Tasherre Risay - Day 31: Daytwa City in HD

So, my brother Tasherre Risay has been running a series on his Vlog through his website: TasherreD'Enajetic.com and on this particular entry he takes us on a ride through downtown Detroit by means of the People Mover and a little footwork. Gotta love it!

Black Milk & Danny Brown - Black and Brown Official Video

Serious heat from Detroit's own Danny Brown and Black Milk. The entire album is awesome. 
You should buy it off their SoundCloud

R.I.P. Gerard Smith of TV On The Radio Dies

I was literally getting ready to head downtown to meet friends for drinks and walk over to legendary Detroit club St. Andrews what promised to be another amazing set by Brooklyn kings TV On The Radio...

Then, in my Facebook feed I see an announcement from the venue's page telling me that Gerard Smith, bassist in the group, has passed away and that the show has been canceled.

Smith (pictured below) has reportedly lost his battle with lung cancer this morning.  Our condolences to the band and Smith's family and friends.  Hopefully, these events will inspire this amazing act to take their careers to the highest of levels...

Gerard Smith

 TV On The Radio (Smith is second from the left)

 

Click HERE for the band's website

Kanye Coachella Full Set

Earl Sweatshirt - EARL

Go on, suck it up 

But hurry, I got nuts to bust

And butts to fuck 

And ups to shut 

And sluts to fuckin' uppercut

New Pistons Owner, Tom Gores

 

This is the new face of our Piston's organization. Seems like an ambitious type probably along the lines of a Dan Gilbert, but hopefully without the shameless publicity shams.

Go get em, Tom. You have your work cut out for you.

oh... and...

the man can can't dance

 

Here's an interview with Gores from Channel 7 here in Detroit

Sport/Comedy: Von Wafer Embarassment

When I read the Yahoo! headline for this video, "Von Wafer Screws Up Everything", I thought to myself:

"Come on now, that's a little over the top. I mean, EVERYTHING?? It takes a whole dump truck's worth of shitiness to screw up EVERYTHING! This is just another case of our desensitized culture that just throws words around like 'epic' and 'best ever' like mini tootsie rolls in Afghanistan."

But then I watched the video...

COMEDY! Keep Him Interested!!!

How To Get A Guy To Notice You While You're Having Sex With Him

New Kings of Leon Documentary

Can't say I care much about these guys anymore. New album didn't break any new ground, in my opinion.  Though I know it is unfair to expect the same feelings you got when you first heard Only by the Night or Because of the Times.  Anyway, this should be interesting and is probably worth the viewing when it comes out.

The KILL Team Photos: Soldiers in Afghanistan Commiting Unspeakable Acts on Innocent People

Utterly disturbing behavior from some of our troops abroad.  This is clearly not a fair representation of all our troops.  But like we've read of the atrocities that occurred during Vietnam, one can only imagine the heightened level of unspeakable things happening to innocent people in this modern era.  This is what happens when inadequate soldiers (one's that would likely be passed up by the army if enlistment numbers were higher) are frustrated by failure to a point where their racist, psychotic, and savage selves come spilling out.

THESE IMAGES ARE BEYOND GRAPHIC. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

THIS IS THE WORK OF AMERICAN TROOPS ON INNOCENT CIVILIANS.  IT IS TIME TO STOP LIVING IN DENIAL.

 

A 15 year old boy senselessly gunned down by trained savages. One of the barbarians poses with the body as if its wild game.

 

These were human beings...

 

Presumably, and most likely, innocent as indicated by the interviews conducted by army investigators of the soldiers who committed these acts as well as the brave whistle blowers

 

The same 15 year old boy from above...

 

Here he is again... his name was Gul Mudin. He was an innocent farmer in a small remote village of straw and mud homes. He posed absolutely no threat to the soldiers. He was unarmed. An elderly man in the village was escorted to the field to identify the boy.. the man turned out to be the boys father.

 

Yet another murderer poses with the body of Gul Mudin.  Again, he isn't even old enough to drive a car in our country.

 

A ghastly photo of a severed head being toyed with by soldiers.  Innocent or guilty this treatment is unacceptable

 

"At one point, soldiers in 3rd Platoon talked about throwing candy out of a Stryker vehicle as they drove through a village and shooting the children who came running to pick up the sweets." - Rolling Stone

 

"Another photo of Afghan children. According to one soldier, members of 3rd Platoon also talked about a scenario in which they 'would throw candy out in front and in the rear of the Stryker; the Stryker would then run the children over.'" - Rolling Stone

 

An unidentified person's legs

 

Another photo of the pair of men from above. Soldiers would hack off small body parts like fingers as souvenirs or trophies. One even kept the skull fragment of a man's head exploded by close range fire... the man was unarmed. 

All images obtained by RollingStone and can be found alongside even more images including the full story (which you most certainly NEED to read) here