out more! Do it!
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Haiti Disaster Relief Update!
Justin Finch-Fletchley and I have one more show – tonight in New York City – and we are thrilled to inform you that we have surpassed our original goal of raising $1,000 for disaster relief in Haiti. In fact, tonight’s show will most likely put us over $1,500 raised! Given the fact that most of [...]
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Introducing GRAWP: A Global Poverty Initiative
Hey everyone! Matt from The Whomping Willows here. The following blog pertains to a brand new chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance called GRAWP (Guitar-wielding Ragamuffins Against Worldwide Poverty). I’ve started this chapter along with fellow wizard rocker Justin Finch-Fletchley, and our first initiative is a nationwide fundraiser for disaster relief efforts in Haiti. We’ve [...]
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