Dearest fans,

Today’s show will be a selection of the DJs’ favorite tunes and a reflection by Sara and Mehera on their favorite things about The Witching Hour. They also read their fake graduation speech, “Dragons,” aka “More WIZARDS.” We hope you enjoy. It’s our last-ever show on air, so don’t miss out.

The Witching Hour will return with more live shows in January 2013, hosted by Claire + a NEW DJ. Look for some mixtapes over the next six months. In the meantime, we will miss you all more than we can say. We love you, dear fans. 

Without further ado, we present:

Season 5 - Episode 14 - The Sad Show

“Harry Potter and the Remix of Death” by Mike Relm (WATCH THIS!!)
“End of an Era” by Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls
“So This Is It (Taking Off This Locket)” by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
“Pretty Girl” by Peeved
“Potions Yesterday” by Draco and the Malfoys
“Illegal Love Potion” by the Parselmouths
“Teenage Werewolf” by the Remus Lupins
“I’m Bringin’ Sneakoscopes” by the Sneakoscopes
“Woe is Me” by Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls
“Norbert Will Eat You!!!” by the Mudbloods
“Don’t Leave” by Ministry of Magic
“Underwater” by the Giant Squidstravaganza 
“I Believe in Nargles” by the Whomping Willows
“Song for the Death Eaters” by Harry and the Potters 
“She a Mudblood” by Danny Dementor
“Caught in Your Devil’s Snare” by Into the Pensieve
“The Burrow” by RiddleTM and Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
“The Bravest Man I Ever Knew” by Ministry of Magic
“The Real Mad-Eye Moody” by Philosopherock
“We are Wizards” by MC Kreacher
“My Dad is Rich” by Draco and the Malfoys (Anthology of Slytherin Folk Music version)
“Our Fireworks Say Poo” by Gred & Forge
“The Boy Who Lived” by Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls
“Phoenix Lament” by MInistry of Magic

J.K. Rowling is sad.

Harry is sad.

Ron is sad.

Hermione is sad.

Even Snape is sad.

But fear not, we’ll be back again. Until then, dear listeners!

This week we bring you the etymology of various names, spells, places and things in the wizarding world. It’s an educational lesson in Greek and Latin, in Norse mythology and English geography, so sit up straight and listen, sonnie! 

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Wordz

“Dumbi VS Voldi” by Fresh Dumbledore
“Viva la Voldemort” by the 8th Horcrux
“APWBD” by the Remus Lupins
“Teenage Werewolf” by the Remus Lupins
“Hey Remus” by the Whomping Willows **
“House of Black Christmas” by the House of Black
“Black Family Anthem” by the Parselmouths
“The Black Family Tree” by Tonks and the Aurors **
“Felix Felicis” by the House of Black
“Accio Love” by Ministry of Magic **
“Broomsticks and Apparations” by Fawkes
“Expelliarmus Kid” by Peeved
“It’s a Slytherin World!” by Draco and the Malfoys
“Draco” by RiddleTM
“Draco Malfoy” by Swish and Flick
“Snape vs. Snape” by Ministry of Magic **
“Hey! Mr. Ollivander” by RiddleTM
“Secret Keeper” by Blue and Bronze
“My Baby” by Ministry of Magic **
“Bonjour Fleur” by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
“Chez Fleur” by Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons
“Bridge to the Other Side” by Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls
“Hedwig’s Jam” by the Weasel King
“Tarantellegra” by Xenophilius
“Mean Mr. Filch/Lavender Brown/She Died in an Upstairs Bathroom” by Gred and Forge **
“The Mirror of Erised” by Stephanie and the Quaffles 

If you can’t tell why certain bands have ** asterisks next to them you need to read our earlier posts!

Wow—a lot of characters in HP die. This week on TWH, we discuss the important role that death plays in the Potterverse. For a while we discuss this article about who “deserved” to die and who didn’t, we tangent about LOTR and Twilight, and—shockingly!—we acknowledge one passing that we’ve been denying for years.

In retrospect, we should have talked about thestrals. The concept of “seeing death” is fascinating. Ah well, there’s always next time!

