How do you know you're at a wizard rock show and not just any ol' Muggle concert?

- When members of the audience wear witch hats.

- When, instead of throwing panties, girls yell out to the resident hearthrob, "Alex, you're my Patronus!"

- When the Ramones' "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" becomes "Ginny Is A Punk Rocker"...

- When drink napkins have brooms on them and read, "Don't drink and fly."

- When bands introduce a song by saying, "This is about the coolest gay wizard I've ever known..."

- When people in the crowd wear ties to signify whether they're Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin -- and the bands ask them questions like, "Are there any Slytherins in the house?" and warn them, "If there are any Hufflepuffs, we might kick you in the face." Read more...

Bella is magnetic. Hermione is awkward. But fans of both the Twilight and Harry Potter series pick Hermione over Bella any day. Why?

"Some girls want to see themselves as Bella," said Megan Schuyler, who's been capturing the wizard rock scene in her documentary film “The Wizard Rockumentary.” "If you're feeling clumsy and different, it's fun to imagine that some dreamy perfect guy would be obsessed with you."

"We have a song about this," said Lauren Fairweather of the wizard rock band the Moaning Myrtles. "He's supposed to be perfection. That is his personality: perfection."

"He's a tasty specimen of a man," concurred Nina Jankowicz of the Moaning Myrtles. "We enjoy him."

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In case you had any doubt how powerful a force for good Harry Potter can be, look no further than the Harry Potter alliance. Over in Oklahoma, out Street Teamer Jill Penuel filed the below report on how said Alliance and the Wizard Rock community is teaming up to get more people registered to vote for November. And there's a whole lot more Potter goodness coming at you today. We'll be back soon with new photos and later, the first full trailer!