A New Sound for Punch Brothers: “I Blew It Off’

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A new song from the upcoming record by the Punch Brothers is a bit of a departure for them, with a drum track (possibly for the first time) and a “poppier” direction, but still pretty warped in a good way.

Punch Brothers perform “I Blew It Off” from their new album, to be released in early 2015 on Nonesuch Records. Visit http://punchbrothers.com for the recently announced North American tour and sign up for the e-mail list for news on the upcoming album.

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1 ObserverArt  Nov 22, 2014 3:44:05pm

Nice. A fuller sound for them shows they shine as a pop band too. These guys are just flat out good at whatever they do.

2 HappyWarrior  Nov 22, 2014 4:00:37pm

Glad to hear they have a new album due. Loved hearing them in Inside Llewyn Davis.

3 Jenner7  Nov 22, 2014 4:06:46pm

Smerconish came off as a condescending asshole. Why do they have to “wait for evidence” to protest the killing of an unarmed black teenager?? The mere fact that he was shot twice in the head and left on the street for over 4 hours is enough to protest, let alone the big fat cover-up the police are engaged in.

4 blueraven  Nov 22, 2014 4:16:45pm

re: #3 Jenner7

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Smerconish came off as a condescending asshole. Why do they have to “wait for evidence” to protest the killing of an unarmed black teenager?? The mere fact that he was shot twice in the head and left on the street for over 4 hours is enough to protest, let alone the big fat cover-up the police are engaged in Why do they have to “wait for evidence” to protest the killing of an unarmed black teenager?? The mere fact that he was shot twice in the head and left on the street for over 4 hours is enough to protest, let alone the big fat cover-up the police are engaged in.

Do you think Bassem Masri comes off looking good here?

5 Dark_Falcon  Nov 22, 2014 4:21:22pm

re: #3 Jenner7

I read about this Masri and I am appalled. He seems to me to be a highly confrontational agitator, and in this situation that’s dangerous. The FBI needs to look into this one, because I could easily see him inciting a crowd to attack police. He might well be a Radical Islamist infiltrator.

6 BeachDem  Nov 22, 2014 4:22:34pm

re: #3 Jenner7

Condescending, smirky, obnoxious. And, as usual in our librul media, the chyron sets the frame and we’re off to the races.

When protestors take it too far indeed

7 #FergusonFireside  Nov 22, 2014 4:24:51pm

re: #4 blueraven

Do you think Bassem Masri comes off looking good here?

He’s been arrested twice. I think he’s a bit pissed off.

8 #FergusonFireside  Nov 22, 2014 4:25:13pm

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

I read about this Masri and I am appalled. He seems to me to be a highly confrontational agitator, and in this situation that’s dangerous. The FBI needs to look into this one, because I could easily see him inciting a crowd to attack police. He might well be a Radical Islamist infiltrator.

oh my dog

9 #FergusonFireside  Nov 22, 2014 4:25:51pm

bbl heading to better things.

10 BeachDem  Nov 22, 2014 4:29:09pm

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

I read about this Masri and I am appalled. He seems to me to be a highly confrontational agitator, and in this situation that’s dangerous. The FBI needs to look into this one, because I could easily see him inciting a crowd to attack police. He might well be a Radical Islamist infiltrator.

Did you read about him at Gateway Pundit? That’s DimJim’s description of him

Ferguson Police Make Several Street Arrests - Including Violent Muslim Bassem Masri

Riverfront Times sees him a bit differently. Hmm.

Independent Journalist in Ferguson Gets Equipment Robbed While Sitting in Jail
blogs.riverfronttimes.com

11 blueraven  Nov 22, 2014 4:32:32pm

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

I read about this Masri and I am appalled. He seems to me to be a highly confrontational agitator, and in this situation that’s dangerous. The FBI needs to look into this one, because I could easily see him inciting a crowd to attack police. He might well be a Radical Islamist infiltrator.

Oh come on! Do you have any evidence for that at all, or is it pure biased speculation?

Yes, he sounds angry, like many others and they have reason to be. Personally I don’t think he is helpful, but neither are statements like yours.

12 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Nov 22, 2014 4:32:53pm

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

He might well be a Radical Islamist infiltrator.

I hope you were wearing a parachute when you made that leap. Geez.