Season 4 - Episode 12 - And then I died

“The Avada Kedavara song” by the 8th Horcrux
“And Then I Died” by the Moaning Myrtles
“The Dark Lord Lament” by Harry and the Potters
“Bring my Body Back” by the Cedric Diggorys
“Remember Cedric Diggory” by the Cedric Diggorys
“Bridge to the Other Side” by Oliver Boyd & the Rememberalls
“The Godfather” by Harry and the Potters
“Ode to Sirius Black” by the 8th Horcrux
“Aragog Tonight” by Bella’s Love
“APWBD” by the Remus Lupins
“Dumbledore” by Harry and the Potters
“Legacy of the Fallen Wizard” by Catchlove
“Through and Through” by the Weasel King
“Fawkes’ Lament” by Talons and Tea Leaves
“Falling Sidecar” by Ministry of Magic
“Here Lies Dobby” by Fred Lives
“Evanesco Dobby” by Ministry of Magic
“Fred’s Dead” by Gred and Forge
“Werewolf Love” by Tonks and the Aurors
“More than Just a Werewolf” by RiddleTM
“Bravest Man I Ever Knew” by Ministry of Magic

AKA, The Episode Wherein We’re Obsessed with the 8th Horcrux. It’s our semi-annual wrock wrendition episode! This time ‘round, we came across the Kansas-based duo The 8th Horcrux. As obsessed as we are with what we’ve termed “wrock wrenditions”—that is, wizard versions of popular muggle songs—we were delighted to discover that they exclusively perform these sorts of covers. And they’re damn good at it, too!

But of course, we couldn’t ignore our other old favorites, so you can catch some of the All You Need is (Wizard) Love album as well as tracks from DATM, Catchlove and ALL CAPS.

Season 4 - Episode 11 - MORE Wrock Wrenditions!

“I Love Hogwarts” by the 8th Horcrux
“99 Death Eaters” by Draco and the Malfoys
“Reading” by the 8th Horcrux
“We’re the Kids at Hogwarts” by Catchlove
“Ron’s Woeful Christmas (The Sweater Song Parody)” by the 8th Horcrux
“Lumos Flies” by ALL CAPS
“Into the Pensive” by the 8th Horcrux
“Ginny is a Punk Rocker” by The Whomping Willows
“Cho Chang” by the 8th Horcrux
“I’ll Follow Their Son” by The Remus Lupins
“All My Magic” by Creevey Crisis
“Ten Crimes” by Into the Pensive
“Yule Ball” by the 8th Horcrux
“Why Don’t We Do It In the Burrow?” by Tonks and the Auors
“Hey Remus” by The Whomping Willows
“Privet Drive” by the 8th Horcrux
“Whatever You Like” by DJ Ronald B
“Like It’s Quidditch” by The Station
“Socks!” by the 8th Horcrux
“Eulogy Book Four” by Philosopherock
“Ginny’s Love Story” by the 8th Horcrux
“Hallows” by Andy with an M
“Eulogy Book Six” by Philosopherock
“Viva La Voldemort” by the 8th Horcrux
“I’ve Just Seen a Witch” by Madam Pince and the Librarians
“This Book is so Awesome” by Harry and the Potters
“This Book is so Awesome” by Ministry of Magic
“In Which Draco and Harry Secretly Want to Make Out” by The Whomping Willows
“Draco and Harry” by Into the Pensieve
“Mean Mr. Filch/Lavender Brown/She Died in an Upstairs Bathroom” by Gred and Forge
“The Avada Kedavra Song” by the 8th Horcrux

 Happy Christmas everyone!

Also, a few announcements: As our closest followers may notice, this posting is out of order. Sara’s way behind on the podcasts (as usual) so we’re gifting you all this episode as it is, after all, Christmas.

After that, there will be some big changes coming to TWH! We’re switching podcast hosts, and we’ll soon be moving our blog to tumblr. Look for that, and the rest of the episodes from season 4 in the next few weeks.

Season 4 - Episode 14 - And a Partridge in the Whomping Willow Tree

“The Cold Wild Yonder” by Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls
“Xmas Rules, Voldemort Drools” by Harry & the Potters
“Christmas at Hogwarts” by Hungry Hungry Hippogriffs
“My Wish List” by MC Kreacher
“Help Me Hagrid” by Justin Finch-Fletchley & the Sugar Quills
“Have Yourself a Harry Little Christmas” by Gred & Forge
“Drop the Needle, it’s Christmas” by Dumbledore
“Yuletide Anthem” by Kwikspell
“Seasonal Depression” by the Whomping WIllows
“A Ministry-Approved Christmas” by Peeved
“So Much Love” by Snidget
“I Need Some Mistletoe” by Neville Longbottom
“The Twelve Days of Wizard Christmas” by Gred & Forge
“The Sweater Song” by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
“Happy Christmas Day” by Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls

Dear listeners,

Finally!! Our special one-hour episode with Harry and the Potters is now available here, and on iTunes!

