SLUG Contributor Limelight
January 31, 2019
Contributor Limelight – Bill Frost
In a certain sense, Bill Frost is the longest-standing SLUG Magazine contributor of us all. He first wrote for SLUG from 1993 to ‘96, under the pen name Helen Wolf. Frost rejoined SLUG’s ranks in January 2018, this time for our SLUGMag.com-exclusive (“because writing for print is so ’90s,” he says) streaming-series column, “Content Shifter.” Each month, Frost picks a theme and breaks down his lists of series that readers can stream for free. He is a wiz when it comes to writing for web, and we guarantee that you’ll reach the end of “Content Shifter” wanting more each time. Frost is also the guitarist for local rock outfit Magda-Vega, with whom he played last July’s SLUG’s Localized, adding to a long list of other Localized appearances. His passion for writing and music may only be paralleled by that for our community, which SLUG communes with. For these reasons and more, we salute Bill Frost!
Articles by contributor
Content Shifter: 6 Craptacular Christmas Movies
Here are six of the most hilarious holiday abominations ever committed to film—dare you to stream any of them to completion over your Christmas break. … read more
Content Shifter: 6 Series to Stream Free on YouTube
Last month, YouTube surpassed Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, and every other “premium” service as the most-viewed streaming TV platform—YouTube! … read more
Content Shifter: 6 Scary Series to Stream
It’s Halloween season—here are six streaming shows that will chill and/or tingle your spine while you’re ignoring trick-or-treaters in the dark. … read more
Content Shifter: 6 New Shows to Stream in September
Here are just six new shows I can recommend for September, and even a couple of these are iffy. I did leave out Hocus Pocus 2, because … why Disney+, why? … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Upcoming TV Reboots
Here are nine reboots currently in the works that will either be supreme wastes of time and money or mildly watchable, maybe even—dare to dream—good. … read more
Content Shifter: 7 Artificial Intelligence Series to Stream
Here are seven AI-focused TV series that don’t offer easy solutions to The Human Problem—but at least you’ll be distracted from your meat-sack self. … read more
Content Shifter: 8 New Summer 2022 Shows to Stream
Here are eight new series debuting this summer that look promising, as well as a list of premiere dates for returning favorite shows. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a cabana boy to discipline. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 New-ish 2022 Series to Stream
Here are nine new series that premiered over the past four months that you might have missed. Feel free to post ’em on your social feed as your own discoveries. … read more
Content Shifter: 10 True Crime Docudramas to Stream (or Not)
Flashy reenactments of real-life events are everywhere—Here are 10 recent crime docudramas that committed serial criminal cosplay, some better than others. … read more
Content Shifter: The 9 Worst New Shows of 2022
Content Shifter brings you nine of the worst new TV series that have premiered in 2022—avoid them at all costs (if they haven’t already been canceled). … read more
Content Shifter: 11 New-ish Series to Stream Now
Here are 11 click-worthy series that premiered over the past couple of months that you might have missed despite being perpetually housebound. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Flicks About the “Future” of 2022
Here are nine movies from yesteryear set in “The Future” of 2022 to stream while you wait for your latest ticket refund. … read more
Content Shifter: 10 New Series to Stream Through the Holidaze
Merry War on Christmas season to us all! Just another couple of weeks until you can shut your idiot anti-vax/MAGA/Fox Snooze relatives out of your life for another year—hang in there. In the meantime, should you need a distraction from the latest “Muh freedums!” rant from Grandpa Truck Nutz, here are ten stream-worthy new series
Content Shifter: 10 New Fall ’21 Series to Stream
Out of the 50-plus new shows that have premiered so far in the fall TV season, I could only scrape together 10 worth recommending. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 1991 Horror Movies to Stream
Here are nine horror movies from 1991 to remind you how good you have it during spooky season 30 years later. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Fall TV Losers You Can’t Stream
The fall TV season brings new contenders to the entertainment table, but at least it doesn’t include these “Content Shifter” losers. … read more
Content Shifter: 11 August TV Premieres to Stream
Here are 11 TV series premiering in August for your distraction until CEO of Big Lots finally boards an off-brand rocket to the stars. … read more
Content Shifter: 7 New Summer Series to Stream
In this month’s edition of “Content Shifter,” some stellar summer series! Here are seven new offerings to stream right meow. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Short Seasons for Summer Streaming
