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Last Updated: 11/16/2009

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City: MILWAUKEE
State: Wisconsin
Country: US
Signup Date: 7/6/2005

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Sunday, November 22, 2009 

Current mood:  blustery
Category: Music
Waiting for the Gary Hoey show. Should be fun tonight. Kassy's cooking us her awesome meatballs (87, to be precise) with spaghetti. Sean made a fresh salsd, I've got garlic bread covered. We originally invited Gary to join in a homecooked meal, but he declined. His drummer Matt Scrufield (formerly of Event) may join us still. Yum, yum.

Also hoping my gear's up to snuff. Matt and Lyden Moon's drummer will both use my kit. Bringing along a spare SD and BD head just in case. It's likely they won't come in handy, but hey, that's the Eagle Scout in me.

Brad
Drums
Strange Land
Currently listening:
American Made
By Gary Hoey
Release date: 2006-08-22
10:05 PM 
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Friday, September 04, 2009 
From Michael Popke for The Shepherd Express (print and online):

On Catharsis, Strange Land's third album, the local progressive-metal trio shows why it deserves to finally break free of regional status. Original drummer Brad Klotz has returned to the fold, joining guitarist Sean Gill and lead vocalist, bassist and keyboardist Chad Novell on an album rich with more melodies, vocal harmonies and musical adventure than the band's previous discs. Heavy crunchers "Asinine (Nothing Better)" and "One Drop of Water" invoke Rush and Metallica, but other songs sound more organic, echoing Kansas and Enchant and bringing a delicate balance to Catharsis.
The album opens with "Prodigo Cras," an acoustic-guitar piece that segues sharply into "The Men Who Spent Tomorrow," a scathing indictment of individuals in political and corporate power. Four more songs, each less than six minutes, follow-complete with forays into moody a cappella choruses and dreamy acoustic arrangements. And it's all capped with the engaging albeit sprawling 25-minute, seven-part title track.

ExpressMilwaukee.com
8:58 PM 
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Sunday, August 02, 2009 

Current mood:  accomplished
Strange Land's new album CATHARSIS has now been officially released and is available at CD Baby for only $10.00. To visit our CD Baby page and order your own copy click here now!

Unfortunately that means the pre-order offer is now over, but don't despair, you still have one chance left to pick up a copy of the bonus package.  Keep an eye out for details on the upcoming official CATHARSIS CD release party where we will be offering up our remaining few bonus packs on a first come first serve basis.

To coincide with the official release of CATHARSIS we have given Strange Land's official home on the web quite the facelift.  Please stop in at www.strange-land.net and have a look around.  You'll find all new blog/news and shows sections, new MP3's and wallpaper to download and links to visit us at all of our other homes on the world wide web.
Currently listening:
Blood
By KOPECKY
Release date: 2006-04-01
7:24 PM 
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 

Current mood:  adventurous
Well, we've been working hard at lining up shows to promote Catharsis, and we've got some nice venues lined up. Hope to see you out at a Strange Land show near you! Keep an eye on our events page for gigs in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Detroit!
Currently listening:
The Butcher's Ballroom
By Diablo Swing Orchestra
Release date: 2007-04-03
3:24 PM 
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Friday, July 17, 2009 

Current mood:  grateful
Well SL fans, we've just received a pair of 8 X 10 glossies from our good friend and Catharsis guest artist, Bernardo Terrón. You may have already heard of Bernardo for his Latin Grammy nominated albums, ¡Bueno Queso! and Fiesta con no Pantalones. Unfortunately, we did not get them in time to add them to the CD booklet, but we're proud to share them with you here.

Mi corazón va con usted, Bernardo.
Currently listening:
Malembe
By ¡Cubanismo!
Release date: 1997-04-29
9:14 PM 
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 

Current mood:  amused
Category: Life
Our 3rd CD "Catharsis" is now owned by my chiropractor and my financial advisor. If that's not small town livin', I don't know what is. : ) Brad Drums Strange Land
Currently listening:
Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2: Film & Television Music
Release date: 1996-12-03
6:47 PM 
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 
Here are a few of the many Reverb Nation widgets we have. Use the third one (below) to get your own and spread the Strange Land word. Use the second to join out mailing list


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Currently listening:
Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
By Behold... The Arctopus
Release date: 2006-08-22
6:33 PM 
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 
If you have been procrastinating on ordering the pre-order bonus package
edition of Catharsis, the new Strange Land album, the good news is it is
not yet too late.  The bad news is that there is a limited number left and
the offer will be coming to an end soon.

You have two weeks left to order so stop in at the Strange Land web page
(http://www.strange-land.net/..merch.html) and place your order while there
is still time and while supplies last.  Wednesday, July 22nd will be the
last day you will be able to place your order and once we are out there
will be no more of the pre-order packages made available.
7:23 AM 
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Sunday, July 05, 2009 
So, the new Strange Land cd is out. Special deals are selling now, the general distro will start in a week or two. It's been a too long process to get this one out. The reasons are varied, from our own procrastination to major personal issues, to playing too much of the waiting game. Nonetheless we are pleased with the results and we thank everyone who has stuck with us. When we picked the title we didn't think we'd actually be having a cathartic experience making it.
So what happens next? Is this the end of a process, the beginning, something in the middle? It all depends on what kind of band you are and what you want out of your career. Some bands just love making new music, so the release of a cd is pretty much the end. You finish the album, get the word out that its available, and move on the the next one. The amount of promotion you do I guess depends on how much energy or money you have for it. Once you've told people it's available you get right back to making new music.
On the flip side the album release is just the beginning. You get it out there, push the promotion, set up a tour. You play as many shows as you can hoping to collect some new fans along the way. I suppose the bigger you get the more this second option is what you do. Bigger bands have the resources to mount full scale tours. For the most part bands in this mode don't even think about recording for a year or two.
I think we'll try to hit a mark somewhere in the middle. As part of growing as a band I think the balance shifts around. We can justify more advertising but not a full scale tour. Hopefully more shows but we won't be putting off writing and recording new music to make time for shows. I'm sure we'll find a balance. I know for a fact it won't take 5 years to release the next one.
Currently watching:
Preston Reed In Concert
Release date: 2006-04-01
11:24 PM 
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Monday, June 01, 2009 

Category: Music
It is with great pleasure that we announce the the upcoming release of our 3rd full length album, CATHARSIS.
To celebrate our third release, we're doing two promotions for a limited time: First, right now all orders of CATHARSIS will come with a magnet featuring cover art, a new Strange Land sticker, and a signed booklet for only $15. Secondly, you can now add on any combination of our first two cds Anomaly and Blaming Season and/or a Blaming Season T-shirt for only $5 each! Prices include shipping fees worldwide.
Click HERE to pre-order now!!!
10:45 PM 
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