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Who Wrote This Song - April 2021
Who Wrote This Song - April 2021
April 1, 2021 | 6:15 PM

Who Wrote This Song - April 2021

  To those who've not heard from me this year... Possibly a relief from the onslaught of music (and death) last year -- but I needed it and it seems some of you did as well. Anyway I've reached a weird space where I don't feel the need to PRODUCE, daily. But, fear not, I still have plans to continue being a songwriter/mus ... →

April 30, 2020 | 11:36 PM

SAD BOX???

SCOTT THE HOOPLE takes on The Quarantine!  Who wins?  You, the listener? I had found myself bereft of inspiration, foundering in our world today, unable to write, unable even to read the Sunday NY Times.  I had written one new song, that dealt with some plastic singing chickens that Peter Buck had taken to, uh, 'documen ... →

OUR MUSICAL FRIEND BILL
OUR MUSICAL FRIEND BILL
March 25, 2020 | 5:03 PM

OUR MUSICAL FRIEND BILL

I've gotta say Bill would be amused by all the kind and glowing things being said about him right now.  Don't get me wrong -- they are all deserved -- but those of us who knew him, would know also that he saw himself as a cantankerous, not-suffering-fools type of guy.  And it's true; Bill could seem difficult, off-putting ... →

Stroke Manor Tour
Stroke Manor Tour
June 11, 2019 | 11:52 AM

Stroke Manor Tour

It's time!     This Friday June 14, marks the official release date of STROKE MANOR (for those of you who missed it on RSD), AND the embarkment on a complex month on the road.  Why make it easy??   Starting with shows in Eugene and Portland, it'll be Scott w/ Peter Buck, Casey Neill, Jim Talstra, Jenny Conlee, Stev ... →

Stroke Manor, Shows, and a bunch of other stuff going down
Stroke Manor, Shows, and a bunch of other stuff going down
February 28, 2019 | 9:07 PM

Stroke Manor, Shows, and a bunch of other stuff going down

It's time!  Yep Roc Records and Record Store Day have announced the upcoming Minus 5 album Stroke Manor.  I won't tell you the whole story because it's out there to be told, and sold, soon.  Let's just say I never saw this record coming, but I'm glad it made the scene.  Somehow.   And after a year of wonderful loca ... →

THE THERAPY SESSIONS
THE THERAPY SESSIONS
March 13, 2018 | 1:04 AM

THE THERAPY SESSIONS

What are indeed, these "Therapy Sessions", you ask?     They are a chance to get The Minus 5 back on the boards, putting a soft foot forward, testing the murky waters as it were.   It has been a bit of an ordeal, and a stroke demands itself taken seriously.  I have been so fortunate in that I've had the time to res ... →

December 21, 2017 | 10:14 AM

NEW CHRISTMAS HYMN

Good cheer to all from the little Dungeon to ye all around the world!   Yes, it's been a momentous and tumultuous year, with loss of those we love, and sadness can sometimes pervade our world.  And it's hard to imagine on top of all of this, how some leaders relish in cruelty and hatred, in pure service of greed ... →

Statement from Mary Winzig:
Statement from Mary Winzig:
November 17, 2017 | 1:00 PM

Statement from Mary Winzig:

Scott McCaughey, the ever-smiling, sunglasses-wearing front man of the bands The Minus 5 and the Young Fresh Fellows, and side man to countless bands — including M. Ward, The Baseball Project, Tired Pony, and R.E.M. — suffered a stroke while on a West Coast tour with Alejandro Escovedo. He is in stable condition. ... →

M5 joins Alejandro Escovedo again for West Coast sprint
M5 joins Alejandro Escovedo again for West Coast sprint
October 24, 2017 | 3:44 PM

M5 joins Alejandro Escovedo again for West Coast sprint

Super excited to reconvene the Burn Something Beautiful band in support of our great pal Alejandro Escovedo, for a quickie west coast jaunt in mid-November.  We'll be done with Halloween, and getting hungry for Thanksgiving. ... →

SCOTT THE HOOPLE STALKS IAN HUNTER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SCOTT THE HOOPLE STALKS IAN HUNTER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
September 10, 2017 | 8:22 PM

SCOTT THE HOOPLE STALKS IAN HUNTER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Well, technically it's not stalking.  But it sure is exciting to see the strange name of Scott McCaughey listed right under IAN HUNTER & THE RANT BAND, as opening act for a couple shows in the greater Los Angeles area.  First appearance will be Tuesday 9/12 at LA's relatively new, and quite smashing, Teragram Ballroom ... →