Scott The Hoople
@theeminus5.bsky.social
Representing THE MINUS 5, YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS + other well-purposed combos. We love music.
Happy 80th birthday to @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social !! I've recorded a couple new Neil-dedicated songs for the occasion.
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scottthehoople.bandcamp.com/album/neil-i...
NEIL IV: The Horse Lives On, by Scott The Hoople
2 track album
scottthehoople.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happy 80th birthday to @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social !! I've recorded a couple new Neil-dedicated songs for the occasion.
scottthehoople.bandcamp.com/album/neil-i...
scottthehoople.bandcamp.com/album/neil-i...
I am so thankful for @tcmtv.bsky.social!! Today I'm especially moved by their not-so-subtle programming of anti-fascist WWII movies. Touché!
October 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I am so thankful for @tcmtv.bsky.social!! Today I'm especially moved by their not-so-subtle programming of anti-fascist WWII movies. Touché!
Talkin @pirates here! Tonight with @the baseballproject
at MrSmalls.com — I’m told it’s a cool venue. Pittsburgh is a beautiful city.
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at MrSmalls.com — I’m told it’s a cool venue. Pittsburgh is a beautiful city.
triblive.com/aande/music/...
Q&A: Scott McCaughey on pulling a doubleheader with The Baseball Project, The Minus 5
Somewhere in Europe, there exists live footage of an unreleased song about Roberto Clemente, penned by R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills. The Baseball Project — a music supergroup now comprised of R.E.M...
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September 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Talkin @pirates here! Tonight with @the baseballproject
at MrSmalls.com — I’m told it’s a cool venue. Pittsburgh is a beautiful city.
triblive.com/aande/music/...
at MrSmalls.com — I’m told it’s a cool venue. Pittsburgh is a beautiful city.
triblive.com/aande/music/...
Had another excellent conversation with @caropopcast.bsky.social the other evening. We’ll see you, Mark, @thaliahallchicago.bsky.social tonight!
www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
Caropop Episodes | Caropop
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September 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Had another excellent conversation with @caropopcast.bsky.social the other evening. We’ll see you, Mark, @thaliahallchicago.bsky.social tonight!
www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...
I’ll join my buddy #ThreeChordMonte on @wfmu.bsky.social for a rollicking palaverfest at 1 pm eastern today! There will be music too. WFMU.org
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’ll join my buddy #ThreeChordMonte on @wfmu.bsky.social for a rollicking palaverfest at 1 pm eastern today! There will be music too. WFMU.org
I'm told by those who've listened that this is a really good episode of a really good podcast. It might be too much of me to revisit myself. As Pee Wee Herman once said so poignantly: "I lived it."
open.spotify.com/episode/1S40...
open.spotify.com/episode/1S40...
20 | Only The Word Gets Out Alive
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September 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm told by those who've listened that this is a really good episode of a really good podcast. It might be too much of me to revisit myself. As Pee Wee Herman once said so poignantly: "I lived it."
open.spotify.com/episode/1S40...
open.spotify.com/episode/1S40...
Tonight we’ll sing songs of heartbreak and victory. Many about the sport. Others about death and rock n roll. All the usual stuff, smothered in Tabasco.
TONIGHT — Thursday, September 11, 2025 — @thebaseballproject.bsky.social with @theeminus5.bsky.social ( @saturnbirmingham.bsky.social, 7:30 p.m) — #music
The Baseball Project is an indie-rock supergroup with a singular focus on writing songs about baseball and baseball-adjacent stories.
The Baseball Project is an indie-rock supergroup with a singular focus on writing songs about baseball and baseball-adjacent stories.
Grand Salami Time
Provided to YouTube by Omnivore Recordings
Grand Salami Time · The Baseball Project
Grand Salami Time
℗ 2023 Omnivore Recordings, a division of Omnivore Entertainment Group, LLC.
Writer: Peter…
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Tonight we’ll sing songs of heartbreak and victory. Many about the sport. Others about death and rock n roll. All the usual stuff, smothered in Tabasco.
I wondered if anyone got that… sorry? Or thanks? It seemed in the mood of the song.
Oh Scott, @theeminus5.bsky.social
That backing vocal on “Special Guest Appearance” is both sad and funny.
