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Media & Public Appearances for 2010

 

* Stay tuned...

 

Media & Public Appearances for 2009

 

* November 28 - 28, Sipos hosted a screening of the 2009 Tabloid Witch Award winning films, and moderated several panels, at Loscon 36 in Los Angeles, CA.

* April 30 - May 3, Sipos attended the 2009 World Horror Convention in Winnipeg, Canada, where he screened The Best of the Tabloid Witch Awards (2004 - 2008) film festival.


Media & Public Appearances for 2008

 
* November 15, Sipos screened the 2008 Tabloid Witch Award winning films in Santa Monica, CA.  He then moderated the Q&A filmmakers panel.

* September 28, Sipos addressed youth at an "L.A. Teens Rock the Vote" rally at Safari Sam's, Hollywood CA.

* September 15, Sipos hosted underground filmmaker Damon Packard at Culver City's Karl Hess Club.

* July 29, Sipos addressed students at L.A. Trade Tech.

* June 26, Sipos addressed students at Glendale Community College.

* March 27 - 30, Sipos attended the 2008 World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, UT.   He hosted a panel on horror film festivals, and managed The Best of the Tabloid Witch Awards (2004 - 2007) film festival.

* March 21, Sipos MC'd a panel discussion on the antiwar movement at the Track 16 gallery with fellow contributors to the Cost of Freedom anthology.

* January 4, Steve Kubby interviewed Sipos on Blog Talk Radio, regarding the Ron Paul phenomenon and the 2008 presidential election.


Media Appearances for 2007

 
* December 20, Angela Keaton interviewed Sipos on Blog Talk Radio, regarding "libertarians in the arts."

* November 24, Sipos moderated a panel discussion for the Tabloid Witch Awards horror film festival at Loscon 34, in Los Angeles, CA.

* October 27, Sipos moderated a panel discussion for the Tabloid Witch Awards horror film festival in Santa Monica, CA.


Media Appearances for 2006

 

* December 9, Sipos moderated a panel discussion for the Tabloid Witch Awards horror film festival in Santa Monica, CA.

* May 11-15, Sipos attended the 2006 World Horror Convention in San Francisco.

He served on two panels, including one about Japanese horror with Ringu author Koji Suzuki, among others.

"I'm sure I was more honored to meet Koji than the other way around," says Sipos, "though you wouldn't know it from this photo."

Sipos took Fourth Place in the annual Gross-Out Contest.

* January 28, following the Fountain Theater's performance of What I Heard About Iraq, Sipos presented the libertarian antiwar view.


Media Appearances for 2005

 
* November 26, Sipos moderated a panel discussion for the Tabloid Witch Awards horror film festival at Loscon 32, in Los Angeles, CA.

* October 31, Sipos was interviewed by Rick Birdman on KDKA 1020 AM in Pittsburgh, at 10 p.m. EST.

* October 31, Sipos was interviewed on CKTV 610 AM in Niagra, Canada, at 5:10 p.m. EST.

* October 31, Sipos was interviewed by Ron Pritchard on the Michigan Talk Network at 11:30 a.m. EST.

* October 28, Sipos taught a course on Halloween haunted houses, followed by a tour of Fright Fair, for The Learning Annex.

* October 28, Sipos was interviewed by Kurt & Rebecca of KUTR 820 AM in Salt Lake City, UT.

* October 27, Sipos recorded a radio interview with Ted Dennis of CKTV 610 AM in Niagra, Canada, airing on Friday morning, October 28.

* October 24, Sipos recorded a radio interview with Craig Stone of KTLS.in Holdenville, Oklahoma, airing on Friday, October 28.

* October 20, Sipos was interviewed by Gil Bratcher on WYSP.of Philadelphia, PA.

* Following the Fountain Theater's performance of What I Heard About Iraq, Sipos presented the libertarian view on the war. September 23, October 1, 8, 20, November 17.

* April, Sipos hosted a screening of the Hollywood Investigator Halloween Horror Film Awards at the 2005 World Horror Convention in New York, NY.

* January 26.  Sipos recorded a radio interview with John Sipos (no relation) of "hOUR Tampa Bay," discussing his idea on how to reign in government regulators.


Media Appearances for 2004

 

* April 2004, Sipos attended the 2004 World Horror Convention in Phoenix, AZ.


Media Appearances for 2003

 

* August 28, 12 midnight, EST, with Brent Foster of "Beyond the Strange and Mysterious" on WSNR 620 AM of New York, NY.

* July 21, Sipos participated in a debate on the political meaning of the film Starship Troopers, sponsored by the Karl Hess Club.  Open to the public.

* July 2, 11:45 p.m. EST, with Wayne and Bee, on the NightLight, WSAR 1480 AM of Somerset, MA.

Sipos attended the 2003 World Horror Convention in Kansas City.


Media Appearances for 2002

 

Sipos did a series of radio interviews for Halloween 2002:

* October 31, 3:15 a.m. EST, with Jennifer Taheri, on XM Satellite Radio's Babbleon 167, broadcasting out of Washington, D.C.