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Harry and the Potters take over TWH

Backstory: The guys came to Whitman and performed on Saturday, Oct. 29. After the show, we snuck up to the KWCW station and did a special show from midnight to 1 am. They picked the tracks, told some jokes about Walla Walla, took some calls, and generally had a blast.

In fact, they had such fun that we should offer our apologies for the poor audio quality at points—the guys were just super excited and making the levels crazy. I did a bit of editing, but c’est la vie. ENJOY!

This is so terribly belated, I knoooooow! Sorry, dear listeners! (My computer crashed. Sympathy plz?) But finally, we present to you our special episode devoted to Dear Mr. Potter, the book that collected fan letters written to the characters who changed their lives—Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Ron, Luna and the others. In the episode we read a few of the letters, talk about role that HP and the fan culture has played in our own lives, and play some sweet meta-wrock (that is, wizard rock about wizard rock and wizard culture!) Speaking of which….

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Dear Mr. Potter

“The Leaky Con Theme Song” by the House of Black & Swish and Flick
“Potter Addict” by the House of Black
“Wizard Rock Heart Throb” by the Whomping Willows
“I’m Bringin’ Sneakoscopes” by the Sneakoscopes
“Wizard Rock Twist” by the Remus Lupins
“This is Never Going to End” by the Parselmouths
“Post Potter Depression” by Lauren Fairweather
“Rock with a W” by Buckbeak’s Flight
“Big Magic Wreggae Party” by Mimbulus Mimbletonia
“For Jo” by RiddleTM
“Open Letter to the Entire Wizarding Community” by the Whomping Willows
“Wrock Fan Girl” by the House of Black
“My Parents are Muggles” by Seen and Unforeseen
“Like It’s Quidditch” by the Station
“Book 6 Made Me Cry” by Danny Dementor
“Bring Back Richard Harris” by Harry Potter and the Magic of Music
“Needlessly Complicated” by the Butterbeer Experience
“House Song” by Ministry of Magic

Another week, another podcast. And this week Sara and Claire cover all the angsty-est topics that ever were whined about.

“Angsty Wizard Summer” by Bella’s Love

This past Saturday, Harry and the Potters contributed to the #OccupyBoston protests, part of the larger #OccupyWallStreet movement, in their own magical way. Drawing parallels to the Potterverse, they declared an #OccupyGringotts movement, as described on their tumblr.

In this spirit, TWH joined in this week with an entire episode dedicated to a discussion of the wizard economy, Gringotts, social movements, government, media and the larger “-isms” addressed by JKR.

We spun tracks primarily from the first and second volumes of Wizards and Muggles Rock for Social Justice and Rocking Against Voldemedia, which both supported the Harry Potter Alliance, the #1 Harry Potter social justice activist group, which we’ve talked about on several occasions.

But on to the podcast…

Season 4 - Episode 5 - #occupygringotts

“Money for Christmas” by the Gringotts Goblin Choir
“Voldemort Controls the Media” by Roonil Wazlib
“My Dad is Rich” by Draco and the Malfoys
“Your Family is Poor” by Draco and the Malfoys
“What up, Hogwarts?” by Big Whompy
“It’s Quite Alright” by Catchlove
“Friends” by the Cedric Diggorys
“Werewolf Rights Now” by the Remus Lupins
“United We Fight” DJ Luna Lovegood
“Fang (Keeps Peeing in my Lake)” by the Giant Squidstravaganza
“Save the Quibbler” by Gred and Forge
“Eff the Ministry” by Justin Finch-Fletchley
“Goyle’s Pants” by Draco and the Malfoys
“The Rebel Call” by the Whomping Willows
“Part-Werewolf for Hire” by Gred and Forge
“Woe is Me” by Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls
“Maybe Kreacher Will Bring Me a Sandwich” by Harry and the Potters
“Here’s the Scoop” by DJ Luna Lovegood
“(Never) Do What You’re Told” by the Remus Lupins
“Owl Post Strike” by the Owl Post and the Mudbloods
“Don’t Believe It” by Harry and the Potters
“Quick Quotes Quill” by Tom Riddle & Friends
“Potterwatch Episode 294” by the Sneakoscopes
“Howl at the Moon” by the Moaning Myrtles
“Sniffle My Niffle” by the Nifflers
“I’m in Love with the World” by the Pizookies
“A Werewolf, A Willow” by the Remus Lupins
“Potterwatch” by Catchlove
“Jerry the Goblin” by Tom Riddle & Friends

