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Friday Food Song(s): Songs for Ice Cream Trucks
I grew up in the hinterlands. For very sound economic reasons, the hinterlands do not have ice cream trucks. I have never bought an ice cream from an ice cream truck. But even I know that the ice cream truck is an iconic part of American Society to which many people have a Pavlovian reaction. Upon hearing a tinny, chiming rendition of “Turkey in the Straw”, they leap drooling to attention and start fishing for change. This album is for them.
What inspired the composer? Find out here.
Friday Food Song: Liquor is Quicker, but Candy IS Dandy.
I just found out that whoever declares these things has declared June as National Candy Month. It’s a pity that I just found this out, because I could have a lot to say on the topic of candy….so perhaps it’s a blessing that I just found out.
Either way, it does mean I could choose one and only one candy song for this last Friday in June. Boldly ignoring the obvious, I give you the second most obvious–a lyric of joy from the time before excise taxes when candy was fun and made you so happy that your hair curled.
Friday’s Food Song
In tribute to Kyle McKenzie’s very interesting podcast with Pierre Desrochers on the topic of food miles, I give you one of the great hits of the Roaring Twenties, as interpreted by the comic stylings of Marvin Suggs and the All Food Glee Club.
