The 50 States: Iowa

Iowa you low, fat, agricultural beast. I drive through you constantly to get to Kansas. Your roads are straight (except for the most crooked one in the country -- pictured), your balance is strong, and you have a very odd method of influencing your might on presidential elections. I don't dislike you, Iowa.

You've given us the likes of the worlds largest strawberry, covered bridges, the worlds shortest and steepest railroad, quaker oats, a sprint car museum, Herbert Hoover, John Wayne, Glenn Miller, Winnebagos, Johnny Carson, Buffalo Bill, George Gallup, Ann Landers, and Slipknot!

We love you, Iowa.

• Halloween Alaska - Des Moines
• Wesley Willis - Iowa State Patrol
• Beck - The Water Will Take Back the Land (ok, so I might be cheating, but this has always seemed like it was about iowa)
• Polvo - Snowstorm in Iowa
• Jaco Pastorius - The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines
• Joni Mitchell w/ Minugs - The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines
• Mark Olson - It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines
• Bukka White - Boogie 'til Dubuque
• Kelly Padekooper - Not In Iowa
• The Plastic Constellations - Oh No, Iowa
• The Six Parts Seven - Iowa Was Blacknight
• Oscar Peterson w/ Manhattan Transfer - The Duke of Dubuque
• The Autumn Defense - Iowa City Adieu
• Damian Jurado - Backseat Iowa

Stick with me here, these next 3 get a little \../ and try and shake that iowa sound.

• Slipknot - Iowa
• Stretch Armstrong - The Truth About Iowa
• The Tokyo Smash - Iowa State University

So the next songs are probably about somewhere in the UK. Doesn't matter -- let's assume they're about waterloo, ia because that fits my theme much, much better!

• Swearing at Motorists - Waterloo Crescent
• The Libertines - You Are My Waterloo
• Suede - Waterloo
• Abba - Waterloo
• Elliott Smith - Waterloo Sunset
• Jason Crest - Waterloo Road
• Old Blind Dogs - Battle of Waterloo
• The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

Next up, Kiddies, is Kansas. Drop me some Kansas love in the comments if ya'll feeling spectacular.