yewknee
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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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I wrote a whole thing about Inauguration Day and then deleted it. And then put it back. And then deleted it again. I don't really want to go on about how horrible I feel about the incoming Administration* because I don't think anyone really cares. Those who agree with me, agree with me. Those who don't, never will. So, I'll just throw this out there: Please, look at this. Am I wrong in thinking there is a massive disconnect from reality? Okay, that's it.

I'm posting these Friday videos as a respite from the day. A distraction. Hopefully it works. Look at this delightful dog! Look at this hilarious slip! Look at these mesmerizing GIFs in Reverse! Listen to Smash Mouth in C!

* To be clear, I am not a sore loser that needs to "get over it" because I'd be fine with a conservative candidate defeating a liberal one. That's how Democracy works. It's this particular candidate winning that is so unsettling. As I mentioned here, I made the mistake of browsing Twitter replies last night and it's unsettlingly vitriolic. There are so many people lashing out and arguing over how Trump will bring our country back together. Let me repeat that - people are lashing out in a confrontational manner about how we're all going to come together under this new President. No sense of empathy. No sense of intelligence or compassion or understanding or even trying.

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