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An internet waystation.

it me - michael eades

👋 Hi, I'm Michael Eades; a long time Internet dweller, design dabbler, dangerously amateur developer, online social experimenter and frequent curator.

Currently working as VP of Product at Smarter Apps. I also keep the lights on at a boutique record label called yk records, a podcast network called We Own This Town and a t-shirt shop called Nashville Galaxy. Previously, I built things for Vimeo OTT, VHX, KNI and Spongebath Records.

This site is an archive of ephemera I find entertaining; tweets, videos, random links, galleries of images.

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find me elsewhere

 

contact

Reach out via threads or good ole email if you have anything to discuss. I do my best to reply in a timely manner.

for the record: "yewknee" is a nonsensical word with no literal meaning but a unsurprisingly nerdy etymology. It is pronounced, "yoo • knee."

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ongoing projects

yk Records →
started in 2009 as a conduit for music that friends had no plans on releasing. now it's a full fledged boutique label focused on releasing quality music from a variety of styles. you know, like a label does. Here's a sampler on Soundcloud and a different one on Spotify. Options.

We Own This Town →
Originally a Nashville area music blog, this site has grown into a full blown podcast network as of 2018. It's an attempt to bring together creative folks about a variety of interesting topics.

I host this show all about Nashville local music outside the expectations of the city. I'm biased but all the shows are good.

Nashville Galaxy →
An online t-shirt shop featuring beloved and defunct Nashville area businesses. Very niche audience on this one but I tend to think niche is good.

some noteworthy other things

Chris Gaines: The Podcast →
published along with co-host Ashley Spurgeon; a limited series podcast that takes an absurdly researched deep dive into the time that Garth Brooks took on a fictional personality named Chris Gaines.

Garth Brooks Chris Gaines Countdown →
to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the time Garth Brooks took on the fictional personality Chris Gaines and appeared on Saturday Night Live in character, I GIF'ed the entire episode. It's a lot of GIFs; please use them.

Whiskerino →
a social network built around communal beard growing for four months. yes, it was as weird as it sounds but equally fascinating and enjoyable.

Moustache May →
an offshoot of the beard growing contest mentioned above. equal amounts of oddball fun but only a month long.

Summer Mix Series →
before all music was streaming everywhere, Internet music fans would swap zip files of music. it was truly a strange and wonderful time.

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Friday Videos - May 12th, 2017

I am writing this from the past for you to read in the future. Maybe I'm on a plane right now. Maybe I've landed in New Orleans already and I'm enjoying the onslaught of sun and weirdos. Maybe I'm already on my way back. There's just no telling when it comes to time exactly when you and these words of mine are going to interact. Whenever it is, I hope you're able to enjoy the list of distractions below.
  • COPS opening but with The Office theme - a mashup I can fully endorse.
  • Fish on Balloon - what is this and where can I find the ten hour version?
  • MindHorn trailer - Julian Barratt in an absurd Netflix movie? I'm in.
  • David Lee Roth, Vocals Only - you know what? This still gets me.
  • Still Life - Fruits; deflating and inflating. Bizarre, surreal and entrancing.
  • The Great Dictator Speech - watch this. Soak in every word. Watch it again. And again. And play it for you anyone willing to listen. It's unbelievable how relevant, contemporary and inspiring this speech still is. And maybe a bit sad.
  • GenderMess - a ten-minute short film on the Australian alt-Drag company of the same name. I don't typically post such lengthy pieces in Friday videos but I'm going to Bushwig in NOLA this weekend and am ready to see the weirdest of the weird.
History of the Entire World, I Guess - got 20 minutes to catch up on the history of our planet? Here you go.
Fri. May 12th, 2017, 6:05am

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