13 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 22, 2014 4:34:27pm

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

sigh…

14 Dark_Falcon  Nov 22, 2014 4:36:45pm

re: #10 BeachDem

No, I Googled his name and found this article:

A crowd chants to officers, “Whose streets? Our streets. Our streets. Our streets.”

It was October 8, the night an off duty officer shot and killed Vonderett Myers Jr. Crowds surround officers who back away.

A man holding a cell phone says, ‘What the f*** you doing here bro, get the f*** out a here with your coward ass boys.’ It was Bassem Masri who said this as he streamed video that was live at the time. Masri yelled at an officer, ‘Coward straight pig out here bitch! You gotta go. Your life is in danger homie.’

People appear to feed off of his energy. Masri told an officer, ‘What happens when we take your gun?’ That officer then protects his gun. Another officer protecting his gun was answered with screams, ‘He has his hand on his gun!’

Then citizens surrounded him and chanted, ‘Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot.’

At one point you can hear Masri tell officers, while pointing at each one, ‘I`m praying for your death and you death and your death and your death.’

I make no apology in saying “When someone named Bassem Masri tells police officers he praying for their deaths, then I’m going to be extremely hostile to Mr. Masri and I am certainly going to wonder aloud about his real motives.”

15 teleskiguy  Nov 22, 2014 4:37:17pm

RADICAL ISLAMIST INFILTRATOR READY TO INCITE THE COMING RACE WAR IN FERGUSON, IT’S ISIS!!!11ty CONSERVATIVES ARE NEVER WRONG SO SHUT UP!

16 Shiplord Kirel  Nov 22, 2014 4:37:34pm

Eegad! What eldritch weirding is this?

Texas Tech has won a football game (34-31 over Iowa State)

Sorcery! Witchcraft I say!
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes…
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!

17 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 22, 2014 4:41:03pm

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

oh good freaking grief…just say you’re scared shitless of a pissed off black man without bring RADICAL ISLAMIST!!11!! into it.

18 prairiefire  Nov 22, 2014 4:41:19pm

Pleasant Pokemon music in the background here as my kids have the new game releases. Lots of flutes.

19 jamesfirecat  Nov 22, 2014 4:42:51pm

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

I read about this Masri and I am appalled. He seems to me to be a highly confrontational agitator, and in this situation that’s dangerous. The FBI needs to look into this one, because I could easily see him inciting a crowd to attack police. He might well be a Radical Islamist infiltrator.

He might also be an alien here to claim our planet in the name of the Zornacks from the Qark nebula, but because I don’t have any proof for that theory I don’t go around shooting my mouth off about it.

20 teleskiguy  Nov 22, 2014 4:44:23pm

I had so much fun skiing today. And what do I do when I get home? Read one of the most sickening articles about sexual assault on campus (the Rolling Stone exposé on endemic rape at the University of Virginia) and seeing pronouncements that certain Islamic protesters in Ferguson are worse than the cops in St. Louis County.

Man, I should have just played some Galaga at the Internet Arcade.

21 teleskiguy  Nov 22, 2014 4:45:52pm

Here, check out this motley crew!

22 Dark_Falcon  Nov 22, 2014 4:46:53pm

re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh good freaking grief…just say you’re scared shitless of a pissed off black man without bring RADICAL ISLAMIST!!11!! into it.

That man Masri isn’t black, or at least he doesn’t look ‘black’ to me. He looks much more like an Arab, though I could be wrong about that.

23 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 22, 2014 4:48:45pm

re: #22 Dark_Falcon

That man Masri isn’t black, or at least he doesn’t look ‘black’ to me. He looks much more like an Arab, though I could be wrong about that.

Got it. Pissed off obviously appearing black man with a strange name isn’t anywhere near as scary as a looks-kinda-Arab man with a strange name…

24 ObserverArt  Nov 22, 2014 4:50:55pm

The parallels of Ferguson and Kent State are very interesting. Almost like time hasn’t changed. Similar political rhetoric. Political and Police grandstanding in support of each other. Outside agitators. National Guard. Stuffy white people worried about their world changing. Generation gaps. Commies. Socialists. Different legal viewpoints. Burned buildings used for fodder.

