Hannah4Monkees
A.K.A. Hannah Rarick
AGE: 20
HQ: Lancaster, Ohio
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Compact Discs: Sound of the Future
DAY JOB: Bank teller
SPECIALTY: TV appearances, movie clips, and old commercials featuring the Monkees
CLIPS POSTED: 135 in five months
UPLOAD TIME: Two hours a day, but she’s done 12 hours straight
WHY DO THEY DO IT: I love the Monkees so much felt others should be able to experience them, too. They are so much better than today’s music.”
CHOICE CLIP: A scene from a 1971 Brady Bunch episode, where Marcia begs frontman Davy Jones to play at her prom
TYPICAL VIEWER RESPONSE: “LOL that was so gay.”
Meowsicman
A.K.A. Tommy Toma
AGE: 50
HQ: Staten Island, New York
DAY JOB: Owns a cleaning company
SPECIALTY: AM radio gold, set to slide shows of puppies, teddy bears, and smooching couples
CLIPS POSTED: More than 940
UPLOAD TIME: Three hours a day; fields 1,000 requests a week
WHY DO THEY DO IT: “I always wanted to be a VJ for MTV; this might be as close as I come…unless my wife kicks me out for cluttering our house with vinyl.”
CHOICE CLIP: Christopher Cross’ 1983 three-hanky elegy “Think of Laura,” illustrated with photos of first lady Laura Bush
TYPICAL VIEWER RESPONSE: “Laura Bush is total class. I bet she was a babe when she was younger.”
EvilTiiVii
A.K.A. Matthew Rodriguez
AGE: 27
HQ: New York City
DAY JOB: Middle-school teacher
SPECIALTY: Live clips, official videos, and homemade visual mash-ups of Interpol
CLIPS POSTED: More than 44
UPLOAD TIME: Up to four hours a day
WHY DO THEY DO IT: “To keep in touch with other Interpol fans. We’re all sort of introverted and alienated — that’s why we need each other.”
CHOICE CLIP: A homemade video for “Pace Is the Trick,” which uses footage from David Lynch’s silent short The Grandmother
TYPICAL VIEWER RESPONSE: “This song is comparable to beethoven and that shit.”