As many of our dear listeners know, we had the wonderful opportunity to chat with Paul and Joe DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters this past June before their Ride The Lightening performance in Portland. All summer we dragged the excitement out as we talked and talked and talked about what amazing guys they are. But seriously. Genuine and absolutely hilarious, the duo had some great things to say. For this week’s show, we combined the interview with some of beloved, but lesser played, Harry and the Potters tracks and talked a bit about the origins of the Witching Hour. Really, our existence is all thanks to these two, the accidental founders of the wizard rock genre.

You’d think it really doesn’t get any better… until it does! After a bit of Witching Hour magic, Whitman Events Board and our radio station, KWCW 90.5 FM Walla Walla, have secured a SPECIAL WHITMAN SHOW this coming Halloween weekend of Harry and the Potters! Hurrah! More details to come, dear (local) listeners.

So, without further ado, a REAL, actual, not deleted proper podcast!

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Wizard rock origins: Harry and the Potters

(all songs by HATP unless otherwise noted.)

We’re back for another season!!!! Yay yay yay wizard rock! Wizard rock forever!

The Witching Hour has loads of new music, stories, and more to share with you, dear listener. We’ll be talking about Pottermore, reviewing Deathly Hallows part 2, airing our interview with Harry and the Potters, and hopefully getting into some super sweet discussions about the Potterverse, as usual.

This week we answer Oliver Boyd’s song “End of an Era” with a resounding “Hey, no it’s not!” Sure, things are changing, some aspects of wizard culture are changing, but it’s not the end, not yet. But we still love the song.

So without further ado, the first episode of our FOURTH season:

Season 4 - Episode 1 - End of an era (or is it?)

“Harry Potter and the Remix of Death” by Mike Relm
“End of an Era” by Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls
“Wizard Party Forever!!!” by the Whomping Willows
“A Phoenix Lament” & “Epilogue” by Ministry of Magic
“This is Never Going to End” by the Parselmouths
“The End” by the Remus Lupins
“When the Lights Go Out” by the Whomping Willows
“Post Potter Depression” by Lauren Fairweather
“Into the Night” by Ministry of Magic
“Hallelujah (The Boy That Lived)” by Talons & Tea Leaves
“Save Ginny Weasley from the House of Awesome” by Oliver Boyd & the Remembralls
“My Dad is Rich” by Draco and the Malfoys
“The Firebolt (2010)” by Harry and the Potters
“House Elft 4 Life” by MC Kreacher
“Underwater” by the Giant Squidstravaganza
“Prefects are Hot” by the Moaning Myrtles
“For Those Who Are Desperate For Those Who Are Lost For Those Who Have Acne” by Bella’s Love
“Problem Solving Skillz” by Harry and the Potters
“Insufferable Know-it-all Hermione Granger” by Gred and Forge
“Caught in your Devil’s Snare” by Into the Pensieve
“Expelliarmus Kid” by Peeved
“Your Flying Car” by the Whomping Willows
“Whatever You Like” by DJ Ronald B
“The Weapon” by Harry and the Potters

This month’s mixtape is all about re-thinking wizard rock. The movie may be out but this is not the end! We’ve got some great wiz hop (formerly referred to as wrap—we picked this new and improved term up from Joe DeGeorge) as well as new wrock wrenditions, some recent releases and updates on old favorites by the likes of Draco and the Malfoys and Harry and the Potters.

You can download the mixtape as an MP3 here.

Enjoy the tracks!

“House Elf 4 Life” by MC Kreacher
“Broomsticks and Apparations” by Fawkes
“B.Y.O.W” by Danny Dementor
“Like a Horcrux” (artist unknown)
“We R Lightning Scars” by Alex Carpenter feat. Kri$tina
“Occlumency Lessons” by the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
“Alohomora” by Pogo
“Party All Night” by the Whomping Willows
“Pixie Funk” by the Blibbering Humdingers
“The Firebolt (2010 version)” by Harry and the Potters
“My Dad is Rich” by Draco and the Malfoys
“The Art of Parseltongue” by Hawthorne and Holly
“Worth Fighting For” by the Butterbeer Experience
“Angsty Wizard Summer” by Bella’s Love
“Hallows” by Andy with an M
“Hallelujah (The Boy Who Lived)” by Talons & Tea Leaves

Here’s another exciting summer update:

We will be releasing two summer mixtapes of wrock. July’s theme, is, of course, Deathly Hallows-themed. And August is all about brand new wrock, which will include some excellent MC Kreacher, Blibbering Humdingers, Fawkes and tons more!!

