This song was written specifically for a documentary being made about the journey taken by Tim Z. Hernandez in gathering material for two books: "All They Will Call You" and "They Call You Back," books that tell the stories of the passengers who died in what was, at the time, the worst airplane disaster in California’s history, passengers who were not named in newspapers but called only deportees, passengers who were the inspiration for Woody Guthrie’s poem “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” which was later set to music and recorded by many major artists through the years, including Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen. And yet, no one ever did the work of finding out who these people were. Enter Tim Z. Hernandez, who spent more than a decade tracking down leads until he’d found the passengers’ names and families and had documented their stories in these books. The names have since been read aloud in a ceremony at the California State Capitol, and a monument inscribed with them has replaced the simple marker at the mass grave in Fresno. Tim wrote these lyrics and asked Grumbeaux to make them a song for this project. “Now Is Near” is that song.

“A mixture of old folk-inflected material that sounded goth, prog, glam and punk, all at once, with especial attention to the rhythm section in a way that no one really does it anymore… really exceptional… exalted and confident… music that comes from an annihilation of self, in the past, in the present, and forever.”
—Rick Moody, Salmagundi Magazine

Now Is Near

I Wrote This Song for You

Unspoken Words

Far Far Away

Fire the Sandman

One Year in Santa Fu

By the Way

Heaven can wait

Sleepless Nights

Theneonjudgement	-	Concrete, N.Y. , Stoney Wall Doll
Clock DVA	-	Virtual Flesh (Electrosex)
Sir Freddie Viadukt-	-	Let Me Out & Slow Train To (LVRIN Edit)
The Invincible Spirit	-	Push! (new version)
Le Chocolat Noir	-	Game of Pleasure
LAPS	-	Edges
London Underground	-	Learn A Language
暗黒大陸じゃがたら	-	タンゴ
THE MOTHMEN	-	Afghani (dub)
The Human Aerial	-	Direct Action
The Maghreban	-	Everything (Dark Dub)
Psychic TV	-	SMILE
Pankow	-	She's Gotta Be Mine <1991 Remix>
Naked Roommate	-	Bus
Clan of Xymox	-	Seventh Time

Nocturnal Technology with Mars89 17NOV2025

𝑆𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝐸𝐶𝐻𝑂𝐸𝑆 𝐴𝐹𝑇𝐸𝑅 𝐷𝐴𝑅𝐾

SPIN: “Sounds like Calvin Johnson and Primus got together to pay homage to the late Kris Kristofferson by deconstructing his signature song and rebuilding it with viscera to spare.”

Rolling Stone en Espanol added Bobby McGee (2024 Version) to "25 new songs to update your playlist."

“Really exceptional… music that comes from an annihilation of self, in the past, in the present, and forever.”  —Rick Moody, Salmagundi magazine

“Real cool concept; fantastic musicianship; the best ideas punk, jazz and folk have to offer; all wrapped up in emotionally impactful songs.” --Mark Blewett, BOSE.

Plant something simple in the dirt, like acoustic guitar and voice, and see what clambers out, and what swarm of biota clings to it, each protist adding its own puny but inexhaustible voice. Grumbeaux is what you ate for dinner last night; it’s what stuck to your mother’s sole in the parking lot of Kohl’s; it’s the sound your grandfather makes when his false teeth pop out; it’s the elephant in the room and the lion that keeps you awake at night.

Art by Christian Clayton

Homepage www.rasoschroedermusic.de
Bandcamp https://rasoschroedermusic.bandcamp.com/

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