10.25.2011 16:51
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“Getting Used to Anything” by The Gibbons

10.25.2011 16:42
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“Wars Don’t Fight Themselves” by The Gibbons

10.25.2011 16:35
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“Basement Politics” by The Gibbons

romanticizing all your neighbors’ pain / wearing it like a merit badge / you’re not fooling anyone

I can’t believe I went ~ 5 years without hearing this album, now I am real sweet on it.

10.12.2011 16:00

(via det-riot)

04.24.2011 11:07
standing water (by buckshot.jones)

standing water (by buckshot.jones)

02.14.2011 14:40
february 2011 (by sj carey) in Belle Isle, Detroit

february 2011 (by sj carey) in Belle Isle, Detroit

02.13.2011 10:28

I want these photos of Detroit to be the exact opposite of the ‘ruin porn’ image we always see of Detroit. I don’t think Detroit is pathetic or dead. For starters, I think Detroit is a city with a rich history of fighting for workers rights, fighting against racism, and creating some of the best music of all time.
I was moving out of Detroit after many years and wanted to capture some of the city’s classic (to me) images. I wanted to show Detroit to my friends around the world, and to have some images to remind me of the city while I’m away.

— Brad Duncan in Love Letter from Detroit

02.13.2011 09:49

Yes, this is exactly what Detroit needs. Perhaps next we can crowd-fund a postapocalyptic themed amusement park where white tourists can ride roller coasters while they gawk at all the homeless people.
Actually, though, who wants to go through all the hassle and danger of actually going to Detroit? Why don’t we just build a replica of the city (including, of course, only the boarded up buildings and the epic urban decay) so that every photographer in the world can snap up pictures of the ruins without having to worry about the actual residents of the city getting in the way of their shots?

— overglow commenting on “Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the awesome.”

02.11.2011 20:01
barebonesdetroit:
Ask yourself a couple of questions. Of all the fake heroes in Detroit who we’ve had such high hopes for (i’m looking at you Kwame), do we really want to memorialize one that suggests the city’s crime problems are so bad that the police department has to build a robot to get them under control? A movie that didn’t even support the local economy at the time by being filmed in Dallas? I’ll give you 20 seconds to comply.

barebonesdetroit:

Ask yourself a couple of questions. Of all the fake heroes in Detroit who we’ve had such high hopes for (i’m looking at you Kwame), do we really want to memorialize one that suggests the city’s crime problems are so bad that the police department has to build a robot to get them under control? A movie that didn’t even support the local economy at the time by being filmed in Dallas? I’ll give you 20 seconds to comply.

01.07.2011 09:17

Here’s the thing. White supremacy crafted the problems of Detroit just as much as capitalism did. In fact, in many ways, White Supremacy and Capitalism can not be separated. They are the same thing. And so when you hear things like: Detroit should be left to die, or Detroit is dead, or Detroit is dying, or the dying/death of Detroit is so tragic–in many ways, what you are hearing is White Supremacy commenting on itself. Or: White Supremacy encouraging the viewer to look the other way in the face of its violence.

Detroit housing

08.08.2010 09:01
Vanity Ballroom. Detroit, MI.
seriously, detroit and cleveland are so pretty. they are full of all these buildings that people spent a ton of money and care building.

Vanity Ballroom. Detroit, MI.

seriously, detroit and cleveland are so pretty. they are full of all these buildings that people spent a ton of money and care building.

08.08.2010 09:00
This isn’t russia. Detroit, MI. 
i love the sky in michigan.

This isn’t russia. Detroit, MI. 

i love the sky in michigan.