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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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Friday Videos - March 9th, 2018

Fun fact, I'm posting this from the past for your enjoyment in the future, as you read it now, in the present. So, if something bonkers happened between Wednesday evening and Friday morning that really feels like it should be noted here, I apologize.

Assuming that's not the case, enjoy!
  • Never Give Up - from the game Mad Skills BMX 2.. just wait through it. The perfect metaphor for perseverance.
  • Yea, I'm a big Queen fan - everything wrong about this makes it incredibly right.
  • Homepod by Spike Jonze - 1) definitely the best thing about the Homepod so far and 2) best use of Pixel Stretch since... 2002?
  • Howling III Transformation - jump to 1:12 and watch a rather bizarre and amusing transformation from ballet dancer to full-on werewolf. Unique! There's more where that came from in this movie if you need it; i.e. this insanity.
  • Guy Puts GoPro on Sushi Train - it's a "slice of Japanese life" and I'm not sure if it's fake or not, at all. But, regardless, I found it soothing and enjoying to watch. Except for the solid 30 seconds where the camera is in the trash, that could have been edited out.
  • Gleaming Spires - Are You Ready for the Sex Girls - you possibly remember this song from Revenge Of The Nerds but please enjoy the fact that this is an early 80's music video in which the band members simply bake a lemon merengue pie. Brlliant.
  • Drunks Man argues with his own reflection - have you ever reached this level of inebriation? If so, seek help.
  • The Majestic Plastic Bag - it's a mockumentary from 2010 and it's more than a little sad but it's also funny and worth a watch.
Find yourself needing an additional treat, listen to this John Linnell song... I'd managed to forget existed and, upon rediscovery, remembered how much I still love it. OR listen to this Michael Jackson cover of YMO, bizarre.
Fri. March 9th, 2018, 6:00am

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