Probably a good chance with all that we will get a similar outcome. And it will suck because we never learn.

25 Lidane  Nov 22, 2014 4:54:00pm

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

Got it. Pissed off obviously appearing black man with a strange name isn’t anywhere near as scary as a looks-kinda-Arab man with a strange name…

It’s almost as scary as a black man with an African name in the White House.

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26 ObserverArt  Nov 22, 2014 4:54:05pm

re: #22 Dark_Falcon

That man Masri isn’t black, or at least he doesn’t look ‘black’ to me. He looks much more like an Arab, though I could be wrong about that.

Dark, Dark, Dark. Sometimes it just seems you are in the dark.

Just step out of yourself for a second. Take a deep breath and read your comments back to yourself. I hope you see some issues with them.

27 Justanotherhuman  Nov 22, 2014 4:54:07pm

Keep calm and carry on, Lizards!

Later. : )

28 Kid A  Nov 22, 2014 4:57:04pm

re: #22 Dark_Falcon

You haven’t BBL yet?

29 BeachDem  Nov 22, 2014 4:58:11pm

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

No, I Googled his name and found this article:

I make no apology in saying “When someone named Bassem Masri tells police officers he praying for their deaths, then I’m going to be extremely hostile to Mr. Masri and I am certainly going to wonder aloud about his real motives.”

Then you’re probably equally hostile/hoping for the FBI to look into a whole lot of right-wingers, from pastors to right wing politicians who’ve been praying for Obama’s death. Or is it more about “someone named Bassem Masri.”

‘Non-Political’ Prayer Breakfast Welcomes Pastor Who Prays for Obama’s Death
rightwingwatch.org

Wiley Drake Prays For Obama’s Death
rightwingwatch.org

Kansas GOP speaker’s prayer for President Obama’s death
dailykos.com

Diana Butler Bass at Beliefnet explains that Psalm 109 is one of the “imprecatory” prayers, “a lament in the form of petition to destroy one’s enemies.” While perhaps intended to be a joke, she notes that the psalm actually “entreats God to destroy the president”:

thinkprogress.org

Christian Conservatives Praying for God to Kill Obama
gawker.com

30 Dark_Falcon  Nov 22, 2014 4:58:19pm

re: #26 ObserverArt

My comment was literal minded, but saying what ethnicity a man appears to be is not in and of itself racist, nor any other species of wrong.

31 jaunte  Nov 22, 2014 5:00:18pm

Arab-looking man angry that unarmed teenager was shot down in the street by policeman who then disappeared from public view for months.

32 Lidane  Nov 22, 2014 5:00:51pm
33 Dark_Falcon  Nov 22, 2014 5:01:15pm

re: #29 BeachDem

Then you’re probably equally hostile/hoping for the FBI to look into a whole lot of right-wingers, from pastors to right wing politicians who’ve been praying for Obama’s death. Or is it more about “someone named Bassem Masri.”

‘Non-Political’ Prayer Breakfast Welcomes Pastor Who Prays for Obama’s Death
rightwingwatch.org

Wiley Drake Prays For Obama’s Death
rightwingwatch.org

Kansas GOP speaker’s prayer for President Obama’s death
dailykos.com

Diana Butler Bass at Beliefnet explains that Psalm 109 is one of the “imprecatory” prayers, “a lament in the form of petition to destroy one’s enemies.” While perhaps intended to be a joke, she notes that the psalm actually “entreats God to destroy the president”:

thinkprogress.org

Christian Conservatives Praying for God to Kill Obama
gawker.com

I despise every one of those assholes. Calling upon God to kill someone who is not a major evildoer is a very great wrong. And Barack Obama doesn’t qualify as an evildoer.

34 austin_blue  Nov 22, 2014 5:02:02pm

Rain! Water falling from the sky! 2.25” in the gauge!

35 Dark_Falcon  Nov 22, 2014 5:03:11pm

re: #31 jaunte

Arab-looking man angry that unarmed teenager was shot down in the street by policeman who then disappeared from public view for months.

That clearly isn’t all there is to him. The article makes quite clear he openly threatened police officers and then said he was praying for their deaths. That by itself is enough to think Masri a rotter.

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36 Lidane  Nov 22, 2014 5:05:11pm

re: #34 austin_blue

Rain! Water falling from the sky! 2.25” in the gauge!