“Content Shifter” is taking it easy on couch slugs who might actually leave the house this June by keeping it short. … read more
Content Shifter: 10 Rock & Roll Series to Stream
This month’s “Content Shifter” feature is all about rock & roll. Here are 10 music–based TV series that nearly got it right. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Fox Nation Shows to Never, Ever Stream
Here are nine Fox Nation shows to be cognizant of when Gramps goes off on some unhinged rant about the Demoncrat’s latest antics. … read more
Content Shifter: 11 Comedies to Stream on Paramount+
Here are 11 more comedies from the ’00s and the ’90s to check out on Paramount+ that you may have missed the first time around. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Cyberpunk Movies to Stream
Here are nine cyberpunk movies from the 1990s that you should stream that predicted The Future, both boldly and brainlessly. … read more
Content Shifter: 10 Best New Series of 2020
It’s not time to flush 2020 just yet: Entertainment critics must weigh in with their picks for the best new series of the year. … read more
Content Shifter: 11 Adult Swim Xmas Episodes
For this month’s “Content Shifter,” Here are 11 of the best Xmas episodes from Adult Swim to stream between eggnog blackouts. … read more
Content Shifter: 11 New Series to Stream in November
For this month’s Content Shifter, here are 11 series premiering in November to enjoy (or tolerate) in the bunker. … read more
Content Shifter: 13 ’90s Horror Flicks to Stream
This month’s “Content Shifter” delivers 13 ’90s horror flicks that range from bad, to worse, to even worse, to so bad that they’re good. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 New Series Streaming in September
There are some fresh shows streaming in September, pandemic be damned. Here are eight new series, and one returning champion, premiering this month. … read more
Content Shifter: 10 Worst Movies of Summer 2020
August’s Content Shifter presents 10 of the absolute worst movies to premiere over video-on-demand streaming over summer 2020. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Series to Stream on HBO Max
July’s “Content Shifter” offers up nine series from HBO past and present worth discovering, or revisiting, on HBO Max (or regular ol’ HBO). … read more
Content Shifter: 9 TV Streamers From Spring 2020
Content Shifter presents nine series that debuted recently that you might have missed this last spring. They’re a sharp dozen. … read more
Content Shifter: 13 Dumb Comedies for Dumb Times
Here are 13 recent comedies to stream right now, ranging from the truly stupid to the deceptively dumb-but-subliminally-genius. … read more
Content Shifter: 12 Totally Free TV Streamers
For the latest round of SLUG’s Content Shifter, Bill Frost has rounded up 12 totally free tv streamers for your quarantine needs. … read more
Content Shifter: 7 Series To Stream in March 2020
Here are seven TV series that are actually worth streaming in March, the lamest of the winter months. … read more
Content Shifter: The Definitive Guide to XFL 2020
Bill Frost presents The Definitive Guide to the XFL, the “xtreme” football league that is making a comeback after almost 20 years. … read more
Content Shifter: 11 New Shows to Stream in January 2020
New Year, new you? Likely not—but at least there’s new TV to stream. Onward and upward. Here are 11 new streaming shows to kick off 2020. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Streaming Series from Fall ’19
There are too many shows to stream. Here are nine series from this fall alone you might have missed—tune out the family and catch up. … read more
Content Shifter: 8 Shows to Stream on Disney+ and Apple...
Disney+ costs $6.99 a month, while Apple TV+ goes for $4.99—are they worth it? Here are eight original series that may or may not sway you. … read more
Content Shifter: 13 ’80s Slasher Flicks
Since the entire month of October has been swallowed up by Halloween, Inc.™, “Content Shifter” is digging up some lesser-known ’80s slasher flicks. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Best Series of Summer 2019
Here are nine killer series you missed this summer. Since they’re new and mostly only available on pay platforms, you might want to pick up a part-time gig. … read more
Content Shifter: Get Free with Pluto TV
Enter Pluto TV. It’s free and it’s fantastic—but beware: There are commercials (sorry, Frank). It’s a “live” streaming service with hundreds of “channels.” … read more
Content Shifter: 7 Best Streaming Series of 2019 (So Far)
Surprise: 2019 is halfway over. Another six months of your life have slipped by, so here are seven of the best streaming series you’ve missed so far. … read more
Content Shifter: Nine ’90s Action Series to Stream
There was a time when nothing was available “on-demand” unless you dragged your JNCO-ed ass to Blockbuster Video—and then you had to settle for what wasn’t already rented out. I’m talking about the ’90s, the glorious age of grunge, G-funk and godawful TV action series. “New content” rolled out over rabbit-ears TV in the summer.
