A Post About Music, No Really!

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Well, by "music" I mean "Wizard Rock" so some of you may be disappointed with me.

Today Alex Carpenter (The Remus Lupins) posted a blog which is essentially an explanation of comments that appeared in an MTV article purporting tension between the Wizard Rock and Twi-rock communities. (There's Twilight Rock, yes I know; I'm shocked, too. Also, I feel that I have to find some to listen to because it must be fantastic.) Alex claims that the initial reaction to Twi-rock was more like, "Really? There's Twilight Rock?" than the dissention the MTV article claims. (And that sounds about right as I can figure that most of the groaning and booing would be in reference to Twilight and not Twilight Rock.)

Anyway, the comment Alex explains is this:

" 'Twilight' is sort of like the 'Hannah Montana' of literature," the Remus Lupins' Alex Carpenter explained to MTV News. "If you're outside the 14-to-16-year-old age range, you might listen to it, and it might get stuck in your head, but it's not good literature. It's not really enriching your life the way 'Harry Potter' might."

Which in my estimation is pretty much the best description I've seen of Twilight. It's pretty horribly written, if you ask me, but the last hundred pages or so I really was flipping pages to find out what happened (*will not comment on predictability here*). So, it's a pop book, reading it isn't a bad thing, writing music about it isn't a bad thing either. GO LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE!

And that's what Alex was saying in his post at The Remus Lupins' MySpace. (yes, I linked you to MySpace, I'm sorry.)

Alex explains himself in a wonderful way, being very supportive of Twi-Rock (the same as he's supportive of most fan expressions which is just one of the many reasons I love him), and says many quotable things.

My favorite is this:

. . . [O]ne person saying "your popular book is like popular music" is really not the end of the world. And I don't even think it's that mean. As a Wizard Rocker—we've had to go through a lot worse than this—really, I mean, were dorks that play music about Wizards.

♥ x 1,000,000

And I'm a dork that listens to music about Wizards. Rock on, Alex Carpenter, rock on.

And if anyone is wondering about those Twi-rock bands:

Mitch Hansen Band
Be Safe Bella (side project of Wrock band Owl Post)
The Bella Cullen Project
Bella Rocks

Ministry of Magic's Aaron Nordyke apparently recommends that a male Twilight fan should start a band named Edward and the Cullens because "every teenage girl in America will love you."

Comments

[sopdetly.livejournal.com]

Eh. I'm torn on the idea of "Twi-rock". I mean, on the one hand it's pretty awesome that wrock has gotten to the status that ickle baby fandoms quickly try to copy it. On the other hand... dammit, that's our fandom's thing, U NO CAN HAZ. :P

And really, if it had to be any fandom being the first to copy us...why Twilight? *whimpers* If there was Eragon-related "dragon rock" first or something, it might not be so bad. (Though I do realize that a lot of people hate Eragon for similar reasons, so others might not agree with me there. LOL.)

YOU KNOW WHAT THERE SHOULD BE. FRAGGLE ROCK. OH THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'D BE AWESOME.

...I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING BEFORE I GET MORE RIDICULOUS.

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I just think it's cool to see another fandom embrace it. I mean, there's lots of songs about Star Wars, but beyond Wrock, I've never seen a fandom make it a musical genre. And while, yeah, you know my feelings on Twilight, and personally I would love to see Stargate Rock before Twi-Rock, I still think it's cool.

dammit, that's our fandom's thing

They may embrace it, but we'll always know which fandom did it first. :D

...I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING BEFORE I GET MORE RIDICULOUS.

Ha. Too late! ;)

[katilara.livejournal.com]

really, I mean, were dorks that play music about Wizards.

I'm kind of like, really in love with him. Also, as I mentioned to sopdetly in her post, I would SO be the screamer in Arthur Dent's Pajamas. And you can that THAT any way you want. ;)

[alata-elentari.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm not really surprised to see that. And I agree, that is definitely the best description of Twilight I've ever read. Maybe I'll check out the bands, just to see.

[nunshavingfun.livejournal.com]

Filthy lies! At least my posts about music http://nunshavingfun.livejournal.com/351021.html are actually about music. Notice how I talked about music?

[theemdash]

LOL! You do! ;)

grass_stained makes fun of me because (until recently) I was pretty much only listening to soundtracks from fandoms and Wizard Rock so whenever I can poke fun at myself regarding my musical tastes and interests, I do.

In other news: I'm going to see Leathermouth tonight! This is the fifth concert I've been to in my life and three of those other concerts were Wizard Rock! YES I AM A SHELTERED NERD!

[nunshavingfun.livejournal.com]

Oh geez. You pain my soul.

Dude. If I could talk someone into going with me into LA to see them I would. I just LA at night alone isn't a good idea. I am jealous. Like Frankie. It's frankie.

[katilara.livejournal.com]

FRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNKKK!!!!

