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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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yk mix: Ruination Rumination

It's that time of year again, the Halloween mix! I can't believe I've been putting these together for TEN YEARS. Frankly, I'm not even bored of it. This years undertaking, Ruination Rumination, is a three part movement and I think it turned out pretty well. Not as terrifying as some years past and not as silly either. An excellent balance and some era spanning selections.

I full admit that the title is *bit* on the dramatic side but sometimes that's a fun indulgence this time of year. Imagine saying it with your head tilted back and a light underneath your face and then laughing maniacally.

ruination rumination
[ Stream It | Single MP3 | ZIP ]
Previous Halloween Mixes
Revival Denied (2014), Potions & Brews for Countless Horrors (2013), Paralyzed with Fear (2012), Endless Hell (2011), My Descent Into Madness (2010), Dark Despair (Undead Trespass) (2009), Crepuscular (2008), Et Tu, Morte? (2007), Songs for Spooks (2006), Pure Terror (2005)
  1. Screamin Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
  2. Souls Unlimited - The Raving Vampire
  3. Charles Sheffield - It's Your Voodoo Working
  4. Gene Page - Blacula Strikes!
  5. Oliver Nelson - Skull Session
  6. Artie Shaw - Nightmare
  7. METZ - Zzyzx
  8. Quintron - Horror
  9. Wavves - Gimme A Knife
  10. Horrible Houses - Terror Cassette
  11. All Them Witches - Heavy/Like A Witch
  12. Queens of the Stone Age - My God Is The Sun
  13. Mr. Gnome - Wolf Girls
  14. Meatbodies - Mountain
  15. Paul Banks - Another Chance
  16. Makeup and Vanity Set - A Warning
  17. BLVCK PØW∃Я - ✝1k ✝øk
  18. Barry Vorzon - Theme From The Warriors
  19. Dots Music - Graveyard
  20. Disasterpiece - Doppel
  21. Preacher - The Lamb of God
Wed. October 21st, 2015, 7:40am

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