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Graham Holliday

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Flea markets mostly, bits of art, music. Oh, and books, I like books | linktr.ee/graham.holliday

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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is special. My Youth Is All For You by Maisy Owen tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com/album/my-you...
tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com
My Youth is All For You, by Maisy Owen
1 track album
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Looks like Old Saw are gigging. U.S. dates on Henry Birdsey's website and I just noticed this UK date in Norwich for 2027. dice.fm/event/g58286...
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Old Saw (Henry Birdsey) + Michael Ridge + Feld Tickets | 14 Feb | The Holloway, Norwich | DICE
Henry Birdsey (Tongue Depressor) is lead composer for the group Old Saw. The formation consist of Bob Driftwood (banjo), Ira Dorset (fiddle), Rev. Clarence L...
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MosesHawk @rememberxyz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
art has no limits
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Enjoyed this interview/vignette: Mick Herron: ‘I wanted to write about somewhere that was a really horrible place to work’ observer.co.uk/news/observe...
observer.co.uk
Mick Herron: ‘I wanted to write about somewhere that was ...
On a stroll through Jackson Lamb’s grimy London turf, the author visits the inspiration for Gary Oldman’s headquarters, talks about AI stealing his style to write brownie recipes and explains why he h...
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Almost" Would've been perfect for Halloween.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Whoops. the tale of two Piddingtons :)
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"In the 80s there wasn’t much to do in a rural village beyond riding over hill and dale, sci fi from the library and the music of the John Peel show and of course, football."
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not a big festival person, but this line up hits every button in my record collection. bigearsfestival.org/lineup-2027/
bigearsfestival.org
Big Ears - 2027 Lineup
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another photo my 'jazz consultant' received as I was deciding what to buy. Nice Guys by the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
A LP by the Art Ensemble of Chicago called Nice Guys. It is lying on racks of records in a record shop.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A photo I sent to my 'jazz consultant' as I was deciding today.
Two LPs in a record shop. One is jazz, the other is organic ish/analogue ambient. The records are lying on other records in racks
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jazz crept up on me. Age? Plus, I keep getting drawn to all things @intlanthem.bsky.social. Such an amazing selection of artists. Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer are the latest. So good. youtu.be/YR7TDaFA2u8?...
youtu.be
DIFFERENT ROOMS - Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer
YouTube video by International Anthem
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
*If* you really like the opening riff to Down on the Street by The Stooges and wish it went on for 30 minutes, this *might* be just the thing for you. waterdamageatx.bandcamp.com/album/13th-f...
waterdamageatx.bandcamp.com
13th Floor 031826, by Water Damage
1 track album
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is this mainly a Brit thing? Apart from a bloke, half my age and 'throwing shapes' right next to me throughout a packed Tara Clerkin Trio gig, I've not seen anything annoying at gigs in Belgium/France. It's all been pretty respectful, IME.
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Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
“AI poses a threat. It will steal my writing, loot my reportage, rob my intellectual property and embezzle books which took years to write and research. But it will never know what it was like to be there. It will always be faking it.” historyneverended.substack.com/p/in-defence...
historyneverended.substack.com
In defence of human journalism
My industry at a time of AI.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I only found out via links in this article. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50 years after punk
Five decades since punk bible Sniffin’ Glue, DIY magazines are in rude, rich health. Their creators talk fandom, community-building and resisting the algorithm
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Takes quite a bit of digging to find them. Many artists sems to tag their music "fanzine" 🤷 I have not found any I want to buy yet. bandcamp.com/discover/fan...
bandcamp.com
Client Challenge
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All sorts, not just attached to bands. Not that easy to find, but they exist. As do tea towels :)
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Did you know people sold fanzines on bandcamp? I never knew.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Email from an artist telling me they'd just added "Late Music Tea Towel" to Bandcamp. Thought, that's a great album title, only to find out she is actually selling a tea towel.
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Rocket 88 Books @rocket88books.com · 30/09/2026
In 1983 the #TheAlanParsonsProject 'Best Of' album liner notes asked anyone interested in a book about them to write to a PO Box and they'd receive news about it. So, #news just in – the book is coming in a few weeks… alanparsonsprojectbook.com
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Free screening of the Sun Ra Do the Impossible documentary film in Brussels next month cc @sunrauniverse.bsky.social www.abconcerts.be/fr/agenda/sc...
abconcerts.be
Screening: Sun Ra Do the Impossible - mer 14 oct '26
Cette projection aura lieu à l'AB Salon, Steenstraat 11, 1000 Bruxelles. Ouverture des portes à 19 h 30 ; la projection commence à 20 h.Documentaire, réalisé par Christine Turner, 84 minutes. En a...
