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2024
* November 8 and
9, Sipos
will host a screening of the
2024 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films,
and appear on some panels, at
Tuscon 51 in Tucson
Arizona.
2023
* November 24, Sipos
will host a screening of the
2023 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films at
Loscon 49, at the LAX Marriott Hotel
Hotel, in Los Angeles, CA.
* November 10 and 11, Sipos
will host a screening of the
2023 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films at
Tuscon 50 in Tucson
Arizona.
2022
* November 11 to
13, Sipos
will host a screening of the
2022 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films,
and appear on some panels, at
Tuscon 49 in Tucson
Arizona..
2021
* November 26, Sipos
will host a screening of the
2021 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films at
Loscon 47, at the LAX Marriott Hotel
Hotel, in Los Angeles, CA.
* November 12 to 14, Sipos
will host a screening of the
2021 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films,
and appear on some panels, at
Tuscon 48 in Tucson
Arizona.
2019
* November 29, Sipos
will host a screening of the
2019 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films at
Loscon 46, at the LAX Marriott Hotel
Hotel, in Los Angeles, CA.
2016
* Friday, November 25, Sipos hosted a screening of the 2016 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films at Loscon 43, at the LAX Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.
* Saturday, April 30, Sipos appeared on a panel, My Favorite Horror Film, at the 2016 World Horror Convention, in Provo, Utah. Panelists included: Darren Shan, Jeff Strand, Linda Addison (m), Sunni K. Brock, Sanford Allen, and Thomas M. Sipos.
2015
* November 27, Sipos hosted a screening of the 2015 Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films at Loscon, at the LAX Marriott Hotel.
The following day, November 28, Sipos was a panelist on "What Scares You? Exploration of Fear -- How It's Used in Horror and Science Fiction." Panelists included: Barbara Hambly, Tim Powers, Maria Alexander, Thomas M. Sipos, Steven Barnes (m).
* May 7 - 10, 2015, Sipos participated in several events at the 2015 World Horror Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
* Filmmakers Lounge
"A free and easy conversation on whatever the filmmakers want to discuss -- their own projects, favorite films -- as well as a networking opportunity. Panelists: Daniel Griffith (m), Lynne Hansen, Daniel Knauf, Frazer Lee, Ryan Lieske, Thomas M. Sipos, John Skipp. Friday and Saturday (May 8 and 9), both at 5 - 6 p.m.
* Tabloid Witch Awards Screening
A "best of" screening of some previous Tabloid Witch Award winning horror films that were shot in the South (in keeping with the WHC's Southern Horror theme this year). Friday, May 9, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Redhook Room. Details about the films at Tabloid Witch blog.
* Two Stumps Way Up: Horror Film Criticism, Journalism and Scholarship.
Panelists: Thomas M. Sipos (m), L. Andrew Cooper, James Newman, and Gord Shriver. Saturday, May 9, at 2 to 3 p.m.
2014
* November 28, 2014, Sipos will host a "best of" the Tabloid Witch Awards screening at Loscon 41, in Los Angeles, CA.
* October 25, 2014, Sipos hosted a screening of the 2014 Tabloid Witch Award winning films at Santa Monica's Promenade Playhouse.
* January 10, 2014, Mark Wegierski's interview with, and article about, Sipos appears on the Quaterly Review.
2013
Sipos will appear on the following five panels at Loscon 40, which runs over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, in Los Angeles, CA.
* Humanizing Our Monsters
Vampires, werewolves, zombies, demons, serial killers. All have starred as the sexy and dangerous, but ultimately misunderstood heroes and protagonists, of their own stories. What is it that drives us to give humanity to the manifestations of our darkest fears? Panelists: Jenna Pitman (m), Barbara Hambly, Julie Sczesny, E.E. King, Thomas M. Sipos. Friday, 8 - 9 p.m. Scottsdale Room.
* Science vs. the Supernatural
Ghosts or radiation? Mad science or necromancy? Medical malfunctions or immortal monsters? Does science or magic make for a better back drop to illustrate what scares us most? Is it all circumstantial? Panelists: Jenna Pitman (m), Julie Sczesny, Thomas M. Sipos, E.E. King. Friday, 9 - 10 p.m. Scottsdale Room.
* Horror Literature vs. Horror Cinema
Short horror works equally as well as a story or film. But horror novels and feature length are different monsters all together. What makes the novel different than a movie? Is one more frightening than the other? What do each of them get right? What do they get wrong? Panelists: Jenna Pitman (m), Thomas M. Sipos, Donald F. Glut, Tom Khamis. Saturday, 8 - 9 p.m. Atlanta Room.
* And the Award Goes to...
All horror fans know that the genre has lost respect in recent years. Once our movies and novels were good enough to be considered classics but now they've been reduced to jokes. When was the last time our genre was been acknowledged by mainstream judges? How can the genre return to its glory days? Is it possible? Jenna Pitman (m), Julie Sczesny, Thomas M. Sipos, Tom Khamis. Saturday, 9 - 10 p.m. Atlanta Room.
* Future of Investigative Journalism
The newspapers have been the only institution in society to commit to in-depth investigative journalism, which is sometimes antagonistic to both governmental and corporate power. Now that the print market is imperiled, can bloggers and web-only publications fulfill their role? Richard Foss (m) Thomas M. Sipos, Mike Glyer, Dennis Mallonee. Sunday, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Marquis 2 Room.
2012
* March 29, Sipos sat on two panels at the 2012 World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were "Horror Film Festivals: How to Get Involved and Where to Find Them" and "Classic Horror Movies: What You Really Need to Watch and Own."
2011
* November 25 - 26, Sipos hosted a screening of the 2011 Tabloid Witch Award winning films, and moderated several panels, at Loscon 38 in Los Angeles, CA.
* April 28 - May 2, Sipos attended the 2011 World Horror Convention in Austin, Texas. He served on a panel entitled "Why Horror Films Suck." He didn't pick the panel's title, and instead explained why most horror films released today do not suck.
2010
* November 7, 8, Theofantastique interviews Sipos about his views on horror. Read Part One and Part Two.
* October 29 - 30, Sipos hosted the 2010 Tabloid Witch Awards horror film screenings at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica, CA.
* July 17, Sipos attended the Viscera Film Festival, which he covered for the Hollywood Investigator.
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.
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.
* May, Sipos was a delegate to the Libertarary Party national convention. He supported former Democratic senator Mike Gravel,
who sought the LP's presidential nomination.
* 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2004
* April
2004, Sipos attended the 2004 World Horror
Convention in Phoenix, AZ.
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.
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.
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.
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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