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DICSTROKE COMETH–NOT THAT YOU WOULD KNOWETH–AND DOESN’T AT ALL BLOWETH

Dave WielengaThu. November 22
 

A day after Dicstroke magazine made its debut on the newsstands of Long Beach, hardly anybody has heard of it.

Having ourselves debuted only seven months ago, you’d think we at the District might be able to identify with the empty feeling of inconsequentiality that usually accompanies all the work that goes into a first issue–and then, to lend a few words of support.

Nope. The District was an unprecedented success from the get-go. Plus, we’re assholes.

But that’s not to say we at the District don’t see something of ourselves in Dicstroke–the art design, content categories, story choices and special sense of arrogance and humor, for starters. Honestly, we’re honored to realize that we’ve been such an inspiration. Not at all surprised, though.

The differences? Well, you can’t find Dicstroke on the Internet. We went to the web address (www.lbunion.com) and only found back issues of the other student newspaper at Long Beach State. Boring. Really boring.

Dicstroke isn’t, though. It’s funny, adventurous, imaginative, rude, silly, spot-on and pulls off one of the hardest tricks in writing–successful satire. You really should try to find a copy. Then you can compare it to the Union and wonder along with us: Why aren’t these people this good all the time?

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