Good thing I made it back home from Fiesta before the deluge. Heh.

37 jaunte  Nov 22, 2014 5:05:37pm

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

It’s fine if you think he’s a rotter with an agenda not helpful to the main point of the Ferguson protests. But he’s a distraction from why the protests are happening.

38 BeachDem  Nov 22, 2014 5:05:37pm

re: #24 ObserverArt

The parallels of Ferguson and Kent State are very interesting. Almost like time hasn’t changed. Similar political rhetoric. Political and Police grandstanding in support of each other. Outside agitators. National Guard. Stuffy white people worried about their world changing. Generation gaps. Commies. Socialists. Different legal viewpoints. Burned buildings used for fodder.

Probably a good chance with all that we will get a similar outcome. And it will suck because we never learn.

So sad that Tom Paxton’s song from 1965 is still relevant

We didn’t know said the congregation,
Singing a hymn in a church of white.
The Press was full lf lies about us,
Preacher told us we were right.
The outside agitators came.
They burned some churches and put the blame,
On decent southern people’s names,
To set our colored people aflame.
And maybe some of our boys got hot,
And a couple of ni**ers and reds got shot,
They should have stayed where they belong,
And preacher would’ve told us if we’d done wrong.

Youtube Video

39 BeachDem  Nov 22, 2014 5:08:18pm

re: #33 Dark_Falcon

I despise every one of those assholes. Calling upon God to kill someone who is not a major evildoer is a very great wrong. And Barack Obama doesn’t qualify as an evildoer.

Calling upon god to kill anyone is a bunch of bullshit.

40 Higgs Boson's Mate  Nov 22, 2014 5:08:18pm

re: #32 Lidane

It’s Officially OK to Put Nintendo Characters in Non-Commercial Projects

What a coincidence. I was just working up a new mod for Fallout 3. The Mario Brothers as Raiders with insane amounts of health and heavy armament should perk things up.

41 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 22, 2014 5:10:04pm

re: #25 Lidane

It’s almost as scary as a black man with an African name in the White House.

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ding ding ding!

42 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 22, 2014 5:10:45pm

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

My comment was literal minded, but saying what ethnicity a man appears to be is not in and of itself racist, nor any other species of wrong.

O_O

43 austin_blue  Nov 22, 2014 5:12:44pm

re: #36 Lidane

Good thing I made it back home from Fiesta before the deluge. Heh.

Yeah, I just got back from The Ocho (HEB @ Congress & Oltorf).

We’ll see what happens in Travis and Buchanan. We need about a foot west of town.

44 jamesfirecat  Nov 22, 2014 5:13:38pm

re: #39 BeachDem

Calling upon god to kill anyone is a bunch of bullshit.

Yeah, you do your own dirty work!

—-Homer Simpson,

45 Higgs Boson's Mate  Nov 22, 2014 5:13:53pm

re: #39 BeachDem

Calling upon god to kill anyone is a bunch of bullshit.

Sixty years later, “See? it worked.” Ha, right.

46 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 22, 2014 5:15:44pm

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

My comment was literal minded, but saying what ethnicity a man appears to be is not in and of itself racist, nor any other species of wrong.

You said the name alone was enough for you to suspect him of being a radical Islamist.
No matter how much you back-peddle and make your usual (and very tired) excuse that you are being “literal”, THAT is rascist.

47 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 22, 2014 5:16:43pm

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

My comment was literal minded, but saying what ethnicity a man appears to be is not in and of itself racist, nor any other species of wrong.

And, please explain what in and of itself would be rascist.

48 Backwoods_Sleuth  Nov 22, 2014 5:17:11pm

re: #32 Lidane

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Mustaches!!!!! Don’t let them in the window for Thanksgiving dinner!

49 goddamnedfrank  Nov 22, 2014 5:18:14pm

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

My comment was literal minded, but saying what ethnicity a man appears to be is not in and of itself racist, nor any other species of wrong.

It is if it’s not relevant, and is only done as part of a pejorative insinuation, which is where your “He might well be a Radical Islamist infiltrator” speculation was headed.

You don’t like the guy, fine. I don’t like him either, activists can be dicks like that. But why not jut leave it there? Why bring his ethnicity into it? That’s what was fucked up, that’s what people are objecting to.

50 Dark_Falcon  Nov 22, 2014 5:18:46pm

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

That clearly isn’t all there is to him. The article makes quite clear he openly threatened police officers and then said he was praying for their deaths. That by itself is enough to think Masri a rotter.

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51 Belafon  Nov 22, 2014 5:20:03pm

I just watched the CNN interview of Masri. I can understand what DF is afraid of. Masri wouldn’t listen to the guy who was deferring to the police. He kept talking and not deferring to those who were obviously his betters. And how do we know the CNN anchor was his better? Because the anchor didn’t want to rock the boat. He wanted to wait for the facts.

But you know what? I will bet you that when the jury comes back and does not indict Wilson, the CNN guy will argue that the grand jury came to their decision and we must respect it. And that will feel good to DF, and he will go back into his comfortable world where blacks fighting for their rights are just disrupting things and they should just all calm down.

52 ObserverArt  Nov 22, 2014 5:20:52pm

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

My comment was literal minded, but saying what ethnicity a man appears to be is not in and of itself racist, nor any other species of wrong.

And I did not say you were necessarily racists. What I meant is if you listen to how you wrote your comment you might catch the tone of it. There certainly were other ways you could have gotten your point across if I get what you are trying to say.

53 #FergusonFireside  Nov 22, 2014 5:24:40pm

re: #51 Belafon

I just watched the CNN interview of Masri. I can understand what DF is afraid of. Masri wouldn’t listen to the guy who was deferring to the police. He kept talking and not deferring to those who were obviously his betters. And how do we know the CNN anchor was his better? Because the anchor didn’t want to rock the boat. He wanted to wait for the facts.

But you know what? I will bet you that when the jury comes back and does not indict Wilson, the CNN guy will argue that the grand jury came to their decision and we must respect it. And that will feel good to DF, and he will go back into his comfortable world where blacks fighting for their rights are just disrupting things and they should just all calm down.

The people of Ferguson get NO BREAK.

Fucking empathy. How does it work?

54 Jenner7  Nov 22, 2014 5:24:40pm

re: #4 blueraven

Yes. He admitted he was hot when he said those things and that it was months ago and he pointed out the outright lies that have been put on the news.

55 Jenner7  Nov 22, 2014 5:28:05pm

re: #5 Dark_Falcon

Dude, he’s been out there since day 1. The agitators are non residents of Ferguson. There have been peaceful protests since day 4. But people still want to portray them as violent. There are people on the ground, working their asses off, getting supplies to DEFEND themselves from the police. They are stocked up with food at the designated safe houses for people to sit down and eat.

Man, what you just said was super insulting.

56 ObserverArt  Nov 22, 2014 5:28:35pm

re: #38 BeachDem

So sad that Tom Paxton’s song from 1965 is still relevant

We didn’t know said the congregation,
Singing a hymn in a church of white.
The Press was full lf lies about us,
Preacher told us we were right.
The outside agitators came.
They burned some churches and put the blame,
On decent southern people’s names,
To set our colored people aflame.
And maybe some of our boys got hot,
And a couple of ni**ers and reds got shot,
They should have stayed where they belong,
And preacher would’ve told us if we’d done wrong.

[Embedded content]

A good song will always be relevant. It fits the history repeats itself truism.

57 ObserverArt  Nov 22, 2014 5:29:52pm

re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth

You said the name alone was enough for you to suspect him of being a radical Islamist.
No matter how much you back-peddle and make your usual (and very tired) excuse that you are being “literal”, THAT is rascist.

At least it sounds racist…and that is what I meant as the tone.

58 palomino  Nov 22, 2014 6:59:03pm

re: #21 teleskiguy

Here, check out this motley crew!

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Great photo: it’s got the best, worst, blandest, and most bombastic of all late 60’s - 70’s pop rock in one photo.

59 palomino  Nov 22, 2014 7:01:57pm

re: #30 Dark_Falcon

My comment was literal minded, but saying what ethnicity a man appears to be is not in and of itself racist, nor any other species of wrong.

Maybe you could take a step back and think a bit more before commenting on the issue of race. It’s not your forte, and often comes across as clumsy, if not downright insensitive.


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