Thao & Mirah

80/35 music festival

 In 2004, the non-profit Greater Des Moines Music Coalition was founded with the goal of creating a live music economy and reenergizing the city. The centerpiece? A major urban music festival.

In its inaugural year, 2008, 80/35 placed Des Moines solidly on the national music map as a progressive force with headliners The Flaming Lips and The Roots. Since then, iconic acts including Public Enemy, Black Francis, Ben Harper, Jakob Dylan, Girl Talk, Modest Mouse, Spoon, Galactic and dozens more have rocked the city.

 80/35 is the famous junction of two prominent interstates (I-80 and I-35) that meet at the corners of Des Moines. Locals call it eighty-thirty-five. 

 Before I die I want to ...

Pieta Brown!

WIND FARM

 Driving from Denver to Des Moines

we see wind farms all over western Iowa...

FACTS:

• Iowa is a leading U.S. state in wind power generation with 18.8% of the state's electricity generation coming from wind in 2011
• Wind farms are most prevalent in the north and west portion of Iowa.
• Wind maps show wind speeds are on average strongest from November through April, peaking in March. August is the month with the weakest average wind speeds.
• On a daily cycle, there is a slight rise in average wind speeds in the afternoon, from 1 to 6 p.m.

might

 “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” ~Lao Tzu