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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 a Product Manager at Mosaic. 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 twitter 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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Mutter Museum and Beyond

Over the weekend we hit up Philadelphia for a very quick exploration. It's a big place so we didn't get much in beyond the tourist staples but I must admit, what we saw convinced me of the goodness of the city; many of the same benefits that everyone touts for NYC but with a more accessible feel. Here are a few highlights for anyone interested:
  • Vegetarian Options Everywhere - for a city known for its meat piles, there are a shocking amount of vegetarian and vegan options and they are good. I've had plenty of terrible vegan food but these folks seemed to have actually figured it out. Treat yourself to Blackbird Pizzeria, Charlie was a Sinner and/or V Street.
  • Mutter Museum - maybe this is one everyone's list that goes to Philly but a large scale morbid anatomy museum with exhibits about The Father of Modern Anatomy or actual slices of Albert Einstein's Brain is a must see in my book.
  • Magic Gardens - an enormous gallery space covered wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling in tiles and random ephemera from artist Isaiah Zagar. No coupling of photos can do this place justice as it is an exercise in exploring the small details. There's a documentary on him as well that I plan to dive into as soon as I can.
Overall, big fan of Philly! Had a nice trip as the city was easy to traverse and we saw such a small portion of it I know there is tons left to discover.
Tue. May 24th, 2016, 5:15am

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