Sinister: ice hotels etc...

[jj]

mr.tag was inquiring about the swedish ice hotel and me 
being the astute information-professional-in-training that 
i am remembered reading something about this lovely place 
in a somewhat-lesscheesy-than-the-usual-bridal-magazine. So 
I went digging through my bridal archives and came up with 
the source in question and it did indeed have a nice little 
article on the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. Apparently 
the Ice Hotel is built every october from snow and ice - it 
takes about 1000 tons of ice and 2000 tons of snow annually 
and the design changes every year. The hotel has a chapel, 
rooms, a gallery, an ice sauna(?!), a golf room, a cinema, 
and a bar called Absolute Ice. The temp inside the hotel 
varies between -3 C to -8 C (this is a british bridal magazine 
and i don't know how to convert back to F - but i do know that's 
*cold*!)...you sleep on a block of snow covered in reindeer 
skins in a special sleeping bag for two! it seems cuddling
would be imperative for staying warm :)

now i shall say that i too have really been enjoying Boards 
of Canada and to throw in something *somewhat* related to our 
beloved b&s, i would like to shamelessly plug my radio show 
that will be taking place tomorrow (wednesday)morning, bright 
and early, from 6-9am EST (that's 11-2 GMT i believe) on 
wcbn-fm that you can all listen to via realaudio at 
www.wcbn.org/listen.html. i always play something by b&s, plus 
loads of other cool pop tunes (playlists for previous shows 
are online at my website if you need convincing. *grin*) 

if you think you might be tuning in and want to hear something 
in particular, email me today before 10pm and i'll do my darndest 
to get it on the airwaves/internetwaves for you.

now its time to go brave the snow and ice of ann arbor (not 
quite as romantic as that of the ice hotel i'm afraid) and 
dig out my car.

xojj
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