The Stones; Sam Cooke; Miles Davis; Art Blakey; Public Enemy; Tribe Called Quest; Beastie Boys; Kayne West; pratically all 60s Soul tunes; Nina Simone; Sex Pistols; Stevie Wonder; Sydney Bechet; Marvin Gaye; Otis Redding; Bob Marley; Jimmy Cliff; Johnny Cash; Booker T & the MGs; Toots and the Maytals; Run DMC; Ramsey Lewis Trio; Eric Dolphy; James Brown; All the songs in any Scorsese film
Movies
The Terminator; Rashamon; Usual Suspects; Third Man; Touch of Evil; Goodfellas; Radiers of Lost Ark; Mean Streets; Swingers; Adaptation; Life Aquatic; Jaws; Empire Strikes Back; The Odd Couple; Citizen Kane; Vertigo; Back to the Future; Big Lebowski; Sleeper; Love and Death; Bannanas; Annie Hall; Big Trouble in Little China; Gremlins
Television
Curb Your Enthusiasm; Seinfeld; Alan Partridge; West Wing; Fawlty Towers; Python; The Simpsons.
Books
Good as Gold- Joseph Heller; Any Carl Hiaasen book; Adventures of Augie March- Saul Bellow; Money- Martin Amis; Lucky Jim- Kingsley Amis; A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens ;Uneliable Memoirs- Clive James; Screen Burn - Charlie Brooker; Notes From A Small Island- Bill Bryson;
Sam Holtmon is an NCTJ accredited freelance journalist from London who has worked for a variety of publications including: The Guardian, The Sunday Times Magazine and NME. He helped cover the Fringe Festivals in Scotland and Brighton for the Edinburgh Evening News and ThreeWeeks over the years. He has been the Editor of the Events section for What's On Magazine in Brighton.
As a student he was the weekly cartoonist for the Sussex University student newspaper. He has always been interested in radio production and has produced a radio show about Tuk Tuk's in Brighton for a BBC run training program (CSV) which has been showcased on their website.
Sam co-writes short films with filmmaker Daniel D Moses of DDM Productions
. Past works include "Motion, Agreed...Carried" and "The Rabbi" which can both be seen here. New project for 2008 soon!
He is currently in Japan teaching English at a language school, his experiences can be read about in his blog.
To find out more about Sam, his work or to contact him, please visit his website atwww.SamHoltmon.com
THE RABBI (2007)
Written by Sam Holtmon & Daniel D Moses. Directed by Daniel D Moses
Who I'd like to meet: Homer Simpson
Whilst I'm away in Japan, I've been writing a soon to be award winning blog, check it out here... br>
Check out my new video for the single 'Slow Me Down', it's pretty different from your usual 'rap vid', as I try not to take myself too seriously! Hope you enjoy the mutiple costumes, this vid was a bag a fun to make!
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Well brighton uni you hve already explored, its the London style you need to check out. If you come down we can run a nus scam and make millions! Do it! Do it! Do it !
How was Brighton for New Years! After 16 years of knowing me you still cant spell my name nor regonsie my number when i text you happy new year!
Whos your daddy!!!!!!!!!!!!