We meant to hype this a bit earlier but things got crazy, as they always do, and so it’s without further ado that we present the first mixtape. It’s especially designed to help you wrock out while in line for HP7p2. (Or any day, really.)

But srsly. Be sure to listen to this on Thursday. Tears will be shed. So. many. tears. But remember—that’s not always a bad thing.

You can either download it here from MediaFire, as an MP3 here, or by subscribing to The Witching Hour podcast!

And the tracklist:

“End of an Era” by Oliver Boyd & the Rememberalls
“The Phoenix Lament” and “Epilogue” by Ministry of Magic
“Wizard Party Forever!!!” by the Whomping Willows
“Marauders Forever” by the Remus Lupins (in honor of the end of TRL’s live performances)
“No Matter How Far (I’ll Still Love You)” by Talons & Tea Leaves
“Penelope” by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
“Ballad of Ron and Hermione” by RiddleTM
“Needlessly Complicated” by the Butterbeer Experience
“Sacrifice” by Stephanie and the Quaffles
“When the Lights Go Out” by the Whomping Willows

Love,
Mehera, Sara & Claire

Look for the second mixtape in mid-August. When our podcasting software decides to work again, we’ll have the last show of season 3 and the Harry and the Potters interview for you, too. Then, before you know it, we’ll be back in September. It’s just like magic!

Tune in this week for Mehera and Claire’s favorite wizard rock songs of all time! This is the last regularly scheduled podcast of season three, but keep checking in with The Witching Hour throughout the summer for some exciting updates.

As a matter of fact… this fall, we will be releasing Part 1 of our interview with Paul and Joe of HARRY AND THE POTTERS! That’s right, guys, the one, the only, the original wizard rock band and the boys who brought it to life. We caught up with them in Portland on their Ride the Lightning tour on topics like the new movie release, Dear Mr. Potter, and more.

On top of that, we’ll be SOLVING the mystery of Justin Finch-Fletchley and the pizza obsession! We chatted briefly with Justin in Portland and he finally answered why, why, why he’s so into pizza.

Courtesy of HATP

So, without further ado, here’s the tracks for the newest podcast:

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Greatest Hits

“XOXO Gossip Witch” by the First Task is Dragons
“Alohomora” by Pogo
“I’ll Follow Their Son” by the Remus Lupins
“Problem-Solving Skillz” by Harry and the Potters
“My Dad is Rich” by Draco and the Malfoys
“Animals That Have Left Me” by the Mudbloods
“Trains, Doubts and Dreams” by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
“Portkey into Your Heart” by Into the Pensieve
“The Boy Who Lived” by Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls
“Taking You To School” by Dumbledore
“Bookworm” by Roonil Wazlib
“I Believe in Nargles” by the Whomping Willows
“Loosen Your Tie” by the Remus Lupins
“Hey Hey Ron” by the Hermione Crookshanks Experience
“Just a Hufflepuff” by Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls
“Made to by a Gryffindor” by the Nifflers
“Pizza in the Hall” by Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills
“Accio Love” by Ministry of Magic (acoustiatus version)
“Pretty Girl” by Peeved
“Meet Me on Diagon Alley” by Ministry of Magic
“House of Awesome Theme Song” by the Whomping Willows
“Save Ginny” by Harry and the Potters
“Pensieve Diggory” by Ministry of Magic
“Eulogy, Book IV” by Philsopherock
“Woe is Me” by Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls
“Come On, Angelina” by Gred and Forge
“Who Are These Boyz?” by the Parselmouths
“Caught in Your Devil’s Snare” by Into the Pensieve
“Underwater” by the Giant Squidstravaganza
“Bravest Man I Ever Knew” by Ministry of Magic
“The Burrow” by RiddleTM feat. the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office
“I Am A Wizard” by Harry and the Potters

Grab some tissues before you listen to this episode, dear listeners.

Finally, we present the second-to-last podcast of Season 3: The Deathly Hallows revisited, and you know what that means. Yep, a heavy dose of the Butterbeer Experience, the Hermione Crookshanks Experience, Ministry of Magic and more. A reflection on the books and the first movie, it prepares you (and the DJs!) for the July 15 film release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Deathly Hallows Part 2