[nunshavingfun.livejournal.com]

BOB! I mean Frank!!!

[katilara.livejournal.com]

WELL BOB TOO! BUT I'M NOT SEEING HIM TONIGHT! I'm all vibrate-y. Wooo.

[nunshavingfun.livejournal.com]

Please like kidnap him or his towel or something.

[katilara.livejournal.com]

I will see what we can abscond with!

[nunshavingfun.livejournal.com]

see if they sign shit afterwards!

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Actually my post is a post supporting a blog in reaction to an article about geek music scenes. It's like super meta.

And not about music.

I'M SORRY I'M A LIAR!

[nunshavingfun.livejournal.com]

THAT IS RIGHT! WIZARD META! Do better next time.

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I thought I was doing pretty well to make a post not about DragonCon, actually.

[nunshavingfun.livejournal.com]

Shut up. I am jealous of that too.

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*goes to sit quietly in the corner*

[nunshavingfun.livejournal.com]

tell Torri higginson there are people who support her! My friend boycotted the fran episode and asked me to too to support Torri!

WHERE IS MY TERRIBLE LITERATURE

[lindentreeisle.livejournal.com]

You were going to send me linkage! You promised!

Re: WHERE IS MY TERRIBLE LITERATURE

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I'll try to post it in the next day or so. I've been busy with D*C and I won't be home tonight.

Re: WHERE IS MY TERRIBLE LITERATURE

[lindentreeisle.livejournal.com]

yay!

[surferartchick.livejournal.com]

That's okay I'm the other side of the coin. I listen to Trock aka Timelord Rock. lol so yes Rock on!

[theemdash]

Wait. Are you shitting me? There's Timelord Rock? I mean for real? Please say you're not joking and please hook me up!!!

[surferartchick.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PyV9N3fR7U

Go and enjoy... :D
There is also links in the sidebar to more trock goodness. :D

[katilara.livejournal.com]

OMG!! I would be sad that you'd been holding out if I wasn't so blinded by the awesome. \o/

[surferartchick.livejournal.com]

LOL! Well I'm glad I could supply you with awesome. ;P

[scifigirl.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I thought you already knew about it.

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Screaming "TROCK" at me does not equal me knowing about it. In fact, this is what you said:

also Alex and Charlie invented Trock

To which I thought, "Who are Alex and Charlie and what is Trock?"

I don't follow the 5 Awesome People and I haven't been keeping up w/ those Green boys.

Which in my estimation is pretty much the best description I've seen of Twilight:

[fangirljen.livejournal.com]

That sums it up very nicely, but for something a bit more expressive, I highly suggest reading Kellen Rice's take on the books.

Re: Which in my estimation is pretty much the best description I've seen of Twilight:

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Ha! Thank you. Because those are the other thoughts I'm having. Aside from the ones that mock the prose (there are a lot of those thoughts).

Re: Which in my estimation is pretty much the best description I've seen of Twilight:

[fangirljen.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! I'm glad that I'm staying away from the books...erm, for the most part. I had my hands on an advanced copy of Twilight that I happened to nab at work a few years back. A few months ago, I sold it on E-Bay. :D

Re: Which in my estimation is pretty much the best description I've seen of Twilight:

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They really are wonderfully horrible. I truly enjoyed reading Twilight and I can't wait to read the other books.

Some people might say I'm slightly masochistic.

Re: Which in my estimation is pretty much the best description I've seen of Twilight:

[fangirljen.livejournal.com]

You enjoyed it? Your inner editor didn't pitch a fit and then strike because you were putting her through torture that she doesn't have to deal with?

Re: Which in my estimation is pretty much the best description I've seen of Twilight:

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*coughs* I may have been reading a pdf version and making corrections as I read.

Re: Which in my estimation is pretty much the best description I've seen of Twilight:

[fangirljen.livejournal.com]

*snickerfits* I bet you were. That's more like it, though. You'd have to get something out of it, and correcting it fits the bill. So is she any better than your EL peeps?

Re: Which in my estimation is pretty much the best description I've seen of Twilight:

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She's actually much better than the EL peeps. At least she stayed on topic.

Also, expect to see a pdf version of Twilight with my commentary in a few weeks. I had to stop working on it because I needed to do D*C stuff, but I'll pick it up again after D*C.

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[fangirljen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, with her self-fulfilling Mary Sue crap. I think what bothers me the most is that there are people who want to be Bella and have a guy like Edward. That's scary. Outside of that, I don't really care. *sighs* I hate the ONTD culture.

Hahah. Fantastic! I can't wait to see it!

[mustanginblue.livejournal.com]

I refuse to read Twilight...it doesn't appeal to me in an way, shape or form. However, we did have a release party for the last book here at the library and The Bella Cullen Project came and played for it. I didn't get to hear them though so I can't even say if they were good or not but the girls in the band were pretty nice.