
Welcome to our first Guest Lecture. It's a new feature, wherein we'll hand over the reins of the blog to an artist we love, giving them our forum to write about a topic of their choosing. (Yes, we ripped this idea off from another music blog; to our credit, we did come up with a cooler name for it.) In the future, expect the occasional Guest Lecture from popular independent artists on a diverse range of topics. In related news, if you represent and/or are Stephen Malkmus, we'd love to hear your thoughts on immigration policy [...]

Did you know that the Scrotum Poles got their name from the situation where a group of men need to form a makeshift totem pole, thus also forming a "scrotum pole?" Clever, no? This group of Scottish punks were clever enough to pen the catchy 1980 DIY classic "Pick the Cats Eyes Out." Don't worry, this isn't a song about blinding animals. In Britain, "cats eyes" are the highway reflectors embedded in a road and a common motorist safety warning used to be "Cats Eyes Out Ahead." 17 year old [...]