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

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.

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

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

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?...

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.

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

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).

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.)

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!

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

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

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

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.

I have a spare ticket to see Sparks in London, Wed Jun 18th - would rather take someone with me than sell to a stranger so let me know if you're interested!

A very enjoyable set from Camera Obscura at the Union Chapel this evening. Great to see them playing a full range of their material.

The funny thing about (University of) Cambridge traditions is that many of them are not that old. There are examples of things people assume go back a long way but didn't exist when I was a student. I guess that's a side effect of placing ritual within a traditionally historic setting. Quite fun!

Off for a random day in London and a little train geek bonus - one of the newly refurbished Great Northern 379s running from Ely. Definitely a notch up in comfort from the usual stock, much appreciated!

Looks like I'll be pottering around London tomorrow (Tues 27th) afternoon - shout if you fancy meeting up for coffee, cake, art or similar!

Trying to listen to the Championship playoff on TalkSport. I say trying because they've got the crowd noise so high in the mix, it's almost impossible to hear the commentary.

Into a busy May & June of gigs - tonight at the Union Chapel to see Shack! Missed Michael Head solo last year so will be good to finally catch them.

Always nice to pop in to Rob's Records in Nottingham. Not only is there always something fun to find, but the shop makes me realise that my own record storage system isn't really that bad.

I do like that the BBC snooker coverage has retained the original theme (there was a remixed version for a while but they seem to have abandoned that). Not many of those original themes still going now!

Things in music I have heard hundreds of times and never consciously realised until now, #273 The piano intro to Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me I'm Falling" is being played by Floyd Cramer. It was there all this time!

Golf on the radio is surprisingly picturesque. Great job here from 5Live.

So long time readers will know I don't do #recordstoreday, mainly because I don't tend to buy new vinyl. This year I've seen less criticism of it (here in the UK) than in recent years, and more shops seem to be happier with it. Has something changed?

Stopped at Hartshead Moor services (M62 westbound). Used to be the regular stop when we drove over to Gran's. Not saying it was a long time since I was last here, but there was still a Julie's Pantry.

Not sure if the radio mugs account has made it over here yet, but one for the collection anyway

Got my back timing of Going Home (Theme from 'Local Hero') just about right. For future reference, start it as you're passing the Lobley Hill junction and you'll get to the main riff halfway over the Redheugh Bridge.

On the way up to Newcastle today for my annual presentation to compsci students on Agile In The Real World. I've been doing the talk for about ten years now and it's interesting to see how it's evolved in that time! Added a section on "post Agile" two years ago and it grows each year.

Nearly halfway through Cam FM's 24hr charity broadcast, this year raising money for Cardiac Risk in the Young/Clarissa's Campaign. Find out more at camfm.co.uk/donate

We've not had the brightest or clearest of winters, so it's a treat when we do get one of those classic Fenland sunsets.

Deliver Another Day GoldenPrime #amazonbondfilms

My quest of stopping off in a different town each time I travel home continues. Today's thrilling installment: Garforth!

First time attending an appointment at Addenbrooke's fully by public transport. Busway from Trumpington P&R. It's worked out OK though bad delays on the buses so could have been better. Looking forward to Cambridge South opening as that'll make it even easier!

Very sad to hear of the death of Tony Slattery. Perhaps the epitome of the 'troubled genius', he was over-ubiquitous in 90s comedy TV, leading to the inevitable media hate and his own self-doubt. And yet to me possibly the smartest of all that era of Footlights comics. RIP

It's one of the perfect storm IT days: users trying to get on to access statements for tax returns etc vs companies with overrunning maintenance and tired staff not back in the swing of things. Three of (several) financial institutions I've tried today have been glitchy or just not available at all.

I would love to have heard Sid Waddell on Luke Littler. Blows his famous Eric Bristow/Alexander The Great quote by several years!

Happy new year! I'll be live on Cam FM from 7-8pm this evening, it's my first live show on a Jan 1st for many years. camfm.co.uk/player

A reminder this is your last chance to listen to anything you want before Spotify/Deezer start making stats on you tomorrow. Not that it changes my habits. I nearly always end up with TV themes top.

Oof can someone please get Gary Lineker a Strepsil? #motd

This week we were upgrading Ubuntu, and so I made this.

Ooh this could be a bonus - off out to see Lightning Seeds at the Cambridge Junction, and it looks like the support is Wreckless Eric!

Another Spotify Wrapped, another year with my top artist as Keith Mansfield.

The Sam Holloway Show returns at 7pm with our penultimate term-time episode. All this really means is The Decade Dip is shunted forward a decade or so. Tonight is a great example of this. camfm.co.uk/player from 7

In Newcastle for the afternoon, which quickly turns into a game of "referring to locations by the shops that were there 30-40 years ago". I just had a lovely burger in WHSmiths.

What a night for Cam FM at the Student Radio Awards! Ten nominations led to two golds, two silvers and a bronze. A massive congratulations and thank you to a superb team! It's such a pleasure to be part of it all. #sra #sras #studentradio #sraawards #studentradioawards #radio

Tonight's the night! The 2024 SRA Student Radio Awards. Cam FM has ten nominations which is absolutely incredible and that alone is a great achievement. We're off to the Indigo@O2 to see how we get on!

Great to finally see They Might Be Giants again (I was rather unwell and contagious last time they were in the UK!).

Lovely closing ceremony and handover. The extinguishing of the torch was quite beautiful. Excited for LA28 already. Merci, Paris. You've been great.