Content Shifter: 7 Streaming Series for Mother’s Day
Here are seven streaming TV series that showcase wildly different mothers at their best, worst and straight-up weirdest. … read more
Content Shifter: 8 Hulu (Sorta) Hits to Stream
Here are eight more lesser-hyped, original Hulu series that you may or may not be aware of. … read more
Content Shifter: 10 Comics-Based Streaming TV Series
Here are 10 comics-based TV series to stream while you’re waiting for Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, and Aquaman v. Magic Mike: Dawn of Thrust-Us. … read more
Content Shifter: 8 Sober TV Series to Stream
Here are eight series that deal with the concept of sobriety to stream in February while sucking down shaky tumblers of club soda. … read more
Content Shifter: 9 Streaming Series from 2009
TV had a pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good 2009, as well. Here are nine iconic-to-obscure shows that debuted 10 years ago to stream while pondering what the hell you’ve done with your life. … read more
Content Shifter: 8 Xmas Excursions
Who doesn’t like Christmas? OK, let me rephrase that: Who doesn’t like Christmas as experienced with a steady, carefully—and in some states, legally—maintained buzz throughout the final weeks of the year? Your mumbled approval is noted. … read more
Content Shifter: 7 Hitman Hits
Admit it: You’re dreading the same-old home-for-the-holidays, family Thanksgiving dinner with the same old question, “How’s your job going?” … read more
Content Shifter: Rocktober Goes to 11!
After Zeptember comes Rocktober—not, repeat, not, Trucktober or any other “-tober” extrapolation. Those are consume/market-mind-control operations perpetuated by the Deep State government (aka the alien lizard people who run the planet). If you listened to my short-wave radio show, you’d know this already. … read more
Content Shifter: Nine Back-to-School TV Series
The back-to-school time of year is special to people—not me but, you know, other people. The kind of people who still have high-school graduation tassels hanging from their rearview mirrors, or still refer to their college ball teams as “we” and “us,” or whine incessantly about still-not-paid-off student loans. … read more
Content Shifter: 8 TV Series from Oh! Canada
We all have friends—mostly on Facebook, the whiniest of all social-media platforms—who have been threatening to “move to Canada!” for almost two years now. They haven’t, they won’t, and they’re certainly not going to shut up aboot it. Too bad, because Canada has far more to offer than brutal hockey, legal weed and free healthcare:
Content Shifter: 9 Apocalyptic TV Series
Are we living in the end times? Yeah, probably—what are you going to do about it? Better to just binge some apocalypse-centric TV shows while waiting for the end of civilization—and there are plenty to choose from. … read more
Content Shifter: 11 Adult Swim Shows You (Probably) Don’t Know
Adult Swim, the overnight alter-ego of the Cartoon Network, has been derided as an outlet of stupid and borderline-satanic TV content for stoners and insomniacs since it launched in 2001 … at around 11 p.m. and nine days before 9/11, conspiracy theorists. … read more
Content Shifter: 13 One-Season-and-Done TV Series
Beware the Ides of May! For those of you not hip to the inner workings of the TV biz, May marks the end of the traditional television season, when networks start cancelling underperforming series. In other words, they’re gonna fucking kill your favorite show! … read more
Content Shifter: 14 Fixes for Friends Fans
But where to go once you’ve binge-watched all 236 Friends episodes? Here are 14(-ish) shows starring The Artists Formerly Known as Monica, Joey, Phoebe, Chandler, Ross and Rachel outside of Central Perk (sorry, no Gunther) … read more
Content Shifter: 8 Series to Scratch Your Buffy the Vampire...
Even though it premiered 21 years ago this month on The WB—it was The CW of ancient days, kids—the influence of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on TV is nearly as inescapable as that of Black Sabbath on stoner metal. … read more
Content Shifter: Get a Heart-On With These 8 Rom-Comedies
Love is in the air—unless that’s something else slowly choking the life out of you. February is the month of Valentine’s Day, so what else to recommend but some series in the rom-com category? I mean, we all know how fucking touchy Presidents’ Day is anymore. … read more
Content Shifter: 8 (Serial) Killer TV Series
People can’t get enough of serial killers—books, podcasts, and, of course, TV series. Here are eight of the best currently available in the streamverse. … read more