Last Friday we had a glimpse of summer...with a 70+ degree day, which made me think of ice cream..ok, I actually always think of ice cream. Nostalgia lends me to think of ice cream vans, { trucks }. Growing up in London I always got a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Flake">99 flake</a> - soft serve ice cream with a flake bar jammed in it drizzled in strawberry sauce, whereas when I visited the States I would always have a <a href="http://www.marinaicecream.com/images/Good%20Humor/Screwball.jpg">Screwball</a>. Yum! 

I came across this rather unique art piece that uses  the music boxes of ice cream van's to create an orchestra. The sound of an ice cream van approaching was nothing short of the pied piper of soft serve coming down the street - Artist Chris Yates partnered with composer Kelvin Pawsey to put together a six piece composition. The end result is nothing short of mesmerizing to young and old alike. Check it out:

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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><em>Video via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Wv_dmNxqY&feature=fvwrel">The Guardian</a></em></span></p>

In other news last week, Ice cream van's have also proved to be vehicles for more than just ice cream. Can you say '<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/17/drug-ring-sold-oxycodone-_n_837272.html">Oxycodone</a>'?!