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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: Q1 2016

I fully admit that my attempts at documenting an entire year's worth of enjoyed music in quarterly chunks has never once been seen through to fruition. However, that's not going to stop me from trying. All and all, these mixes aren't here to showcase some eclectic taste that I have but, rather, just a means of compiling some of the highlights that have come across my desk in the past few months.

I made the playlist available on Spotify but everything on the mix isn't on Spotify, so you're missing some treats by listening there.. but it's still enjoyable.

[ MP3 / ZIP / Stream / Spotify ]
  • Here We Go Magic - Intro
  • Deerhunter - Snakeskin
  • Vangoffey - Trials of a Modern Man
  • You Won't - Ya Ya Ya
  • Brooke Waggonner - Pennies and Youth
  • Jim Sullivan - U.F.O.
  • Gruff Rhys - Iolo
  • Dave Paulson - Six Months in a Leaky Boat (Split Enz)
  • Tower Defense - History
  • Vulfpeck - Back Pocket
  • POLY - ¡El Gatito!
  • HOME - Resonance
  • Here We Go Magic - Tokyo London US Korea
  • Lionlimb - Turnstile
  • repeat repeat - Plugged In
  • The Lees of Memory - We Are Siamese (33 1/3 rpm)
  • ELO - When I Was a Boy
  • David Bowe - Letter To Hermione
Thu. May 5th, 2016, 6:29am

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