The Colour Purple: Atlantic Avenue Rig

On the junction of Fifth Avenue and Atlantic this afternoon.

Love Songs for the Ice Cream Van

From The Brooklyn Record via The Gray Lady: The sweet but reiterative song of the ice cream van has inspired Michael Hearst of Park Slope band One Ring Zero to record an album of alternatives. Hearst is not the first to look to Mister Softee as his muse. We're reminded of an old favourite, Tele:Funken's A Collection of Ice Cream Vans Vol. 2, which made the Times' (UK) "CD of the Week" back in the summer of 2000. Nothing conjures up council estates, sunburnt bullies and the Bay City Rollers quite like jingly tones played lo-fi and loud.