who else is playing sharedculturegeddon this december? it’s where, if you encounter an artistic work that’s so beloved that it is part of the fabric of your nation’s culture, you’ve lost, like a big fucking loser

@samholloway.bsky.social Only tuned in for song 3 so am short on thinking time... Mid-decade for sure. 4s or 5s... Torn!

Jack Shepherd gone - that's sad news. Was thinking the other week I'm well due a re-watch of Bill Brand.

No FM Nights this evening because grrr bloody computers.

Did you say Opposites Attract by Paula Abdul, covered by Art Brut *and* Bis? OK, thought you did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDjK...

Been a bit lax with the self-promotion lately, so let's sort that out. Here's FM Nights from last week... www.mixcloud.com/bedfordradio...

@samholloway.bsky.social I'll be on catch up today (assuming there's a show?). Is it the 8s?

Was reminded of this story during Chris's performance of The English Earth tonight. Back in 2002 I played that and other tracks from The 253 on student radio. A random American online listener emailed in, more than once, to ask who the artist was, sounding increasingly infuriated about it.

The only very very slight downside to this was not being able to see @thejustjoans.bsky.social playing Cambridge tonight, but I'm hugely looking forward to catching up with them in January at the Winter Sprinter.

Well. Music's quite a thing, isn't it? Chris T-T's brief roar out of retirement. Lots of thoughts, lots of feelings. Remarkable performance, remarkable evening.

The sheer cheek of writing "oop north" when you pronounce it "ap north".

@samholloway.bsky.social Will be catching up. Is it the 9s? (I got the 3s the other week from Howard Jones; it had cropped up in the FM Nights top 10 the week before!)

Monday's show! Featuring a rather extreme radio edit... www.mixcloud.com/bedfordradio...

On now!

This is nice. I've occasionally wondered what the state of play is between the ex-Pipettes - lovely to find they're still pals!

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

The gig: Courtney Marie Andrews! Previewing her new album and also, it turns out, another recorded but unreleased album that may emerge at some point! A treat to see her in such a small venue - this sold out very quickly!

@samholloway.bsky.social I'll be on catch up again. 9s?

This is beautiful.

Grabbing a pre-gig meal in one of the surprisingly decent curry houses over the road from Kings Cross. Props to the bloke on the next table for his triple carbs choice of rice, naan and chips. Loving your work.

14 years since I was in the room when they announced two missing Doctor Who episodes has been discovered. I'd be going anyway, but a similar announcement at this year's event doesn't seem totally out of the question...

@samholloway.bsky.social An even better way to remember them!

Y'know what, I'm far less disappointed about the show that got nominated not winning the actual award than I am about FM Nights not getting a nomination. I mean, this is the show people sometimes actually say they like! www.mixcloud.com/bedfordradio...

Because the Internet needs another hot take about DW: what's needed is a serious think about the right form of storytelling for it in the streaming age. Single 45 min eps were right in 2005. Probably need longer form serials now, with guest characters and settings viewers can invest in over 3-4 hrs

An earlier and more decisive announcement than I expected, tbh! Though the BBC making further DW without Disney always looked nailed on.

Cant believe Bob Seconds won the Mexican Grand Prix. Well done Bob

This is a good one.

Amazing that this entire mathematical problem is framed by nomenclature derived from Prince Rupert - yes, the Civil War Prince Rupert.

@samholloway.bsky.social I'll be on catch up. Is it the 1s?

Yesterday's show - it started good, but it was quickly goodbye! www.mixcloud.com/bedfordradio...

Starting at 9!

That Williams 2002 livery still seems modern to me. Blood-curdling that it's now a "retro" livery. Partly that's a middle aged man whinge, but partly it's that the 2002 livery was really well done and has aged really well. They could do worse than adopt the "retro" special livery for next year.

Karun handing back to Simon unexpectedly quickly because he clearly needed to sneeze. Bless you Karun! #skyf1

Similar experience on The Beiderbecke Affair here! Watched it to the end but haven't bothered with the sequels.

Did Jenson Button just get the year of his (and Brawn's) world championship wrong live on-air? He said 2007, right?? #SKYF1

Show admin! I've been a bit lax on this front, so here are the last two shows. A bit of a left-field choice of 20 Years Young album in JKVS, a centenary of a local Bedford event in FM Nights... both good for weekend listening!

Resigning myself to spending the rest of my life being told by dentists that whatever I do it's not good enough.

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

@samholloway.bsky.social Dunno tonight! Can't place a year for tracks 1 & 2, and 3 & 4 aren't going to be any use to me...

When does something start to seem dated? Like obviously, intuitively, you can tell it's not quite from the present moment? I have a theory that a decade isn't quite enough. It takes more like, say, 12 years. Anyway, here's the video for The Mother We Share by Chvrches. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

When does something start to seem dated? Like obviously, intuitively, you can tell it's not quite from the present moment? I have a theory that a decade isn't quite enough. It takes more like, say, 12 years. Anyway, here's the video for The Mother We Share by Chvrches. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

@samholloway.bsky.social It's too modern for me this week! Turn of decade stuff I think, and I'm guessing you're going early decade to ease the young 'uns in...

John's back at 9 fighting the forces of evil in music, with indiepop, Americana and electronica all present and correct, plus a 20 Years Young album for cat lovers... Tune in on your DAB, smart speaker or Bedford Radio app!

I was quite sad about this - it meant no more repeats of The Crystal Maze and Takeshi's Castle.

If you want to hear one of my programmes that isn't award-nominated, FM Nights is on at 9pm this evening! Check it out for a reminder of what local radio sounded like in the mid-90s...

So this is a thing: my VE Day programme has been nominated in this year's Community Radio Awards! www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/ve-day-80-br...

@samholloway.bsky.social now, I've only really got song 4 to go on here, but I've a feeling I looked it up once and found it was ineligible for FM Nights by 1 year, which makes it 1998. (or I could be thinking of something else, but it's all I've got)

@samholloway.bsky.social Fun fact: Jamie the drummer used to follow me on Twitter. But after he joined Sterephonics it looked like his management took over running it and unfollowed me!

The other day I accidentally ran over the guy from Chumbawumba but luckily he was unhurt.

Oh! Looks like Roxette just dropped a 4K remaster of the video to Actually Their Best Single (@samholloway.bsky.social) youtu.be/nug4fi_L4JY?...