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...least for the first two of the four CDs, it's obvious why the Monkees were as big as they were. These are great songs, pure and simple - two words that describe them perfectly. "(Theme From) The Monkees" works just like the stroll down the street whose rhythm inspired its composition, a nice-guy "We're the Jets"; "Last Train to Clarksville" is a guitar-driven thing of pop splendor; "I'm a Believer" and "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" remind us what a distinctive stylist Neil Diamond was before he descended in the bathos-sphere with...
...renditions of Itsy Bitsy Spider or I'm a Little Teapot, thank you very much. Most programs that aim to introduce toddlers to music rely heavily on traditional folk songs, many of which have been around for centuries, but the music in Aardvarks classes (and sold on CDs) springs entirely from the brain of its punk-rocker founder and lead instructor, David Weinstone. With its topical song subjects and dizzying range of musical styles, Aardvarks has become something of a cult phenomenon among New York City hipsters. And the one-man operation, along with the 10 CDs of music...
...shakers, sticks and tambourines--include some high-profile artists like members of the bands Phish and Sonic Youth. Just last year Weinstone was duping homemade tapes of his songs out of his Brooklyn apartment (sales last year: 1,000). This year he has mass-produced his 160 songs on CDs, and through grass-roots sources--classes, a new website www.musicforaardvarks.com and local merchants who have asked to sell the album in their stores--he has sold some 7,000 in just three months...
...third of Weinstone's CD sales this year have come from families who live well beyond the Big Apple--parents who were not even aware that Weinstone teaches Aardvarks but have heard about his music from friends. (He knows this because he is the one who puts the CDs in the mail.) Two years ago, Weinstone began to license the program out to a few interested instructors. Now a dozen teachers in New York teach Aardvarks under his watch, and classes are under way in Chicago and Santa Monica, Calif...
...change has been for the better. Matthews, on his previous CDs, played folky acoustic guitar. "When he walked in my studio in Los Angeles, the first thing I did was hand him an electric guitar," says Ballard. Matthews and Ballard, in a burst of creativity, composed 10 songs in nine days. While the shelved songs had meandered, the new tracks are fierce and focused, powered by Matthews' electrified lead guitar lines. "Usually we play a song for two years on the road and then record it," says Matthews. "It's nice to have an album of songs recorded...