The official start of summer means it's time for the return of the annual urban earworm, the Mister Softee jingle. Resistance is futile, so here instead is another way to fight: reappropriation. The ...

In New York City, summer has a theme song: the loud, distorted and high-pitched jingle of Mister Softee ice cream trucks. But as the weather warms up, a pair of Brooklyn artists is asking whether the ...