(As promised, in honor of a rewatch party online, I’ve revised my original essay on one of Sliders’ most totemic episodes, “The Guardian,” the last episode written by Tracy Tormé, the creator of the show. It’s about loss, grief, and goodbyes. It’s a heavy one.) Remnants of Ancient Suns (The…

or, why The Wheel of Time owns. (People who support me on Patreon are the best and got to read this a lil’ early. Maybe you’d like to join me over there and learn more about me and ~my process~?) If anyone was following me on Twitter last week, they…

(In which I explain the almost-success of an early Sliders episode) The Weaker Sex Written by Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin Directed by Vern Gillum Original Airdate: May 3rd, 1995. The team slides into a world where Women are the dominant gender. Arturo is so pissed at being “second-class” he…

I’ve seen it all, I’ve seen it all, I’ve seen it all… March 22nd, 2021: It’s Sliders’ birthday. Why not revisit the final post I made for my ancient review project, Think of a Roulette Wheel? It’s about the final episode, but also about legacies, and memory, and nostalgia, and…

Nine ways of looking at Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness on its twenty-fifth anniversary. 1. “I’d like to play that theme piece” If Billy Corgan knows how to do anything, it’s how to start an album. Gish’s “I Am One” is the alt-rock equivalent of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah…