#bj clinton

[hayquetenerpatience]

Haaaa! This is hilarious...

[soupsnakessss]

Mindy and BJ in her dressing room last night at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. Mindy hosted an event with Stephen Colbert, Biden, Obama, and Clinton.

[vomitdodger]

Wouldn’t be surprised if this guy gets suicided.

But for those not in the know, the MSM lauded over Bill Clinton calling him the first black president. Original article from a Pulitzer Prize winning author:

Thing is, at the time, the author didn’t mean it as a compliment. He was trying to comment on the slew of inquires the GOP was working on him like lying to congress, getting a BJ in the Oval Office and destroying multiple lives in the coverup, history of sexual assaults and payouts, White Water corruption scandal, the Black Hawk Down fiasco, and the ever growing “Clinton list”. That’s the very very short version lost to history. The author equated this to unfounded persecution of blacks.

That’s cover story number one by the usual libtard media.

MSM took this “ fist black president” claim and did the usual spin. Made it a badge of honor, since he shared so many thing in common with blacks…like coming from a broken home and raised by a single parent. Yeah…way to characterize an entire race. Example:

👆that’s cover story number 2.

[90363462]

Hillary and Chelsea didn’t come out unscathed. The press were horrible to Hillary. And this side chick Heaux, who had shagged other married men, before her BJ with Clinton, got wealth and fame. Chelsea was a little girl when this happened. Only side chicks support Monica!

[my-evil-brain]

I am so tired of all this bullshit. I'm starting to feel like an old Russian dude or some fkin shit.

Im tired of arbitrary bullshit rules (because of a lie). Recycle, but 95% goes to landfill anyway. You cant do this or that because of one idiot in (place state or city here). Cant say or talk about shit because it "COULD" offend. I'm sorry if you're offended suck it the fuck up. It's not my lifes ambition or job to give a shit about EVERYONE'S feelings.

I'm tired of not being able to trust ANYONE in this fucking world. I can trust maaaybe 4 people, 2 absolutely. Everyone else can suck it. People ask me why, and i ask them stuff like, "vote for trump?" If the answer is yes, i can't trust you. January sixth? "Didn't happen", equals Surprise, i cant trust you. Flat eather, nope. Christian "in todays market" nope. Republican? Then fuck no i cant trust you. Doctors? I cant trust them to know how to do their jobs with what ive seen n heard. By this i mean literally dr. saying things like "dont know what it is, if you find out let me know". Pertaining to? It was a fucking podiatrist looking at toenail fungus. Then theres trust the vaccine commercials right aftet pharma lawsuit compensation commercials.

The worlds on fire. Nobody in power gives a shit about the environment, doesn't matter their words n proclamations mean shit compared to actions n actual words spoken in meetings n hot mics about how it doesn't matter cutting back wont help so keep going as is. Everybody hates everyone right now. These idiots around here actually side with Putin because "trump liked him." Siding with Hitler (yes, actual hitler appologists) because of what's happening with Israel right now, "maybe Hitler was right with the genocide n all that.

Everything is getting so arbitrarily compartmentalized to such an ineffective way. That nobody knows whose job it is to do what job, for who n when , in government offices and organizations.

Then the whole "women afraid to have a child" for fear of ANYTHING needing immediate attention because of the lack of dr.s an doctors afraid to treat women for fear of legal troubles if anything they do happens around the womans miscarriage or causes it. Women can't even save their own lives or go to a Dr. in some places because the doctors won't see the women without a husband/mans approval.

This world, these people, the willful ignorance, the hatred on women and foriegners, and anyone that happens to be different. The out right "fuck you" from corporations openly admittedly screwing over people n nobody cares to do shit about it. Congressman n women, believing their constitutes shouldn't get what they (as a body) ask for, because would you (paraphrase) "give a child cake for breakfast if they asked? Sometimes they don't know whats good for them n you gotta just say NO. You cant just GIVE them what they (collectively) want." Politicians and private citizens with so much fking money n public persona that they're untouchable with their crimes and offences. Lets be real, to many i know personally say Bill clinton should be locked up for that blow job. But trump paying off porn stars after they sucked him off n continuously lying about a defamation case a woman brought against him n she won on rape allegations, while making fun of her and keeping up his lies about her. Even after getting slammed again right after for claiming the same lies against the woman, Trumpers believe and republicans that THATS ALLLL OK but Clinton must suffer legally for a bj. Uuuuug

[joshuallyman]

Bradley Whitford

[sinceileftyoublog]

Boulevards Interview: Funky Gut Punches

Photo by Jordan Rickard

BY JORDAN MAINZER

“I wish I could Men In Black erase my shit so I could listen to it with fresh ears,” Jamil Rashad tells me over the phone from Raleigh, North Carolina. The garage funk artist who records as Boulevards is about to release Brother!, a four-track EP (with an accompanying 2-track single) via Normaltown Records, an imprint of New West. But the restless singer-songwriter’s coming back from recording even newer music, for a potential LP, and has to get in the mindset that in a couple weeks, he’s dropping something he recorded a while back, especially because it’s his most assured (recorded) music to date, all the while exploring new aesthetic and thematic territory.

Rashad finished writing the songs on Brother! early on during the pandemic and messaged various artists he admired to see whether they’d produce the record. Blake Rhein, of Durand Jones & The Indications, bit. Rashad had long admired them. “Durand Jones & The Indications was one of the first soul revival groups in the game,” he said. “They kind of paved the way for Black Pumas and the other cats on Colemine [Records].” It turned out to be the perfect fit for what Rashad was trying to do. “I wanted to do some soul shit but still stay focused to the garage-funk element of Boulevards,” he said, something immediately apparent from the warbling psychedelia of the guitars and strut of the drums from the opening and title track. “I’ve always been chasing my predecessors,” he continued, referring to not only the contemporaries that paved the way for him but classics he grew up listening to with his father, a radio DJ: George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, and Rick James. Rashad’s always been an avid indie rock and punk listener too, citing The Strokes’ Is This It and early Black Keys albums as just as formative.

You can hear Boulevards’ journey to this genre-averse point from listening to his discography. He released his debut LP on Brooklyn post-punk label Captured Tracks, bouncing around different labels and different styles (earlier this year, he released a collaborative track with “Bulletproof” synth popper La Roux) before finding a home on Normaltown. “I had to make those records in the past to make it to this point,” he said, citing New West’s increasing levels of genre diversity, from Caroline Rose’s pop-rock jamfest LONER to their recent Pylon box set, as a reason why he kept asking them to release his EP. When they said yes, he felt like they got it. “If you’re friends with [Normaltown co-founder] George [Fontaine, Jr.] on Facebook or Instagram, you’ll see how eclectic his tastes are. If anybody could get what I was trying to do, George gets it. It’s not like the Thundercats, the Leon Bridges, the Gary Clark Jr.s of the world,” he said. “This is Carolina soul shit.” As a bonus, Rashad was already friends with a couple New West signees: singer-songwriter Jaime Wyatt and American Aquarium’s BJ Barham, the latter of whom helped Rashad get sober from alcohol.

It’s certainly not lost on Rashad that, in his music community, he’s a Black singer-songwriter surrounded by many white ones, many of whom are his friends but don’t have to face the differences inherent in being Black in America. Some of these differences, he sings about, like on “Shook”, a song about being afraid of the police in Raleigh. But it’s the disparities in the music world that he hopes to directly reduce with Brother! “You have indie rock and the soul revival stuff and the psychedelic stuff, but you don’t have the straight garage funk records unless you see an old record on a Spotify playlist,” he laments, citing the dearth of existence and/or influence of old school, “Black small rare funk bands” as a reason for wanting to bring funk to the forefront. In a post-George Floyd protest world of white American racial reckoning, influencing everything from opinions on law enforcement to music listening habits, Rashad wants to tell his story, share his thoughts on the world, and dance while doing it.

Read the rest of my interview with Rashad below, and check out his live stream from the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro via NPR tomorrow night at 7 PM CST.

Since I Left You: It’s hard to point to a short EP as a turning point for many artists like this is for you. Why did you want to do just these four songs as opposed to a bigger project?

Jamil Rashad: I mean, I wanted to do a bigger project. That’s why we’re writing an LP right now. But for me, the writing never stops. I’m always writing. At first, I wasn’t even gonna do an EP here. I was gonna do singles and see how my fan base reacted. I wasn’t even gonna have a label. Every record, I always feel like it’s gonna be a turning point. You never know. I was thinking about this the other day. It’s almost like I’m starting fresh. These are songs I’ve been wanting to write--it’s just taken me time as an artist to get to this point to be able to zone in on the sound that I wanted. A 4-song EP is a little bit of the past and what’s to come with Boulevards, which I’m really stoked about.

SILY: You can tell that immediately from the title track, the first track on the EP. It’s got that psychedelic, garage element to the guitars, but it’s also really funky.

JR: I was tested a lot on this record, learning how the voice interacts with the microphone. Blake was pushing me to do it, which no producer has never done before. It’s turned out really dope. The goal was always to be the face of garage funk. Back in the day, my parents and your parents had the George Clinton records, Isaac Hayes, [Curtis Mayfield], they had all these different artists that were bringing the wave of funk. James Brown. You don’t really have that now. You have soul acts, R&B acts, indie rock acts, country acts, Americana acts, but you don’t have anyone that [brings] the funk shit. That’s what Boulevards is all about.

SILY: More than ever for you, these songs are political. Did you want the EP to be both a thematic and aesthetic turning point, or was that just a coincidence?

JR: It was both. Being 36 at this age, and looking at what’s going on in America, there are things you can’t ignore. I’m not a political expert, but maybe I should post what I’m feeling, what I’m seeing from white friends and Black friends and what’s going on with my community, and put it into these songs. I don’t think if a lot of this stuff didn’t happen with George Floyd, the pandemic, small businesses struggling, and people struggling, I would have been able to write these songs. I’m still gonna stay true to love and heartbreak, and self-growth, and trying to overcome obstacles and things of that nature. Those things I’m always gonna write about. But what was going on in the world definitely inspired and influenced those lines and crafting those songs. I’m not one to preach--you have a lot of these artists who have political records and preach. I wanted to make something about what I’ve experienced that people can still vibe and groove too.

SILY: Only “Shook” seems to be outwardly political. The rest of the songs are about Black life, but they’re really about your Black life.

JR: Of course. Me being a Black man and my struggles and things I’ve been through and seen other people go through. “Shook” is a song about being afraid of police. Being a Black man, every time I leave my house, I have to calculate every move that I make. It’s not like that for a lot of my white friends. That’s fine--that’s what America is. Well, actually, it’s not fine, it’s where America’s at. If I see Raleigh PD and am walking in a predominantly white neighborhood, are they gonna stop me? I live in this neighborhood I worked my ass off to be in. Are they gonna stop me because I don’t look the part and look like I’m up to something? So that’s what inspired “Shook”. Elijah McClain, just doing his thing, cops killing the brother. I didn’t want to do it in an overly preachy way, but at the same time, as America, we have to have uncomfortable conversations with each other. White on white America needs to show awareness with each other for things to actually change. 

“Brother!” is mostly about working. Working your ass off for somebody and nothing changes. [laughs] You’re putting in the hours and the time, you’re making money for somebody else who doesn’t give a shit about you. You’re trying to get the promotions, you’re putting on a face. I worked at Best Buy, you can imagine being a touring artist and then having to put on a blue shirt and dealing with customers over some TV or kitchen appliance shit. I’m obviously doing my job, but I’m not gonna get a promotion there or get an advancement there. It’s about being a Black man in the work force and making somebody else money. At the time, I wasn’t sober, too, so the bar was my only release. It was the only way I could cope with that. [At the same time,] being in the Black community and being in Raleigh, and seeing my father interact with other Black men and even white men, saying, “Brother so and so” [inspired the song.] That’s how we greet each other sometimes. It’s also talking to myself talking to a man out there.