* October 31, 7:00 a.m. Hawaii Time, with Hudson & Scotty B, on KUCD Star 101.9 of Honolulu, Hawaii.

* October 31, 9:30 a.m. CST, on KWRE 73 AM.of St. Louis, MO.

* October 31, 9:05 a.m. CST, with Kevin Schramm, WCSJ-AM of Morris, IL.

* October 31, 8:30 a.m. CST, with Rachel Redford & Chris Farber, KLYV Y105, Dubuque, Iowa.

* October 31, 8:10 a.m. CST, with Celinda Emison & Bob Clark, KXYL, Brownwood, TX.

* October 31, 7:15 a.m. CST, with Rod Ryan, KKND 106.7 of New Orleans, LA.

* October 30, 11:05 a.m. EST, with Jim Bresnahan, WREL 1040 AM of Lexington, Virginia.

* October 30, 9:10 a.m. EST, with Chopper and Jimmy, WBBB 96 ROCK of Raleigh, NC.

* October 29, 4:00 p.m. CST, on "Viewpoint University," KSOO 1140 AM of Sioux Falls, SD.

* Recorded October 29, 9:00 EST, for WRMF 97.9 of West Palm Beach, FL.  Will (likely) air on October 30 or 31.  Contact station to verify schedule.

* Recorded October 28, 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, for KSMA Newstalk 1240 AM, of Santa Maria, CA.  To be played on a rotation basis.

* October 28, 7:37 a.m. MDT, with Dave Chaffin and Amy Richards, KGAB AM 650 of Cheyenne, WY.

* October 28, 8:00 a.m. CST, with Rick Carl, KWOC AM 930 of Poplar Bluff, MO.

* October 28, 8:30 a.m. EST with Walker Johnson, WKVL of Knoxville, TN.

* October 26, 11:30 p.m. PST, with "Erskine Overnight," nationally syndicated from Scottsdale, AZ.  Program to be repeated the following week.

* October 25, 8:00 a.m. CST, with Rachel Redford & Chris Farber, KLYV Y105, Dubuque, Iowa.

* Recorded October 24, 8:00 p.m. PST, with Hilly Rose of the Hilly Rose Show, info at Atlantis Rising.  To be streamed via Satellite about mid-November.

* October 24, 7:30 a.m. EST, with Rob Neyhard, WARM 590 AM of Wilkes-Barre, PA.

* October 16, 12:40 p.m. EST, with "Jamie the Movie Chick", WTBQ 1110 AM of Florida, NY.

* October 16, 10 a.m. CDT, with Eric Holcomb of the "Jim Cates Show", KMAJ 1440 AM of Topeka, Kansas.

* October 14, 8 a.m. CST, with Stacy Sturm and Bob Brady, Y93 FM of Bismarck, ND.

* October 13, 11 p.m. EST, with Jordan Rich, WBZ 1030 AM of Boston, MA.

* October 9, 6:30 p.m. EST, with Victoria Ann Davis on "The Lowdown", WDVR.of Sergeantsville, NJ.

* October 9, 11:00 a.m. PST, with Dave Mitchell, KTOX 1340 AM of Needles, CA.

* October 2, 8:10 a.m. EST, with Pete Nichols, WILI-FM (I98) of Hartford, CT.

* October 1, 8:05 a.m. PST, with Chet Reynolds, KXAM of Scottsdale, Arizona.

* Recorded September 26, with "The Treecerman", KIX 105.7 of Missouri.  Call station to learn when the interview is scheduled to air.

* Recorded September 20, with Dennis Kirk on B-Rock, WQLB and WKJZ in Alpena, Michigan.  Call station to learn when the interview is scheduled to air.

* September 19, 5 p.m. CST, with Mike Bunge, KXEL 1540-AM of Waterloo, Iowa.

*  September 16, 8 a.m. CST, with Frank Whalen, KXNA 104.9 of Fayetteville, Arkansas.


And some other events in 2002:

* July 11 - August 15., Sipos taught "Book Promotion for Authors" at the UCLA Writers Extension.  The Midnight Special Bookstore in Santa Monica hosted a book-signing for Sipos's students.

* June 17, Sipos spoke at the Karl Hess Club on former Rumanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and Vampire Nation, Marina del Rey, CA.

* April 11 - 14, Sipos served on the judges' panel screening entries for the Horror Short Film Festival, held at the World Horror Convention in Chicago.  He reviewed all film entries for HorrorFind.


Media Appearances for 2001

 

* October 13, Sipos signed copies of Halloween Candy at Dark Delicacies, Burbank, CA.

* May 2001, Sipos participated on the "flash fiction" panel at the World Horror Convention in Seattle, Memorial Day weekend, discussing Vampire Nation's evolution from a "short-short" to novel.  He also participated in three book-signings, including at Elliot Bay Books.


Media Appearances for 2000

 

* October 31, Sipos was interviewed by John Quaintance on WJCW 910 AM, 8-8:30 a.m. EST.

* May 20, Sipos attended an SFWA Nebula Party & book-signing at Dangerous Visions, Sherman Oaks, CA.

* April 22, Sipos attended a book-signing for Vampire Nation at Dark Delicacies, Burbank, CA.

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