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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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yk records: Codaphonic 2014

Continuing my year in review of YK Records, take a moment to familiarize yourself with the double EP release from Codaphonic, unleashed in January of 2014.
To provide some further insight on the whole record, I knew Cody Newman - primary songwriter and namesake to the project - had something intriguing on his hands when he told me that he had a release of two EP's consisting of different songwriting approaches my interest was piqued.

Mindwrecker and Oh Radio! definitely work together as a cohesive piece of "Codaphonic" work but their distinct approaches are the refreshing part. I will be entirely honest and admit that Oh Radio! is my personal preferred side - as it is most assuredly something new for the band. Instead of the glossy, clean pop sound they are exploring something with a bit more rough around the edges production and a vibe that's just more fun in general. Don't get me wrong, Mindwrecker is filled with great songs, but Oh Radio! grabs me in a special way.

The artwork was executed by two different artists - Elizabeth Williams for Oh Radio! and Rachel Briggs for Mindwrecker. Read more about those two creations here and here, respectively.

I'm not sure what's next for Codaphonic but if he continues down the road of new sounds and execution styles, I can't wait to hear it.
Wed. December 17th, 2014, 6:54am

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