You know which one!
@lukehaines.bsky.social
youtu.be/5oNZ9Yhps9Y?...
That backing vocal on “Special Guest Appearance” is both sad and funny.
You know which one!
@lukehaines.bsky.social
youtu.be/5oNZ9Yhps9Y?...
Special Guest Appearance
YouTube video by Luke Haines - Topic
youtu.be
August 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I wondered if anyone got that… sorry? Or thanks? It seemed in the mood of the song.
This!! See you in UK (with Minus 5, too) as I take my coveted place as bassist/composer/backing vocalist with Luke & Peter in the BLOW YOUR MIND TOUR. Hebden Bridge, here we come!
Going Down To The River…
To Blow My Mind
@lukehaines.bsky.social
@theeminus5.bsky.social
See you live on 30 August
To Blow My Mind
@lukehaines.bsky.social
@theeminus5.bsky.social
See you live on 30 August
July 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This!! See you in UK (with Minus 5, too) as I take my coveted place as bassist/composer/backing vocalist with Luke & Peter in the BLOW YOUR MIND TOUR. Hebden Bridge, here we come!
“The only way to deal with fascism is to show people what it ISN’T over and over again. Joy, love, innocence. Singin In The Rain — that’s the ultimate anti-fascist movie.” - Theodore Roscak, 1991 from his novel Flicker.
July 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“The only way to deal with fascism is to show people what it ISN’T over and over again. Joy, love, innocence. Singin In The Rain — that’s the ultimate anti-fascist movie.” - Theodore Roscak, 1991 from his novel Flicker.
Thanks @magnetmagazine.bsky.social for airing my views on The Minus 5 album. Enlightening?... uh, maybe! @remhq.bsky.social @thebangles.bsky.social @yeproc.bsky.social @eddiestasium.bsky.social
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MAGNET Exclusive: Scott McCaughey Goes Track By Track On The Minus 5's "Oar On, Penelope!" - Magnet Magazine
In a radical move (for those who know him, at least), Scott McCaughey was dead set on keeping the tambourine to a minimum on Oar On, Penelope! (Yep Roc), the Minus 5’s first album in six years. Little...
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June 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thanks @magnetmagazine.bsky.social for airing my views on The Minus 5 album. Enlightening?... uh, maybe! @remhq.bsky.social @thebangles.bsky.social @yeproc.bsky.social @eddiestasium.bsky.social
magnetmagazine.com/2025/06/12/m...
magnetmagazine.com/2025/06/12/m...
Boone & Jocko are throwing a shindig in the Beulahland this Sunday -- technically @tractortavern.bsky.social in Seattle. A lot of friends and fans will celebrate the music of #MichaelHurley, and I'll be one of them!
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
All-star Seattle tribute set for Pacific Northwest folk icon
Michael Hurley was a cult hero who never set foot near the mainstream. After Hurley's death in April, a cast of local musicians will pay tribute to him.
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June 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Boone & Jocko are throwing a shindig in the Beulahland this Sunday -- technically @tractortavern.bsky.social in Seattle. A lot of friends and fans will celebrate the music of #MichaelHurley, and I'll be one of them!
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
Tonight at ZEBULON L.A. Last night of our wonderful SoCal sojourn with @vickijohnmusic.bsky.social. They are awesome! We are too!
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Members of Iconic ‘80s Band Make Rare Performance on the Same Bill
Sisters Debbi and Vicki Peterson of the Bangles are playing at the same Los Angeles club with different bands.
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June 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tonight at ZEBULON L.A. Last night of our wonderful SoCal sojourn with @vickijohnmusic.bsky.social. They are awesome! We are too!
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parade.com/news/members...
Here's a cool podcast I did with @vishkhanna.bsky.social on KREATIVE KONTROL... thanks, Vish, for bein' awesome!
vishkhanna.com/2025/05/29/e...
vishkhanna.com/2025/05/29/e...
Ep. #981: The Minus 5 - Kreative Kontrol
Scott McCaughey discusses 'Oar On, Penelope!' by the Minus 5, the vast collection of records in his Dungeon of Horror, the recently departed folk artist Michael Hurley, how suffering a stroke in 2017 ...
vishkhanna.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here's a cool podcast I did with @vishkhanna.bsky.social on KREATIVE KONTROL... thanks, Vish, for bein' awesome!
vishkhanna.com/2025/05/29/e...
vishkhanna.com/2025/05/29/e...
