Tim Pickup explores the low-fi world of Ice-Cream van chimes; the crudely synthesized ditties that herald the arival of the van full of frozen treats. Today’s show features a wide variety of anoying tunes, plus the perplexing legalities of the use of ice-cream chimes in public.
You might also be interested in this history of ice-cream van melodies courtesy of The Music Thing.
6 responses so far ↓
1 ginny reed // Sep 11, 2006 at 10:15 am
Dear Tim,
I really enjoyed your Podcast and was wondering where you got your sound files from?
I am currently making a (non-commercial) film that fuses views of streets at the end of the summer with the sounds of ice-cream van chimes.
I am having a devil of a time trying to find chime recordings, especially the older ones.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
2 Fari // Nov 29, 2006 at 11:30 pm
Is there a circuit to these? I would like to buy an ice cream van circuit, had it yet been heard of?
3 MARIO DI CLAUDIO // Jan 3, 2007 at 3:13 am
GREAT STUFF NICE TUNES PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE REMINDS US OF OUR CHILDHOOD
4 Mikey // Apr 16, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Theres a CD you can buy I searched in google and it came back with
chimedisc.8bit.co.uk
5 Costas Liamis // Jun 9, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Where can i find clasic ice cream van tunes for my van in greece please?Im having a herd time finding them.
6 abe cambridge // May 9, 2008 at 8:38 pm
I am as post grad student and to make money I walk around campus selling ice creams I bought from Asda at a great mark up. I have just downloaded this podcast and play it from a portable speaker from my belt and my sales have gone through the roof. Thanks.
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