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The tags say "experimental contemporary Oslo jazz" It's all over the place in a really nice way. Spotted a passing mention in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social and went searching for it. christianwallumrod.bandcamp.com/track/newnison
christianwallumrod.bandcamp.com
Newnison, by Christian Wallumrød Ensemble
from the album Non Sonett
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just around the corner from the flea market, I found this VERY well kept George Harrision triple LP from 1970. It was in WAY better condition than my own. So, I bought it :)
George Harrison's All Things Must Pass LP, a triple box set. Although, I cannot imagine many folk play the Apple Jam LP; it's really not very good at all.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An awful lot. Headless even.
Religious statues on sale at Brussels flea market; cardboard boxes, people milling about, cobblestones, sunshine.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A lot of religious statues on sale.
Christian religious statues on sale at Brussels flea market. Cobblestones, people milling about, sunshine.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reminds of Happy Mondays.
An abstract portrait painting in a wooden frame at Brussels flea market. It's leaning against some boxes and standing on cobblestones
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I used to have something like this as a kid.
An old typesetting kit with stamps. On Brussels flea market.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stacks
Old hifi systems standing on cobblestones at Brussels flea market, sunny day, people milling about in the background.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quick stop off at the flea market in Brussels.
Tables filled with ornaments and old junk at Brussels flea market. Sunny day, people milling about, Ladbrokes betting shop in the background and some racks of secondhand clothes.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's enough of that. Thanks to @sleafordmods.bsky.social for summing it all up way better than my JOB BOOK did. ENDS www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEYY...
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sleaford mods jobseeker jools holland
YouTube video by Ian Walker
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good question, but I'm not sure I'm that interested, TBH :)
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WRITER/SUB-EDITOR If only you knew in 1992 where you'd end up in the 21st century. Rejected. #Jobseeker
Job ad from a newspaper glued inside a notebook. Ad reads: "WRITER/SUB-EDITOR
required to produce TV listings copy for a range of national newspapers. Applicants must be fast, accurate
-
and be
real TV buffs with a strong interest in films, radio and theatre.
Please write, with maximum two-page CV, to: Jennie Rowlands, General Manager, Editorial Enterprises Ltd.,
17 Berners Street,
London W1P3
Closing date: 13 .... 1992"
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Unemployed? Yup Interested in computer programming? Nope Desperate? Yup #Jobseeker
Newspaper ad from 1992. Text reads: "UNEMPLOYED? INTERESTED IN
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING?
If you have been out of work for 6 months, then you are eligible for our free full-time Adult Training Course in 'C' or COBOL PROGRAMMING.
To find out more, attend our TRAINEE RECRUITMENT DAY on Monday 6th January or Monday 13th January at 10.00am at Kalamazoo Plc, Mill Lane, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2RW. Tel: 021-411 2345 ext. 2732 for further information. Kalamazoo are an Equal Opportunities Training
Provider.
KALAMAZOO
COMPUTER GROUP
Nobody does IT better
KALAMAZOO"
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Motivated person required. #Jobseeker
Newspaper job ad from 1992: "TECHNICAL ASSISTANT - Wolvey
Self motivated person required to work in aviation computer software firm. Duties will include ordering, maintaining equipment, basic programming, stock control plus other general duties. Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm. Ref. Rugby 2645."
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
International indie record company require young, dedicated, self-motivated Promotions Assistant for their London office. Salary neg. Ah, what could have been #Jobseeker
1992 job ad stuck in a notebook. Ad reads: PROMOTIONS ASSISTANT
International indie record company require young, dedicated, self-motivated Promotions Assistant for their London office. Salary neg.
Send CV to PO Box 1744,
London W9 3QB
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Surely the Post Office would need me over Christmas? "They're crying out for people." Rejected. #Jobseeker
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A reliable person interested in book selling." Second application to that 'other' school in the town. Rejected. #Jobseeker
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And yet... indeed :)
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rejected from volunteering. Impressive. #Jobseeker
Page in a notebook with a newspaper cutting about an Accounts Assistant vacancy and a not of possible 'work' work at a volunteer agency, "but no".