As if I needed an explanation!
May 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
As if I needed an explanation!
And I hope some of you can join me as we unveil the new Minus 5 album LIVE at 6 pm Pacific on @bandcamp.com.
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theminus5.bandcamp.com/merch/oar-on...
Oar On, Penelope! Listening Party from The Minus 5
Listening Party from The Minus 5.
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May 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And I hope some of you can join me as we unveil the new Minus 5 album LIVE at 6 pm Pacific on @bandcamp.com.
theminus5.bandcamp.com/merch/oar-on...
theminus5.bandcamp.com/merch/oar-on...
Man, this incredible article by Jim Allen almost has ME believing that I AM pretty good! Thanks so much @bandcamp.com!
Where to start with the man behind The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, Baseball Project, and so many more.
A Guide to the Many Faces of Scott McCaughey
Where to start with the man behind The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, Baseball Project, and so many more.
daily.bandcamp.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Man, this incredible article by Jim Allen almost has ME believing that I AM pretty good! Thanks so much @bandcamp.com!
Thanks to @discoverla.bsky.social for the lovely preview to The Minus 5 show at #Zebulon on June 3! What a cool club. I want to go to there. @remhq.bsky.social @thebangles.bsky.social
www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do...
www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do...
Coming Soon: The Best of LA June 2-8, 2025
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May 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Thanks to @discoverla.bsky.social for the lovely preview to The Minus 5 show at #Zebulon on June 3! What a cool club. I want to go to there. @remhq.bsky.social @thebangles.bsky.social
www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do...
www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do...
The new YFF album, recorded in one day @ Wilco’s Loft, is unstoppable.
May 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The new YFF album, recorded in one day @ Wilco’s Loft, is unstoppable.
Hey Portland and people of earth, come join me and 44 other songsters swinging Snock tunes galore, tomorrow at noon - 5 pm, under the stars! Michael Hurley will be there, for sure, in his way.
May 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Hey Portland and people of earth, come join me and 44 other songsters swinging Snock tunes galore, tomorrow at noon - 5 pm, under the stars! Michael Hurley will be there, for sure, in his way.
A real lovely version of the @remhq.bsky.social classic by a @yeproc.bsky.social labelmate!
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Louisa Stancioff - "Strange Currencies"
Louisa's stunning version of "Strange Currencies" is out now! Stream wherever you like to listen to music & watch the music video.
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April 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A real lovely version of the @remhq.bsky.social classic by a @yeproc.bsky.social labelmate!
ffm.to/strangecurre...
ffm.to/strangecurre...
Chatted today with NW & YFF historian Feliks Banel about the “legendary” BEER MONEY 45. Apologies to the Del Fuegos…
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BONUS EPISODE: Secrets of The Young Fresh Fellows'
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with musician Scott McCaughey of legendary and influential band The Young Fresh Fellows about their upcoming shows (late April 2025) in
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April 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Chatted today with NW & YFF historian Feliks Banel about the “legendary” BEER MONEY 45. Apologies to the Del Fuegos…
on.soundcloud.com/U6QgxPkdBHdj...
on.soundcloud.com/U6QgxPkdBHdj...
I’m so thankful I had the opportunity to meet, work with, and learn from Clem Burke. What a master. Respect the rock!
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Split Squad
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April 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’m so thankful I had the opportunity to meet, work with, and learn from Clem Burke. What a master. Respect the rock!
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thesplitsquad.com
The schedule has been decided and my buddies and I are all over it! #undergroundgaragecruise
undergroundgaragecruise.com/schedule
undergroundgaragecruise.com/schedule
Schedule
Check out the Little Steven's Underground Garage Cruise schedule to plot and plan your musical adventure!
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March 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The schedule has been decided and my buddies and I are all over it! #undergroundgaragecruise
undergroundgaragecruise.com/schedule
undergroundgaragecruise.com/schedule
This is such an amazing festival!! Sorry not to make it this year...
March 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is such an amazing festival!! Sorry not to make it this year...