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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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sugar skulls - Becomes Me

I've been working with the band sugar sk*-*lls for around a year preparing their new album, Star Time. After much preparation, today we're finally able to unleash the fruits of our labor on the world.

First and foremost, the video for "Becomes Me" is now available. It was directed by Dycee Wildman and it's an absolute blast. It's got witches, it's got rituals, it's got loads of synth. I'm biased but I'm such a big fan of what she was able to do.

Along with that video is the "Becomes Me" maxi-single - a mini-EP of sorts that takes the album track and pairs it with 2 remixes and a bonus track. The wildest part is that the bonus track is a cover from another band of a different album track. It is a bizarre and strange idea that I really can't express my affection for enough.

Lastly, but not leastly, is the new full-length album Star Time is now available for pre-order. It's set for release on October 6th and can be procured in digital form or as 2x Deluxe Cassette; featuring all of the remixes and covers compiled into a special mixtape.

There will be plenty more to share about this project over the coming months and I am overjoyed to start spreading the word. Please indulge and spread the word.
Thu. August 3rd, 2023, 10:04am

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