Representing THE MINUS 5, YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS + other well-purposed combos. We love music.https://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3mkdlvpyngs2xIt’s Independent Bookstore Day! Books are awesome.25 Apr 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdlvpyngs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3mj5wvd5i522gI love @magnetmagazine.bsky.social https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/04/10/five-questions-with-scott-mccaughey-who-also-goes-track-by-track-on-young-fresh-fellows-loft/#site-header10 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5wvd5i522ghttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3miajeetu422aStrumming songs solo from the new Young Fresh Fellows album... here's one! https://substack.com/profile/59255463-scott-the-hoople/note/c-235281541?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=za1t330 Mar 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miajeetu422ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3mi35u4y67k2kI just wrote my first note on Substack. What the hell! https://substack.com/profile/59255463-scott-the-hoople/note/c-234358750?utm_source=substack&utm_content=first-note-modal27 Mar 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi35u4y67k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3mfdrknkccc2uI'm totally stoked, as well as being nervous as hell, to be included in this line-up. But having been many times, I know that it's a feel-good situation, start-to-finish.21 Feb 2026 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfdrknkccc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3m5hhninnc222Happy 80th birthday to @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social !! I've recorded a couple new Neil-dedicated songs for the occasion. https://scottthehoople.bandcamp.com/album/neil-iv-the-horse-lives-on12 Nov 2025 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hhninnc222https://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3m3ashcp2d22vI am so thankful for @tcmtv.bsky.social!! Today I'm especially moved by their not-so-subtle programming of anti-fascist WWII movies. Touché!15 Oct 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ashcp2d22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lzbwxsf4pc27Talkin @pirates here! Tonight with @the baseballproject at MrSmalls.com — I’m told it’s a cool venue. Pittsburgh is a beautiful city. https://triblive.com/aande/music/qa-scott-mccaughey-on-pulling-a-doubleheader-with-the-baseball-project-the-minus-five/20 Sep 2025 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzbwxsf4pc27https://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lz4nujjg5c27Had another excellent conversation with @caropopcast.bsky.social the other evening. We’ll see you, Mark, @thaliahallchicago.bsky.social tonight! https://www.caropop.com/caropopcast/episode/1d61a059/scott-mccaughey-202518 Sep 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4nujjg5c27https://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lyv6kbjtok24I’ll join my buddy #ThreeChordMonte on @wfmu.bsky.social for a rollicking palaverfest at 1 pm eastern today! There will be music too. WFMU.org15 Sep 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyv6kbjtok24https://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lyqg4cz5nc25I'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." https://open.spotify.com/episode/1S405onM9W9ecsTJGQJOpT?si=ghjbBM1eSH-vXzCQzvmjCw&nd=1&dlsi=ba708276950a4fb413 Sep 2025 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyqg4cz5nc25https://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lylbk4yuac2fTonight 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2025 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lylbk4yuac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lw42h6kxv22bI wondered if anyone got that… sorry? Or thanks? It seemed in the mood of the song. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2025 05:21 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw42h6kxv22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lvbquai7zs2kThis!! 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2025 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbquai7zs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3luskahy5uk2g“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.25 Jul 2025 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3luskahy5uk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lrgnnkkfek2cThanks @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 https://magnetmagazine.com/2025/06/12/magnet-exclusive-scott-mccaughey-goes-track-by-track-on-the-minus-5s-oar-on-penelope/12 Jun 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrgnnkkfek2chttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lrelwdhpx22zBoone & 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! https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/ben-gibbard-rachel-blumberg-top-tribute-to-folk-hero-michael-hurley/11 Jun 2025 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrelwdhpx22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lqpvrhrqls2gTonight at ZEBULON L.A. Last night of our wonderful SoCal sojourn with @vickijohnmusic.bsky.social. They are awesome! We are too! https://parade.com/news/members-of-iconic-80s-band-the-bangles-make-rare-performance-on-the-same-bill03 Jun 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpvrhrqls2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lqfs53rsb225Here's a cool podcast I did with @vishkhanna.bsky.social on KREATIVE KONTROL... thanks, Vish, for bein' awesome! http://vishkhanna.com/2025/05/29/ep-981-the-minus-5/30 May 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfs53rsb225https://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lpz4hsle6k2yAs if I needed an explanation!25 May 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpz4hsle6k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lpmx4s5nyc2oAnd I hope some of you can join me as we unveil the new Minus 5 album LIVE at 6 pm Pacific on @bandcamp.com. https://theminus5.bandcamp.com/merch/oar-on-penelope-listening-party20 May 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmx4s5nyc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lpmwyeeuas2oMan, this incredible article by Jim Allen almost has ME believing that I AM pretty good! Thanks so much @bandcamp.com! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2025 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmwyeeuas2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lpkmarwy6s2vThanks 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 https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/coming-soon-the-best-of-la-june-2-8-202519 May 2025 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpkmarwy6s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lopfwm6h4c23The new YFF album, recorded in one day @ Wilco’s Loft, is unstoppable.09 May 2025 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lopfwm6h4c23https://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3locndwwef22jHey 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.04 May 2025 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3locndwwef22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lnjjp4byd22xA real lovely version of the @remhq.bsky.social classic by a @yeproc.bsky.social labelmate! https://ffm.to/strangecurrencies?mc_cid=5536cea9c4&mc_eid=f0e9dcfdaf24 Apr 2025 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnjjp4byd22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lngnwey5i22jChatted today with NW & YFF historian Feliks Banel about the “legendary” BEER MONEY 45. Apologies to the Del Fuegos… https://on.soundcloud.com/U6QgxPkdBHdjRhCi622 Apr 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngnwey5i22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3lmapyrte5c2kI’m so thankful I had the opportunity to meet, work with, and learn from Clem Burke. What a master. Respect the rock! thesplitsquad.com https://thesplitsquad.com07 Apr 2025 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmapyrte5c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3llhltfj4l22kThe schedule has been decided and my buddies and I are all over it! #undergroundgaragecruise undergroundgaragecruise.com/schedule https://undergroundgaragecruise.com/schedule28 Mar 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhltfj4l22khttps://bsky.app/profile/theeminus5.bsky.social/post/3llhlnerff22kThis is such an amazing festival!! Sorry not to make it this year... [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:2gkvzemlwrtfwsp4nud2phzq/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhlnerff22k