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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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Nashville Mixtapes Connections

I was recently a guest DJ over on WXNA with my buddy Cody Newman as a substitute DJ for regular host Brandon Spencer.
You can hear the song selections we put together for the show over here. We are never explicit about it on the show but the entire playlist does have a continuity to it. Can you figure it out?
  • That Is Why by Jellyfish on Bellybutton (Virgin Records)
  • She’s a Study by TV Eyes on TV Eyes (Omnivore Recordings)
  • I H8 Ppl by R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner on Make It Be (Lost Colony Music)
  • Dates by R. Stevie Moore on Hobbies Galore (His Best Twenty-Four) (Spunky Monkey Music)
  • Earn Enough for Us by XTC on Skylarking (Remastered) (UMC (Universal Music Catalogue))
  • Turn Me On, Dead Man by Robyn Hitchcock/Andy Partridge on Planet England (Ape House)
  • Underground Sun by Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 on Ole Tarantula (OAK TREE)
  • Near Wild Heaven by R.E.M. on Out of Time (Concord Records)
  • Private Idado by The B-52’s on Wild Planet (WB)
  • Chop Suey by The Ramones on Leathers from New York (Sonic Book)
  • Tehran 1979 by Brian Reitzell on American Gods (Original Television Series Soundtrack) (Milan Records)
  • Don’t Be Light by Air on 10 000 Hz Legend (Parlophone (France))
  • Morning by Beck on Morning Phase (Hostess Entertainment)
Sun. October 17th, 2021, 9:00am

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