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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 - Sept 22nd, 2017

If you haven't already, go check out the new Coupler album I announced this week. You're gonna love it. I got more brewing before the end of the year as well.
  • Weird Simpsons VHS - an art project to re-animate The Simpsons intro with a bizarre style. It's from 2015 but it's safe to say this is the best thing I'll see in 2017.
  • Isle of Dogs trailer - I was fully prepared not to enjoy the latest animation effort from Wes Anderson but I'm pleasantly surprised by this. Looking forward to it now.
  • Conor McGregor Shooting Stars - this is part of a meme that I don't fully understand and don't want to. I just enjoy it.
  • Monkey Shave - I can't say I condone having a monkey as a pet, nor would I assume that they enjoy a shave but it's hard to believe this guy isn't liking it to some degree!
  • Nic Cage on Wogan - six minutes of real-life Cage being insane. Two minutes in he starts to disrobe. This is, absolutely, an endurance challenge.
  • Invention 2: Pattern Recognition - as posted earlier this week, check out this AI powered, stop-motion video from the new Coupler record, Gifts from the Ebb Tide.
  • Doctor and the Medics - Spirit in the Sky - this over-the-top 80's band has such a fascinating look and amazing videos, it's worth a deep dive. What they don't have is an original take on this song, it's pretty amazingly straightforward for a band that looks so bonkers.
I'll also go ahead and recommend you watch Sand like Liquid and this new Bjork video (I don't care for the song but her visuals are untoppable).
Fri. September 22nd, 2017, 5:51am

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