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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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Meadownoise "Lyk Wool"

For the past few weeks ten weeks or so, I've been sharing Meadownoise videos as part of promotion for his newest release, Threeve. There are only two videos left and they may be my favorites among the bunch. It's tough to say that because I think there is a little something wonderful in all of them but when an artist is able to make something perfectly simple and it's still incredibly engaging; I'm over the moon.

"Lyk Wool" is a prime example of that. On paper, there's nothing to it. A hand gestures through a series of movements for 2 minutes but in that short span of time it covers a lot of ground. There are jokes and sentiments and real communication, without saying anything at all. For me, it's hard to look away.

The song is a b-side from the Threeve album and probably one of the more challenging of the bunch musically. It's a bit of droning ambience mixed with some field recording observations and Glassmeyer's signature falsetto floating over top; weaving some enigmatic poetry. That's not a negative tho, I find the seemingly stream of consciousness lyrics engaging; especially when he remarks that "clear is his favorite color."

I'll give a longer wrapup about Meadownoise in the coming weeks but I hope you'll spend some time with these videos; they are quite rewarding.
Wed. August 12th, 2020, 7:10am

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