Give Me Fiction X: SPORTS
For its tenth show, Give Me Fiction takes to the field of Lost Weekend Video to engage in the national pastime! The sweet science! The most dangerous game! SPORT! Some of the finest minds in comedy, literature, and theatre write pieces around a theme, which they are free to interpret as loosely or strictly as they wish.
This month’s theme is SPORTS, and reading will be:
Red Scott
Joe Tobin
Emily Epstein White
Casey Childers
Yume Kim
Carey Callahan
And as ever, your host and five time Heisman winner, Ivan Hernandez.
Launch
(this is a short story I made for Ivan Hernadez’s wonderful show Give Me Fiction every first Sunday at the Cynic Cave. Please support it and the podcast on the Boing Boing network when it starts dropping. I will post my live reading of the story here when it comes out. Now, let’s begin.)
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MEET THE WRITERS: OJ Patterson
OJ Patterson is the proprietor of Courting Comedy, SF’s finest comedy blog. See him Sunday at GMF!
My Theme Song
I wrote a theme song for myself, for use in any typical theme song situation: when I’m walking on stage, or if I’m on a podcast, or if I’m hiding in my car from my family. Etc.
Hope you enjoy it!
Scott Simpson is a comedian and writer, formerly of the podcast You Look Nice Today. This is his theme song, which may or may not be played Sunday at GMF.
MEET THE WRITERS: Nicole Calasich
Nicole Calasich is a comedian and runs Attractive Camp at Lost Weekend Video. See her Sunday at GMF!
MEET THE WRITERS: Vince Mancini
Vince Mancini is a comedian and the editor of FilmDrunk. Catch him this Sunday at GMFIX: Futurism!
MEET THE WRITERS: Zahra Noorbaksh
Zahra Noorbaksh is a comedian and writer of the one woman show “All Atheists Are Muslim.” Here she is performing at Viracocha. See her this Sunday at GMF IX: Futurism!
GIVE ME FICTION IX: FUTURISM
In its ninth installment, Give Me Fiction takes to Lost Weekend Video to look at the world of tomorrow… TODAY! Or July 6th, either one. Some of the finest minds in comedy, literature, and theatre write pieces around a theme, which they are free to interpret as loosely or strictly as they wish.
This month’s theme is FUTURISM, and reading will be:
Charles Orenthal James Patterson
Nicole Calasich
Vince Mancini
Scott Simpson
Zahra Noorbakhsh
Jane Harrison
And as ever, your host and half man/half machine, Ivan Hernandez.
MEET THE WRITERS: Baruch Porras-Hernandez
Baruch Porras-Hernandez is a poet, one of the hosts of the San Francisco Queer Open Mic, and organizer of ¿Donde Esta Mi Gente?, a Latino Poetry and Spoken Word Festival. See him this Sunday at GMF!
MEET THE WRITERS: Mary Van Note
Mary Van Note has performed at SF Sketchfest and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and her videos have been featured on IFC. Here she is reading from her grade school diary. See her Sunday at GMF!