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another record shop. Another rejection. #Jobseeker
Notes on the page of a notebook about applying for a job in Our Price record shop in Rugby in 1991.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Ideal first job for young graduate!" Rejected. #Jobseeker
An address and some notes about a job vacancy for a Production Assistant written in ink in a notebook from 1991. Rejected.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In the 80s/early 90s, I was obsessed with Scottish literature and desperate to move to Edinburgh. I applied for every job I could, contacted every Edinburgh-based publisher I could find an address for, had my CV on the books at a recruitment agency up there. Got absolutely nowhere. #Jobseeker
1991 newspaper job ad stuck inside a notebook. Ad reads: "The Scottish Publishers Association is seeking a
PROMOTIONS ASSISTANT
to help in the organisation of promotional events, including Scottish Book Fortnight.
Some experience in either publishing or bookselling is required, preferably in marketing. Ability to type is useful and a knowledge of word processing or desk-top publishing an advantage.
Salary offered: £8000 - £8500
(plus non-contributory pension scheme) Applications by April 19th 1991.
For application forms and further details, write to:
SPA
25A South West Thistle St. Lane Edinburgh EH2 1EW
or telephone: 031-225 5795"
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you. It's the sheer grind of it all that comes screaming back to me. Probably why that @sleafordmods.bsky.social Jobseeker song resonates so very well :)
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On-spec application, 1991. Response, "NO". #Jobseeker
An address in Edinburgh written in a notebook in 1991. I sent out an on-spec job application.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Apparently, the National Audit Commission said I was "not recruitable". #Jobseeker
Written page in a notebook, several unsuccessful and rejected job applications are noted. From 1991.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They dangled the prize, and then just snatched it away. "Not taking anyone on after all." #Jobseeker
1992 Newspaper job ad. Ad reads: "Our Programme Summaries team, the BBC's programme listi Listings Writer to write accurate and appetising TV and radi With your excellent command of written English, you will every subject under the sun. Not only will you be expected to written summaries programmes you haven't seen or heard, need to do your own research to ensure your billing (say, fo feature or historical documentary) reads well to an expert.
An ability to work accurately with minute detail is esse of producing written work for publication is preferre
taking knowledge of and enthusiasm for TV and radio outputn
Anyone on afterall
serious music, feature films, and Welsh and Gaeliou an advantage.
Salary/Circa £13,500 per annum. Based West London.
For an application form contact (quote ref. 9233/) Bl Personnel Department, 35 Marylebone High Street, Lond Tel: 071-580 5577 Ext. 8559.
Application forms to be returned by January 17th."
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"I will be contacted soon" But No #Jobseeker
Newspaper ad from 1992. Ad reads: "RUGBY SCHOOL MUSEUM
REQUIRES
TWO ASSISTANTS
TO STAFF THE MUSEUM AND GIFT SHOP FROM 28th JANUARY, 1992.
One will work mornings, the other afternoons and each works
alternate Sunday afternoons.
Further details from Mr R Montgomerie, 13 Horton Crescent, Rugby, CV22 5DJ to whom applications should be addressed to arrive by 16th December."
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And the dream of a life in the lower precinct forever taken away.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1992, even.
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Graham Holliday @grahamholliday.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More nascent dream of entering the world of journalism in 1991. Shattered, of course. #Jobseeker
Newspaper ad for a student journalist bursary, stuck inside a notebook from 1991. Text reads: "THE INDEPENDENT
STUDENT JOURNALIST BURSARY
This year The Independent is offering three bursaries for graduate traee journalists to join the nine-month Newspaper Journalism Diploma Course at the City University Graduate Centre for Journalism, London, starting on 21 September 1992.
Each bursary will cover the fees for the course and £3,500 living expenses for the selected candidates. The course will include a period of attachment to an editorial department at The Independent.
In order to apply you must be a recent graduate or in the final year of a course leading to a degree or equivalent qualification.
Your application should be typewritten and include the following:
A full c.v. with details of any journalistic experience, enclosing a sample of published work.
An explanation in not more than 400 words of why you wish to follow a career in journalism.
A proposal in not more than 250 words for an article suitable for publication in the news columns or weekday feature pages of The Independent.
Applications should be addressed to:
Head of Personnel, THE INDEPENDENT,
40 City Road, London, ECIY 2DB
and marked
'Graduate Trainee'.
The closing date for applications is Friday 14 February 1992.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview. It will not be possible to acknowledge applications unless accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope."
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