welcome to my monkees sideblog keep scrolling if you dare
before i begin… my proudest works are below
-> torksmith bible
-> torksmith silver springs edit
-> monkees as vines
-> head x little dark age
self promo central over here but i also edit on tiktok and instagram and youtube
& this post explains how i make my edits
I'm taking scene requests!!!! need any particular monkee related scenes in 4k im ur man. drop me an ask or a message, idm! :)
hello my name is Maz (or Maisie, i don’t mind) (i also use she/they)
i’m 21, from england and currently in 3rd year of uni studying archaeology.
my dad introduced me to the monkees when i was 10, he showed me a few songs (my fave was sweet young thing) and then found Monkees on the Line on youtube.
and chat, that was it for me.
i watched that episode over and over and over again. to the point where now it doesn’t even feel real. i can probably recite the entire script.
i could only ever watch the episodes on youtube, which were like 240p and about 15 out of the 58.
i kinda lost touch with them during my teen years (dark, dark times). i remember seeing on the news when peter passed and it hit me like a brick. same with mike. and then in 2023 they had a mild resurgence in my music listening habits.
anyway i’m trying to expand my record collection so for xmas last year i asked for a monkees one just for old times sake. and chat,
mary, mary started playing and suddenly i felt alive. i was like, i seriously need to start getting back into these guys. so i checked to see how much of an online presence there was and omg.
then i found the google link the show so i could finally after 10 years watch all the episodes.
suffice it to say they have taken over my life now.
peter was always my favourite i fully just latched onto him when i was a kid and i feel like that makes sense looking at me now.
if you have gotten to the end of this post, then wow. if u wanna follow my personal instagram it’s @maisienicoll (i would love it if u did i love having new friends)
peace out
attached below is a drawing i did circa july 2015 when i was 10, what can i say.
pride month has come back around and so has this edit but i also want to lore dump on everyone about the actual impact this edit has had on me STAY WITH ME HERE
so, around april last year, i noticed someone’s comment under my edit on instagram and i stalked their account for a while and then moved on (i do this with everyone) but this person did linger in my mind…
anyway fast forward to early june last year, i yearn to make a peter pride edit but cannot think of a song to use, so i put a question box on my story and this same person responded (didnt use your rec soz babe) and i was like ok don’t pussy out just message her. so i diiiiiid.
anyway this person is @nezluvr and we have been speaking practically everyday since and met up irl in march this year (again in july!). she quite literally means the world to me and i couldn’t imagine life without her.
so BASICALLY… happy pride month and thankyou peter for being so bisexual or my life may have not turned out this way.
listening to infinite rider record really drunk why is this actually one of the best albums ever Michael you really outdid yourself im gonna play tropical campfires cd next feeling in a Michael mood
my beatlespilled grandad who I live with has to deal with me every so often ordering a monkees record to the house and yesterday we were in the kitchen and he goes "... so I saw the package?" and I go "...yeah surprise it's the monkees." and I watch his face fall once more. do you think im still in the will.
I have a sticker on my bedroom door which says 'ask me about Peter tork' and occasionally someone will come into my room and say 'I have a question about Peter tork' and I'll get all chud excited for a second until I remember they actually aren't interested