My brother vs. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish mascot

The latest pic of my bro shows a striking resemblance to the Notre Dame mascot. You be the judge.

Our movie review site: www.sideshowreview.com

I was recently asked to help post movie reviews on the website above. For those who know me, you know that I watch and digest a lot of movies a week, and have even been looked upon by my peers as a horror movie expert. :) This is not the only genre of films I watch, but most of my posts will probably be for these, and of course, other movies you may have never heard of.

One intent of the site is to bring you reviews of somewhat obscure cinema, even though we may throw in what's considered an "A-movie" or "Blockbuster" every now and then. The other is to make us feel important, as we're in hopes that people will eventually dig us, and then rely on our movie insight and knowledge as gospel. This will be an evolving page as new ideas and media interaction become available, so sit back, and enjoy Smokeskrene and K-Fleet's movie review mania.

If you ain't got Sho, you betta find it and drop ya dough

Thinking back on the early 90’s, an album that leaves little fuzzies in my belly and a nod in my head is Sho-Trouble Man. I can’t count how many times I bumped this album, first on cassette, then as a German import, and then the official U.S. release, which was soon realized to be no different from my import, just cheaper.

I recently saw a used copy in my store, and hand-sold it to a friend for 1.99 with my official stamp of approval. Man, I’d pay that 20 times over for this classic. You can’t go wrong when you’re fronted by Willie D of the Geto Boys, that is, until you get strung out on cane, and then fall into rap oblivion. Five years later, he did release one more album, called The Return, but it was one the saddest comeback efforts ever heard.

Trouble Man is hot, hot, hot, and classic joints include:

Miss Thang
Fiend in my Family
Trouble Man
Pray I’ll Be a Failure
Fireweed

“Miss Thang, girl ya know you’re too much/ been tryin to knock the boots for the past 3 months/ I done peeped ya game and I’m gonna tell the whole world/ Like Gina, you know you can go girl/You in the club rain, sleet, or snow/ Got them daisy dukes on when it’s 20 below/ Been around the way and back/And been in everybody and they cousins Cadillac...

…I got the three B’s and I don’t regret it/ A bucket, a bus card and bad credit”

Find this, buy it, bump it, tell someone, and buy them a copy, otherwise you slippin.

Antibodies-Dark Sky's latest delectable offer

Based off the cover art alone, I expected big things for this, not to mention, it was released by Dark Sky, who although disappointed me with their last venture (Search and Destroy/The Glove), definitely redeemed themselves with this one.

Entertainment factor: 5
Blood: 2
Nudity: 3, full-frontal male and one topless female
Humor: 1, this is more on the serious tip
Minutes FF'ed Thru: 0
Memorable quotes:

"After dinner, you'll get your notebook and write, 'It's indecent to show my penis' 500 times."

"...relatives, friends, and show me who could kill a child!" The humor level in this is that Dark Sky also released the movie Who Can Kill a Child?, so I wonder if this was inspiration to pick up both titles.

Other: German language with English subtitles

This had elements of Silence of the Lambs, Seven, and American Psycho, amongst others. You can't go wrong when a movie begins with a naked man (not that I'm a fan), who blows a hole through a cop's chest with a sawed-off, double-barrel shotgun, and then smears blood on his face, like battle paint, and crashes through his front door (in the buff) to charge the rest of squad. We also see that he uses his victims blood to paint pictures of Christ's crucifixtion.

It may be coincidental, but the dark-colored blood is familiar with other German directors, Andreas Schnass and Andreas Bethmann. I haven't been this entertained since the movie Feed, so this is my mid-year nomination for movie of the year. Watch and be disgusted.

Your Session has Expired (and the response)

I can think of numerous times I've written a long e-mail and then went to send it, and it says that my session has expired and I lose everything. I'm to the point where I think I need to "copy" all text written before I send, so if it does kick me off, I can just paste it into another one. It just burns my ass because 1) I type slow anyway, just a step above hunt and peck, and 2) some thoughts are just captured in the moment and can't be replaced.

I suggest that all e-mail programs, especially Cox Communications, have some type of back-up program that automatically saves e-mails as drafts until they are sent. Therefore, if you get kicked off, all work is saved. I'm sending that suggestion to them here in a few minutes.

Anyway, just had to vent because it just happened to me, and I don't have the time, patience, or energy to redo it. Sorry, Paul, it was some pretty good stuff.

Cox's response:

Dear Kris,

Thank you for your e-mail. I understand you are having difficulties when trying to log into or use WebMail. I do apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you.

WebMail is a Web based e-mail client. Because of this, when you are typing a new message, or replying to an e-mail message via WebMail, you are not actually communicating with the WebMail server. If the WebMail server does not hear from you within 30 minutes, it will end the session (log you out), and the information you are typing will not be saved. Clicking a button or link on the WebMail page will send data to the WebMail server, resetting the time counter.

You may correct this problem if you set up the Webmail Time Zone. In order to set up this feature, the link below contains the information: http://support2.cox.com/sdccommon/asp/contentredirect.asp?sprt_cid=a3244e53-72d4-4a26-92b5-1c694c671488

You can also correct this problem if you type the message in "Notepad" or "Word" first, and then "Cut and Paste" it into your reply in WebMail.

I hope you have found the information above useful. If the difficulty persists or if there are any further inquiries you would like to address, do not hesitate to contact us back for further assistance.

My rebutle:

1) How will setting up the correct Time Zone keep the system from bumping me off? My settings are already correct and I still have the problem.

2) How is typing the message in Notepad or Word convenient for me as a user?

It's obvious that nothing will be done, so I have to do what's in my circle of influence, which means, when I type a long message, I will have to copy it before sending to ensure nothing is lost. Grrrr!