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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bit disappointed that Taylor Swift's song Cleveland isn't actually a cover of Simply The Best SOUTH CLEVELAND GARAGES.

Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm in a hipster café. I know it's a hipster café not from what they serve but from the fact that they're playing vinyl. And it's Sadé. (Repress I think...)

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bauer's AI invents further words to describe travel news: "Delays on the M11 towards Stansted so there's a ten minute to-get-through there". Linguistics researchers will love it.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Not long to go until I'm playing as part of the Pseudorandom Ensemble at MathsWorld in London! It'll be a fun night of music, maths and maybe more. Monday September 21st, tickets (just £8) from mathsworld.com/events (cw: pentagons)

A flyer for the Pseudorandom Ensemble gig at MathsWorld on Monday September 21st. The band are wearing tshirts that feature curly braces. Helen Arney is being fabulous as a special guest.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It was called Channel 5 Videos. The name perfectly encapsulates the timing. Stock was managed on an Amstrad CPC.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#273 in the series Records I Always See In Charity Shops amazing shade being thrown by whomever wrote the caption. Obviously they weren't a fan of RELEASE ME.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Urgh the AI travel bulletins on Greatest Hits Radio are so grim. They regularly state "a ten-minute on the A14", or "there's a of five minutes coming out of town", as if the noun delay has been blacklisted. What makes it worse is that clearly noone at Bauer is even bothering to listen to them.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

How have I never found /etc/tmpfiles.d until now? I don't feel too bad about this because it appears those who configured things before me were unaware of it, too.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I mean, this is self-evidently true. (Also known as the CD single that had got stuck in one of the CUR CD players and we listened to it on repeat for about six hours while doing studio maintenance.)

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

INCORRECT IT FACTS : the DNS lookup record for IPv6 addresses was developed in Liverpool, alongside some of the smaller cylindrical consumer battery formats, and the highest-ranked credit ratings.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I wonder if I'm the only dev who doesn't like dark mode? Then again I have just got new reading glasses (and I keep forgetting to wear them...)

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Looking forward to my first @emfcamp.bsky.social next weekend! I think most of the people who are in the intersection of people who read this and people who are going will already know this, but just saying hi for anyone else who will be there!

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Today I saw a steam train (twice) and went to a record fair (twice) #winning

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

It's great to be living through this golden age of snooker, where matches are contended equally between players one of whom is twice the age of the other. These Worlds must rank up there for quality and consistency throughout. Congratulations, Wu!

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

May 1st marks the anniversary of student radio in Cambridge! CUR in various guises 1979-2010 and Cam FM since then, all one continuous society. And still "checks status page* on air!

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Back in Salford for #SRACon26! The enthusiasm for making radio seems as bright as ever!

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I have reached that stage in life where I have got a storage unit. Best decision ever. No looking back now.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

It's almost like Hargreaves Lansdown make their platform sporadically unavailable on days of high volatility to protect their clients from making rash decisions. Ironically this has probably been to customers' benefit. (Incidentally, I am available for high-volume high-availability consultancy work)

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Come see Alison speaking at MathsWorld in London (Southwark, just behind Tate Modern), Tues Mar 31st!

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

It's the final day of Lent Bumps and as usual I'll be live on Cam FM hosting our exclusive coverage of the races! We've stacked the river with more commentators than ever before, so what could possibly go wrong? Tune in bumps.camfm.co.uk to find out! First race 1240, through to the end after 5.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Are you absolutely, definitely sure you wouldn't prefer a nice game of chess?

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Sad to learn of the death of Neil Sedaka. Saw him twice in concert, a tremendous legacy of songs and a great performer. He'd discovered TikTok and had been playing there, too. RIP

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I used to do a full stream of Olympics posts (often then featured by BBC Sport) but that's not how things work now. Suffice to say the first week of Milano Cortina has been great. Lizzy Yarnold should be given more presenting. Tim and Ed have been right to be enthusiastic all along. Keep it up!

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Oh go on then, I'll watch some Olympics...

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Sad news. The Organist Entertains was one of the shows that I listened to when I was very little, fascinated by how radio could bring you something very different. Nigel's style was so welcoming and inclusive, no snobbery. I hadn't realised he was so young. RIP

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I'm pottering around London today with no fixed agenda until 6ish. It's a lovely day for it! Shout if you fancy meeting for coffee or similar.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

If anyone with an ear into Cambridge transport reads this - the A bus from Trumpington P&R is a great route for getting to Addenbrooke's. But it is woefully signed. Nearly all the passengers getting on at the P&R end have to ask, is this the bus to the hospital? 1/

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

About to get underway with a live-from-home edition of The Sam Holloway Show. Album of the week comes from.The Soft Cavalry, plus we'll be paying tribute to Bob Weir. camfm.co.uk/player from 7pm.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

For the first time in ages, I'm doing a live radio show on NYE! It'll be pretty much your usual comforting installment with a quick look back at two favourite albums of the week from this year. 7-8pm camfm.co.uk/player

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Traditional Christmas Day walk through Durham. This year there's somewhere open for a coffee. In another tradition, I described it to my mum using a reference that is long obsolete: in this case, "the place that used to be Radio Rentals". Kids, not sure where to begin with that one.

Durham Cathedral and Castle beside the River Wear

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

There's no live radio show from me this evening but I did record a little impromptu session of recent record discoveries (and a couple of old favourites). If you need to escape the festive then it's just for you! camfm.co.uk/player 7-8pm

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I only ever come to the MetroCentre at this time of year now, so in my head it is permanently Christmas Eve here.

The MetroCentre shopping mall at Christmas showing a tree decorated with coloured atars

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Today is one of those days where it's a shame Connections is US not UK...

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Yet again my Spotify Unwrapped is mostly TV themes...

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Folks, I think I may have found the sign that will unite the generations and bring meme harmony to the world.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Jubilee Line delayed owing to "animals on the line". Where's Jack Straw when you need him?

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I've arrived at my destination but I can't get out the car as they're playing Will Powers 'Kissing With Confidence and I have to wait until it's finished. Obviously.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Vivaldi's 'Winter' is playing and I'm triggered into panic-buying a sofa as the sale MUST END soon.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Not saying it's been a long time since I took this bus but I nearly asked for a half fare...

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Cracking piece of BBC archive here. The Forty Minutes strand was usually good; this one I found particularly fascinating as it's filmed around Newcastle. I was about 4 when most of this happened and it's astonishing what has and also what hasn't changed. youtu.be/VwNWUNykqAs?...

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Living in Britain in 1984 | Forty Minutes: Voices in a City | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I do like it when the train says "The next stop will be... Ely! Exit for... Ely Cathedral!" Feels like a lesson learned, perhaps from Leeds and castles.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Wikipedia says the film "Chariots Of Fire" has a running time of 124 minutes. They must have been exhausted by the end of that.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I feel like it's a particularly strong Decade Dip this week, hence this last minute invitation to join me! camfm.co.uk/player (or you can still find it after the fact, technology is good like that).

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I am finally after many years starting to use Discogs properly. Let's connect! Add me samholloway or let me know your user name. (This post feels like a weird hybrid of Discogs, BlueSky and LinkedIn.)

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Hello! I really should post more often, especially to remind you that The Sam Holloway Show is live from 7-8pm BST at camfm.co.uk/player. Don't worry, you don't need to be age-verified or anything!

camfm.co.uk

Cam FM - 97.2 FM - Radio for Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin

Cam FM, information and entertainment radio station for members of Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University. Broadcasting on 97.2 FM in Cambridge.

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🎶 Come and hold my beer 🎶 Nothing beats trying to beat a Jet2 holiday

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I still have a spare seat for Sparks at the Hammersmith Apollo tonight - shout if you'd like to come with me!

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Brian Wilson and Sly Stone in the same week, wow. That's an incredible chunk of influence for music of the last sixty years, and undoubtedly, the next sixty to come. RIP

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Sam Holloway @samholloway.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Today's realisation: in Darryl Hall & John Oates's "Out of Touch", the backing vocals sing "Time" but not "Touch". Hall & Oates of course the Adobe Photoshop of giving your full name.

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