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Portus 2008

It should be a fun forthcoming week in Harry Potter’s world.

Half-Blood Prince picturesTuesday, the 29th, the Half-Blood Prince Trailer will be appearing exclusively on AOL.  It will be our first live-action look at the new film.  I really enjoyed what Yates did with Order of the Phoenix, but I have to admit I’m a bit nervous about this one.  There’s only so much he can do with Gambon’s performance of Dumbledore, and this is Dumbledore’s show.  The saving grace of the movie should be that we’ll get a lot of Severus Snape, which means a lot of Alan Rickman’s brilliance.  Thoughts?  Are you expecting a great movie or a letdown?

Happy Birthday, Harry Potter

Then, Thursday, we have Harry Potter’s birthday.  And, of course, J.K. Rowling’s birthday.  I’m planning something a little extra-special for that day, so stay tuned.  The HP Alliance will be wrapping up its “11 Days of Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset” series that day (I happen to think if we all just practiced their Day 7 exercise more often, we’d all be more magic and less muggle).  Got any plans to celebrate the day?  (We Harry Potter people are in the process of creating our own calendar, it seems.)

If you haven’t had a chance yet, be sure to check out PubCast #56, which has the audio from the Jim Dale Press Conference at Portus 2008.  Jim Dale is the voice of the U.S. Harry Potter audiobooks.

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  • My review of Portus 2008
  • John Granger on Potter and medieval studies
  • Dark Knight fans: If you haven’t read Dave’s post on Joker and Voldemort yet, you should
  • Dark Knight fans (again): Here are two opposite perspectives on the film – Brant Hansen thinks it’s evidence of the utter boredom of our culture; Jeffrey Overstreet thinks it’s good mythmaking (guess which one I agree with…)
  • HP Progs put together the Mother of All Deathly Hallows Birthday Posts
  • In the category of interesting blogs I’ve found as a result of Portus 2008: Mythic Thinking, run by Priscilla Hobbs, is now in my RSS reader.  Apparently, I “tickle her shadow.”
  • If anyone can find me or create for me a 50×30 image for Plurk (like the Twitter and Facebook icons you see to your right – something with the Plurk favicon “P” on it?), I’ll think you’re pretty cool.  I’ve tried image searches and come up with nothing.
  • I’m heading into San Diego today and tomorrow, and I don’t know whether I’ll have internet access in my hotel room.  When I get back, either Thursday or Friday, I’ll record the next podcast, which will include audio from the Jim Dale press conference.  The audio is not great, and you’ll have to turn your speakers way up.  It’ll be worth it.
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Hog’s Head PubCast #55: Post Portus Podcast

July 20, 2008

Portus 2008; July giveaway winner announced; shout-out to my Portus peeps
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Welcome to new readers/listeners
Portus People: Greg and Penny (HP Progs)
Portus People: Dave and Leanne (ChristianAudio.com and GuyNamedDave)
Portus People: David and Toni (HP [...]

 
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Portus 2008 Pictures

July 14, 2008

My camera’s zoom doesn’t work, so I wasn’t able to get many good pictures from Portus.  I’ll update this post as I find good Portus pictures from various Harry Potter fansites.
Portus Pictures

Me and Penny on the Podcasting Panel
Half of the Panel and the other half
Jim Dale presentation
Jim Dale at Private Press Meeting (which I attended)

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Portus 2008, Day 3: End of Day Report

July 13, 2008

This will actually be the last Portus update, since I’m flying out too early tomorrow to make it to any of the closing events.  I’ll be writing more on Portus, podcasting, and doing an essay or two at Suite101.  For now, just a few quick updates.
Though I’m convinced of the Christian reading of “King’s Cross,” [...]

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Portus 2008, Day 3: Midday Report

July 12, 2008

This morning, I got up early enough to make it to the hotel for a small press gathering with Jim Dale.  In the next week or so, I’ll do a podcast with audio clips and reflections on that.  His talk was excellent; he’s a very engaging speaker.
My second talk went well, I think.  ”Hogwarts, A [...]

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Portus 2008, Day 2

July 12, 2008

Today was an excellent day at Portus 2008!  I attended two roundtable discussions led by Penny of HP Progs, and they were both stellar.  Well done, Penny!  David Gras of Harry Potter Fan Zone led a discussion on the way both Lewis and Rowling include pagan elements in their stories in a way that “bridges [...]

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Portus 2008, Day One

July 10, 2008

Just the opening ceremonies tonight. I basically wandered around aimlessly until I ran into Greg and Penny, and then David and his wife (from HP Fan Zone), Karen Kebarle (whom I met at Convention Alley), and Dave and Leanne Bruno.  It was an enjoyable night catching up with these friends.
I’m really tired.  I slept from [...]

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Heading to Dallas!

July 9, 2008

I’m scrambling to get everything packed and ready before waking up at 3am to drive to a friend’s house in Buffalo, who will drive me to the airport, from whence I will fly to Dallas for Portus 2008 (you can still register for the whole conference or day passes!).  Elvendorks from all around will gather [...]

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Interview with Aziza Aba Butain

June 25, 2008

I’m working on PubCast #53, and it should be posted tomorrow.
In the meantime, I conducted an email interview with the Chair of Public Relations for Portus 2008, Aziza Aba Butain.  I had to cut part of the interview from the Suite101.com article, so I’ve included that part below.  It’s some interesting insight into what goes [...]

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