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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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Jini & Tonic

loving these pins
Sep 2nd 2020, 8:34 AM

Most Popular Internet Browsers 1994 - 2019

why is this so fascinating to watch?
Aug 31st 2020, 9:04 AM

Friday Videos - August 28th, 2020

Have I used Lumpawaroo as a cover gif previously? Probably but whenever I see him in a gif dump, I just can't help myself.

Helluva week. Lots of horrible things happening in the news wherever you look. Hopefully we are all able to see these things as net positives; resolving injustice isn't going to come easy but at least progress is being made and a light is being shined on the problems.

But, hey, you don't come here for that. Enjoy:

Stay safe out there. Keep wearing the dang mask.
Aug 28th 2020, 3:03 PM

Introducing Memento Stori

Very happy to share the trailer for Memento Stori, a new podcast on the We Own This Town network hosted by Rebecca Delius. The show is "about our complicated connections to inherited items" but I think the trailer says it better than any marketing logline can:
The first episode will be released quite soon but I highly suggest you go ahead and subscribe so you don't miss it. It is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Overcast and wherever else you listen to podcasts.

You can, and should, follow the show on Instagram @mementostori. I'm excited to be a part of sharing this one with the world!
Aug 24th 2020, 7:25 AM

Friday Videos - August 21st, 2020

Searched Giphy for #wonderful and this came back. Seems right.

If you're here for some meaningless distractions, you have no better destination than /r/AbruptChaos/ on Reddit. You're welcome.

Here's to a wonderful weekend.

Side note, have you watched YOLO: Crystal Fantasy on Adult Swim? Has a SuperJail vibe to it, which I am into.

Stay safe out there. Keep wearing the dang mask.
Aug 21st 2020, 10:20 AM

The Case of the Top Secret iPod

fascinating little tale
Aug 21st 2020, 7:50 AM

The Eagle Has Left The Building

The debut album from Nashville trio The Prudish Few, The Eagle Has Left the Building, is officially available today via my own yk records. Streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and anywhere else you like to stream. I recommend Bandcamp of course but just listen to it!
The members of The Prudish Few have been in various bands around Nashville for as long as I can remember. Todd Kemp played in The Carter Administration for... forever. Mike Shepherd and Jay Leo Phillips were both a part of Apollo Up!- one of my all time favorites - as well as Tower Defense and their own solo album, respectively. All that is to say, I've been a devout fan of their individual work for almost 20 years. Hearing them come together in a new project feels familiar but also entirely fresh and new. It's pop rock but it's intricate in a way that is hard to articulate.

In a recent interview with the band I quipped that they sound like "If They Might Be Giants and [D.C. math-pop trio] Faraquet got together." That's a niche comparison if ever there was one but I stand by it.

I really recommend that you just start at the top of the album and let it play through but if you need a recommended starting point that isn't one of the previously released singles, give “I Am From History” a whirl for some head-bopping elation or “Aliver Than Ever” for a cool breeze on a brisk summer day.

Enjoy!
Aug 21st 2020, 6:53 AM

/r/AbruptChaos/ - Videos that suddenly end in chaos, often hilariously

absolutely dying
Aug 20th 2020, 6:31 AM