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👋 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. Over the last 23 years, yewknee has taken on many forms but it's always been primarily a blog. Currently the short form links outweigh the long form posts but that wasn't always true. Things change slowly around these parts but I always strive to make this site a worthwhile bookmark to occasionally frequent.
for the record: "yewknee" is a nonsensical word with no literal meaning. It is pronounced, "yoo • knee."
technically
This site is built on top of a custom PHP backend, the Foundation grid on the frontend and various bits of duct tape and glue elsewhere provided by Zapier. This is the twelfth official iteration of this site, published on Oct. 16, 2022.
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.
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.
We Own This Town →
Originally a Nashville area music blog, this site has grown into a full blown podcast network as of 2018. There's still music insights about the fringes of the city but we also work to shine a light on creative and insightful folks in Nashville around of that realm. It's a real blast.
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.
Velvet Ditch Social Club →
Another online t-shirt shop, specifically aimed at fans of Oxford, Mississippi and Ole Miss. Possibly even more niche than Nashville Galaxy but an experiment I'm trying nonetheless.
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.