In no particular order...Football; All things Texan and Viva Las Vegas; San Antonio, Texas; The Alamo; Chris Madrid's, San Antonio, for the best burgers in town; San Antonio Spurs; Dallas Cowboys; Gruene Hall; Las Vegas Strip; Sam's Town, Las Vegas; Arizona Charlie's Decatur, Las Vegas; The Mirage, Las Vegas; The Cheesecake Factory; Fremont Street, Las Vegas; Red Rock Canyon; Learn how to actually win at poker; Route 66; Native American culture; Guinness; Jumpin' Hot Club; Networking with mate Keith Topping (local author) in Trillians; Having a good read; Dublin with Ryanair; Temple Bar, Dublin; easyJet; Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter; Utopia Rescue Ranch, Texas; My pedigree mongrel (ever faithful).
Music
In no particular order...Bruce 'The Boss' Springsteen; Housemartins; Beautiful South; Paul Heaton; Homespun; Everything But The Girl; Judie Tzuke; Dixie Chicks; Kasabian; The Killers; Willie Nelson; Billy Joe Shaver; Asleep at the Wheel; Kinky Friedman; U2; The Who; Mike Oldfield; Maggie Reilly; Tori Amos; The Animals; Taylor Swift; Bob Dylan; REM; The Cure; Velvet Revolver; Paul Weller; Hungover Stuntmen; KT Tunstall; Led Zeppelin; Pink Floyd; Kelly Clarkson; Rolling Stones; Cranberries...to name but a few of so many.If musicians are playing or singing in Dublin bars, I am happy.
Movies
Get Carter; Stormy Monday; Local Hero; Rocky Horror Picture Show; The Crow; Dances with Wolves; Wolfen; Gladiator; : the Dirty Harry series: Unforgiven: the Die Hard series
Television
CSI Las Vegas;
CSI Miami;
CSI New York;
The Mentalist; Dr Who; Torchwood;
Wire in the Blood; Rebus; Cracker: Real Hustle;
Deal or No Deal(Once a pilgrim);
Sky Sports;
Setanta;
NYPD Blue;
The Shield;
Waking the Dead; 8 out of 10 Cats; Al Murray-The Pub Landlord
Books
Kinky Friedman; Val McDermid; Ian Rankin; Lynda La Plante; Stuart MacBride; Mark Billingham; Martyn Waites; Meg Gardiner; Alex Barclay; John Connolly; Peter Robinson: Stephen Booth: Lisa Gardner: Tess Gerritsen: Erica Spindler: Michael Connelly: Jason Pinter: Keith Topping; Bill Bryson; and numerous others, mainly crime fiction
Heroes
Vincent Dove; William Wilberforce, a Hull lad made good; The Defenders of The Alamo;
Ken Wagstaff and Chris Chilton from the Hull City team in the '60s when real men played the game.
Alan Shearer, the last of the great centre-forwards.
The late Bobby Thompson and Tommy Cooper.
Malcolm Holt's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Kingston upon Hull
Body type:
More to love!
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
Children:
Proud parent
Occupation:
Writer, Music Lover, Honorary Texan
Malcolm Holt is working hard on the Vincent Dove Tales Posted at 10:50 AM Dec 28, 2009 view more
About me: 'Yorkshire born, adopted Geordie, honorary Texan, and lover of Las Vegas'.
I was born in Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire and brought up in Kingston upon Hull, the city that gave birth to some great music. I drank in the same pubs as the Housemartins and the Beautiful South did. I actually used to work with Mick Ronson's uncle. The first band I ever saw live was Jethro Tull at Hull City Hall in 1969, closely followed by The Who performing 'Tommy' in February 1970 when 'technical difficulties' deprived me of being part of musical history. It will always be The Who 'Live At Hull' as far as I am concerned. For those interested in reading more, check out the excellent 'thisisull.com' website.
During the academic year 1971-72 I co-edited the student union magazine at a teacher training college near Doncaster. I also played a lot of golf and gave up the idea of becoming a teacher.
I moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, another city that gave birth to some great music, during the long hot Summer of '76 and I'm still there. No-one can accuse me of just passing through. I guess I'm an adopted Geordie now with Yorkshire roots. I am also an honorary Texan courtesy of Kinky Friedman,who gave me the honour of becoming his English 'Cousin Malcolm', and San Antonio, Texas will always remain my spiritual second home. There are two 'special' places on this Earth; Rebecca Creek in the Texas Hill Country and the beaches of Northumberland. I wrote many articles for the Newcastle United fanzine 'The Mag' during 1996-2004 and in more recent times I was a Champion Columnist for the local newspaper, the 'Sunday Sun'. I am the author of the Newcastle United football books 'Magpie Memories' (2004) and 'More Magpie Memories' (2005), both published by Breedon Books. My third project, 'Newcastle United - Entertaining the Entertainers' is likely to appear in stages in various literary locations. Speaking of football, in my younger days I could play a bit.
I am also the author of the 'lost' crime fiction novel 'In the Nick of Tyne' (1998) written under the pseudonym Chris Malcolm. This introduced the world to the life and times of amateur sleuth and urban cowboy Vincent 'Lonesome' Dove, a legend in his own living room. Sadly, the book disappeared as fast as the publisher. Well, great news for all 'Dove' fans, you know who you are, I am currently embarking on an extreme makeover of the first novel and hopefully it will re-emerge bigger and better and written under my own name. In this novel, now 'Last Dance Saloon', the reluctant hero helps to track down the serial killer dubbed the Walliston Ripper. This will hopefully be the beginning of the Vincent Dove Tales located in the fictional northern town of Walliston. The second novel mixes gambling and murder and will end with a dramatic climax in the casinos of Las Vegas. The third novel sees Dove confronting modern day vampires, ghosts and an ancient curse. Further novels are already works in progress. I hope to see you all at book festivals in the near future.
We just dropped by to let you know about a special offer we're making to our MySpace friends.
Buy a copy of our current album "In Berlin" directly from us (via PayPal) at it's regular price, and we'll give you BOTH of our earlier albums, "The World Of Lola Dutronic" and our Grammy Award nominated* album "The Love Parade" for FREE. No catch. No nonsense.
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In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the videos for our latest "Double A-side" single, "All Over The World" b/w "Au Revoir". You can download these tracks from iTunes by clicking here:
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
Hey Malcolm, The Rose and Ben Band would like to thank you so very much for your friendship and support. And appreciate you accepting our invitation, VOICE IT IN MUSIC.
Thanks for being such a great friend!!! YOU ROCK!!! Have a great week!!!!!
If you are around Friday August 28th I'll be having a big show at Tumbleweed Texas with the Spiffingtons in Houston Texas I really hope to see you there!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
TOUCH THE SPIDER! are back out of their gloomy cellar
to release their second CD.
SOULS FOR SALE
Once again the spiders spark a fire of despair, depression, anguish and hate. 15 tracks provide a disturbing insight into moral depths of human being – lost souls trapped in a spiderweb.
Hi Malcolm- Here in Vegas it's 2PM on Sunday afternoon, and we are at 102 degrees, but it's overcast. In fact the weather has been bad for a week, and we actually experienced a bit of RAIN. So that makes a total of around 3 inches for the year.
BTW, Have you heard the music on my site? I do some composing, and I have some tracks from the past few projects I've done. You seem like such a music fan (I also like R.E.M), I thought I would suggest it. It's in the New Age/Ambient genre.
Hi, Malcolm! Oh, I envy you the cool wet England ... I just loved my visit there, btw! :) I'm typing like mad as well, but fueled by coffee (as it's early morning here).
You are AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for being a friend!!! Hope you had a Happy 4th of July!!!!! God Bless America!!!!!
Wrapped Up In Me is #38 on the New Music Weekly Country Main Chart!!!! I am also #18 on the top 30 Indie Chart this week!!! It is on radio stations across the nation, you can request it now!!!!! Also, If you are around Friday August 28th I'll be having a big show at Tumbleweed Texas in Houston Texas I really hope to see you there!!! Love ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
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