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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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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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It's been a little over a year since I posted my last mix and since 2015 for my last Halloween mix. My lack of Halloween 2016 mix will likely haunt* me for awhile but it just made me all the more hellbent on making sure to get it right in 2017. So, I'm happy to present SPELL CASTER, roughly an hour of music to listen to while browsing your neighborhood hunting for the undead and random ghosts. Or maybe just to listen to in your office at full blast while there's a cauldron of dry ice creating a sweet mood. Maybe it's recency bias but I am happy with how this turned out. It's a nice balance of actually creepy songs and mood setting tracks.

Previous Halloween Mixes
ruination rumination (2015) 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)

* see what I did there?
  1. Makeup and Vanity Set - Jogger
  2. The Privates - We Liquefy Tapes?
  3. Mort Garson - Deja Vu
  4. Black Box Recorder - Child Psychology
  5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - A New World
  6. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Altered Beast I
  7. Cherry Glazzer - Sip O' Poison
  8. Faux Ferocious - Solvency
  9. Idle Bloom - Interlude
  10. Ariel Pink - Goth Bomb
  11. Beat Vince - The Factory Alert
  12. Jeff Russo - Chaos and Madness
  13. Big Black Delta - BR1B
  14. Makeup and Vanity Set - Ending
  15. DM Stith - Murmurations
  16. DM Stith - My Impatience
  17. Reptaliens - Satan's Song
  18. Wayne Coyne and Steve Drozd - Soundscape From Eraserhead And The Elephant Man

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