Man in the Night

One strange and wild trip. That simple sentence describes the latest Kid Cudi output, "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven." With lengthy (and humorous) appearances from Beavis and Butthead, a mostly 90s grunge/punk vibe hangs over the entire album. My favorite song also happens to be the first Beavis and Butthead sketch, "Man in the Night," and is easily the most listenable. A lot of the album is clearly Cudi tripping his brains out. Apparently he didn't learn from Weezy that hip-hop artists making rock albums does not work. He even went super emo in "Wedding Tux," barking out the lyrics, "everything, everyone sucks." It is a 26-track super album of trippy, trancy, 90s-infused hip-punk-hop-rock. I can't even tell if I like it or hate it. It's hard to make sense of it all.

Anyhow, I failed to make the playoffs in my two most important leagues for fantasy football. It was an off year filled with injuries and bad calls. Best to wipe it off and hope for a better year next fall.

I have some photos from the Little Falls girls basketball opener, Dec. 1.

Little Falls senior Katie Mammenga shoots a runner against Sauk Rapids-Rice, Dec. 1.

Flyers sophomore Sophia Sowada throws the ball off of Storm defenders Angela Konz (No. 43) and Brooklyn Harren.

Little Falls senior center Mikayla Burns throws the ball off of the Storm's Brandi Roscoe.

Mammenga fights for a rebound in the hearbreaking 49-48 loss.

Flyers senior point guard Melanie Dorn drives inside.

Sowada plays full court defense.

Little Falls senior Jordan Schuett puts up a three.

Dorn goes up for a rebound.

Dorn follows through on a three. She scored 24 points.

Mammenga drives inside against Storm sophomore Bailey Becker.