SILY: Whether these songs are about your personal experiences growing up or problems you’re facing now, as serious as they are, you can dance to them.

JR: Curtis Mayfield was good for that. Funkadelic, even Marvin Gaye. That’s what I wanted to be able to accomplish. Funk hits people in the gut. You can still politically come from a serious perspective. 

SILY: Tell me about the video for “Luv n Pain”.

JR: It’s a simple, fun video. [Director] Patrick [Lincoln] pitched the idea. He wanted to have a day of Boulevards alone in his home, reflecting on being alone, reflecting on the things that have caused me personal heartbreak, without a partner. Getting ready in the morning, drinking coffee, wanting to share it with somebody but not having anybody to share it with.

Every video I’ve done up till this point, I’m always dancing. He wanted to slow things down, but still have it be Boulevards, stay true to me, have me dance in certain scenes but also have me reflecting, looking at the fire, up at the ceiling, things we do in our own homes. We [also] wanted to make something visually appealing and fun with bright colors. We didn’t really try to overthink it. Something simple that reflected Boulevards. When I’m at home, I’m always dancing.

SILY: You reference Gil Scott-Heron on “Shook” (“The revolution is now being televised.”) When was the first time you were aware of him?

JR: When I was a kid. My dad used to pick me and my sister up from track practice, and he worked at the radio station and was always getting these records. Gil Scott-Heron, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, “Whitey on the Moon”, all these songs. He’s a poet. I started out as a poet before I became a rapper, MC, or funk artist. Every time I do spoken word on a record, it’s never written. The verses and hooks are, but here, I said to the engineer, play these couple bars and just let me talk. It just came out. It also came from watching peoples’ stories and thinking, “The revolution is being televised now.” We’re seeing the anger, the pain, people expressing their frustration with the system of racial inequality in America. Not just Black people, but white people and Latino too. [Before,] they didn’t want people to see what was going on in America. Now, people are seeing it and are looking and are more aware of it now.

SILY: What’s the story behind the album art?

JR: Sly Stone and Funkadelic, predecessors I grew up loving. That was influenced by a Sly Stone record. 60′s/70′s swag. I worked with a photographer in Raleigh named Jordan [Rickard]. I wanted to do something simple. I did it in my crib at my front porch. When I’m working on a record, I always have these vision boards. I always think about the colors, being a Black man, what’s gonna look good. I reached out to a stylist in L.A. who’s a good friend. I’ve always wanted to do a burnt orange background, and the sky blue represents Carolina blue because I’m a big Tar Heels fan. That color coordination blue and orange looks good together. 

SILY: Why are you also putting out a two-track single in addition to the 4-track EP?

JR: That was more the label, how we wanted to go about the campaign. Initially, “Luv n Pain” was the first single I wanted to release regardless. “Shook” would be too predictable. There were so many artists releasing protest songs. “Luv n Pain” is more the past and present of Boulevards. When we finished it in the studio, [I knew.]

[sawbuckplus]

It appears that Ms. Harris is not well thought of by many senior members of the democrat party.

[thebreakfastgenie]

#here’s the thing is mike put so much of himself into bj that i feel like he would vote like. green party. yknow. like i have no knowledge of#who else was a candidate in 52 but like. modern au he would be a bernie bro 100%#mash… @magical-friends

Okay first of all I'm sure Mike supported Bernie in the primary but Mike definitely supported Clinton and Biden in the general. @hamiltonsteele looked it up and the guy is like single-handedly funding ActBlue. Also I bet Alan was a Clinton primary supporter because of the New York connection and now I want to read their emails from 2015-16. Anyway!

Mike supported progressive candidates like Eugene McCarthy and Fred Harris in primaries (and campaigned for Harris), but also supported and campaigned for John Anderson who was a moderate Republican before running for president as an Independent.

And while Mike did put a lot of himself into BJ.... I do not think politics were part of that. That's a matter of opinion, but BJ's background and life are sufficiently different from Mike's that I don't see it. I can see BJ being interested in third party candidates (unfortunately) but I'm not sure how much of a movement there was for those in the 50s and 60s. BJ, like Mike, probably would go for Anderson, but that's not until 1980.

I do think it's highly plausible for BJ Hunnicutt to have been a Republican in the early 1950s but the thing is Margaret having a feeling he's Republican is so much funnier if he's not.

[msnikkimoneypenny]

Honk for Jesus Sabe Your Soul was a good movie. It draws you in and then goes in a different direction in addressing a problematic that plagues a lot of churches.

To me, at this point for Trinitie the marriage is a business that she was invested in until death due us part. I felt for her. And I've seen women play their role continously when we are like "wtf?" Prime example is Hilary Clinton and Bill. Business with each partner playing their role.

Her mom did make a point. Throwing in the towel when Trinitie has gained so much from a marriage is foolish to a lot of older women. The mansion, cars, accessories and money and it all comes with a scandal, a husband and God attached to it.

To me it just seems like she like many of us women rush or are rushed by others to deal with betrayal and put it behind us so yall can move on as a couple. I've been there. When you stand by your man for the greater good and because it benefits you in the long run as well. You give those actions of support and love when inside you are still struggling and still angry as hell. But your anger does no one any good. So you force yourself to suck it up buttercup and stay in your relationship.

That in itself is hard. But damn how the hell you gonna host and lead a church when you are still struggling internally about your partner. Niggah you fucked up. But I'm trying to put some spark in us and reignite us. And you half ass it in the bedroom? You can't even put in some work for your wife when she has to stay strong and be there for you? Niggah fuck your bj. If she gotta fake it for the public you better fake it and put that work in on her.

Pastor fuck being real with your church and working to rebuild it. You need to work to rebuild your marriage even if you need to rearrange the terms.

[butch-himbo-king]

I don’t respect bjs because of Bill Clinton but Hillary Clinton seems so anti and there has to be a middle line is it have a shorty kiss the tip? Umpire

🤔

[itshillaryrodamn]

so you know how their aides often refer to them as hrc and wjc? i genuinely feel the reason they use w for william, the name he never ever uses, instead of b for bill, is because then it would be bjc, and that's just too much in light of all the information on that topic lol...

oh my god I never thought about it like that but that is lowkey hilarious

[transexualizing]

Lilac & Nightshade - Orange Culture

So Lonely - PJ Morton, Wale

Oak Tree - Tank and The Bangas

Sweat - BAD

You Can Have Him Jolene - Chapel Hart

Party City - Sir Woman

Whisper My Name - Adi Oasis

Bring it on Home to Me - BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton, Kenyon Dixon, Charlie Bereal

Sexy Villain - Remi Wolf

Big - Tank and The Bangas, Big Freedia

Cherry Wine - Nas, Amy Winehouse

Feel The Vibe - BJ The Chicago Kid, Anderson .Paak

Envy - Ogi

see me on the outside! - mmmonika

Far Away - EASHA

BA BUMPIN - Kalisway

Thin Lines - PawPaw Rod

Bag of Chips - Alexander Mack

Fall Into Place - Couch

WE CAME TO MOVE - The Pocket Queen, Ryck Jane

Funk Aspirin - Cimafunk, George Clinton

[argumate]

if clinton married reagan he'd never had left office. endless bjs

had to run through the complete Bill/Hill/Ron/Nancy cross product to make sense of this one

[the-empress-7]

If.. If Meghan ever mention subtly in interview about William's affair and how it made her uneasy because it accepted by Kate. How american can't stand that behavior while for brit is normal. I'm sorry.. I'm sorry for lovely american or fans of people I mentioned, but I'll drag her to the bottom pit by mentioning how her 'beloved' political party ex leader Hillary Clinton still married to her husband after he got cought with bj scandal. Her 'beloved' superstar Beyonce still married to her husband after he got cought cheating. So yeah, I'll use them to drag Meghan if her squad dare to agreeing with her.

And I’d understand.