I'm not in favor of throwing out the baby with the bath-water when it comes to ice cream truck PA systems. It's not the music that should be banned but the off-key repetitive ear-splitting tinny tunes. Throw in the doppler effect and it can cause your head to explode. If there are things that can make Britney Spears sound in tune, there has to be a way to fix this problem.

Here's one solution: make all the ice cream trucks get an iPod and play Ride of the Valkyries or maybe James Brown (I Got You (I Feel Good)?) or, if you haven't had enough of it in Starbucks, Paul McCartney's new album. That won't be irritating.