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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 a Product Manager at Mosaic. 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 twitter 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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Ask Deaner
I think I can safely say I've been a Ween fan for awhile but it hasn't been until somewhat recently that my enjoyment of the band really stepped up into new levels of appreciation. So, when I was pointed towards Ask Deaner, a site run by Dean Ween himself (aka Mickey Melchiondo) answering all kinds of random questions, I knew that I'd be headed down a spiral of time wasting enjoyment. Inquiries like this are ridiculous and absolutely perfect:
Q- I’ve seen dozens of Ween shows and always wondered what it means when you (and sometimes Claude) raised an angled index finger in the air and shook it a few times after rocking out. Thanks!

A- This means that rock has been achieved, an acknowledgment between thw two of us. I played with PIGFACE in 1995 for a short tour and the singer (Mary Byker) had a thermometer like Flava Flav’s that sat on the drum riser. We were able to figure out that when it reached 103 degrees onstage that rock had been achieved.
Read On!

Comments

Ron / Aug 14th 2023, 6:15 PM
Right the f**k on, now I finally know the exact meaning behind it. Me and my friends had many guesses but never truly knew. Btw you guys f**kin%u2019 rocked so hard at Red Rocks a couple weeks ago (8/3/23) an index finger point the whole time%u2026bravo! %u270C%uD83C%uDFFB&%u2764%uFE0F