August 6, 2007

 

We've just been having the most awesome summer ever and I know that you are too! 2007 truly is the Best Year Ever. Let's keep it going!

Right now we're only a day removed from the Prophecy 2007 symposium. This was just an incredible experience all around. We kicked off the whole weekend with an unbelievable show on Thursday night with Whompy, Remus and Draco - seriously this was possibly the greatest wizard rock show EVER. Then we followed it up with all kinds of high-fives, 3am dance parties and dawn bedtimes. Not only did we party hard, but we were also inspired and invigorated by being around so many awesome Potter fans. I even had the honor of serving as a keynote speaker on a panel of experts discussing the future of the Harry Potter fandom and it's creative output now that the series has concluded. I'm happy to report that everyone had a really positive outlook on the future. From now on, Harry Potter is what we make of it. We're free to continue to make awesome music and art, to throw killer parties, to maintain our incredible friendships, to do cool things in our communities, and to continue fighting in real-world Dumbledore's Armies like the Harry Potter Alliance. As we go forth, we pledge to make the world a better place, to never fail our friends, and to do our best to make JK Rowling proud. She's given us so much joy and happiness, and it is our responsibility to continue to spread that throughout our world. If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. Let's do this!

We've got 2 weeks of shows left for the summer, so that still leave some of you with one last chance to party with the Potters before we head back to Hogwarts. We're going to keep our NO Spoiler policy in effect for the rest of the tour because we are still encountering people who have not finished Book 7. Thanks for all your cooperation on this! You can read the policy just below this.

Thanks again! We'll see you soon!

-paul