u/shakha

I've recently been turned on to Radiance and this year alone, they have released two releases that I want. The issue is that they're a British company and I'm Canadian. Neither of these releases are exactly time sensitive, so I was wondering if there are regular Radiance sales the same way as something like Criterion. If so, do they include new releases?

Also, I know Radiance recently opened an American store. I tried looking for these things on there and, with the conversion rate and shipping from the US, it would still be cheaper for me to order from the UK. What's the deal with that? I'm mainly here about the first question, but this has me vexed!

EDIT: In case anyone finds out any hot tips, I am looking for the Treasures from the Golestan Studio collection and Simone Barbes or Virtue. The latter is quite cheap and I can get it from the UK for the same price as a Criterion in a store here, but I am dying for the former. I have been wanting a copy of The House is Black in my collection and just assumed it was a pipe dream.

So, I had a really interesting experience today and I thought I’d get some feedback from the good ol Reddit community.

I decided to go eat solo at an all you can eat buffet since I was alone at home for the day. The waitress took me to a prospective table but it was in the middle of the main dining room. I suffer from PTSD stemming from the work I did in my past, and sitting out in the open like that makes me extremely uncomfortable and I wouldn’t be able to enjoy my meal. I kindly asked to be moved somewhere where I could put my back to a wall and the waitress understood and obliged.

As I was enjoying my meal, my succulent Chinese meal, (lol) the table in front of me is sat with 4 young ladies, I’d put their age range at early twenties. As I was eating one of the young ladies called out “do you mind?” To which the other 3 turn to look at me. I have no idea what they are talking about so she says “can you please stop staring at us, that’s really creepy. Can you sit on the other side of the table so you’re not staring at my friends ass?”

I was confused but I know given my past that I can have the tendency to drift into a thousand yard stare, not looking at anything specifically but just staring off into nowhere. I apologized and told her “I’m sorry, if I was looking in your direction it wasn’t intentional, I tend to zone out when I’m alone.”

She told me that it wasn’t okay and that she again would feel better if I moved or changed positions on the table to face the wall. The room had already filled up pretty quickly so finding a new place wasnt really an option but also, i didnt feel like i should because my food and drink are here at this table and I’m already eating. I responded “im sorry, i suffer from PTSD so i need my back to a wall for me to be able to eat comfortably.”

Her response was “well i have PTSD from being assaulted and i dont want some creepy old dude looking at us while we eat.” at this time other people were looking and staring which was very upsetting so i told her “that’s terrible, but im not going to move. My triggers are my own and yours are your own. I control what I do by sitting with my back to a wall, I don’t get to tell others what to do to make me comfortable.” She interrupted me plenty while I was trying to explain but her main point was in today’s world being a young woman is dangerous, which I totally understand but I’m not going to have severe anxiety while I eat. She went off a bit about how men refuse to be accommodating to women and it’s horrible and that I was just being selfish.

I ended up leaving early, only after one plate which I could usually do 2-4 so I was bummed out but the added attention and frustration made the experience unenjoyable any further. The more I think about it I’m unsure if I should have just sucked it up and not made a scene so those young ladies didn’t have to feel that kind of anxiety that I feel from my PTSD. AITA?

I'm not into slipcovers and limited editions and stuff like that. If given the option, I will always go for the most affordable option and if not getting a slipcover means I can spend ten usd less, then that's what I'm doing. I became really interested in the idea of Reviver 3 and decided to just buy it anyway, but of course it sold out, so yeah, I guess I'm waiting for the standard edition. Looking them up on the website, I see that the first Reviver is available in a standard edition but 3 and interestingly 2 are sold out, which I guess means it takes a long time for them to come out as standard editions. Does anybody remember how long it took from the original Reviver release to its standard edition release?

Back in the day, Now Magazine would run a lot of contests for tickets to shows. Yes, they might have tickets to the big show at the ACC, but they also gave away tickets to shows at the Horseshoe or the Velvet Underground or the Smiling Buddha. This diversity meant that I frequently won tickets to shows I would not have known about otherwise and I found new bands to support. Since Now went down the tubes, I have not found a similar place. The only similar place I know of is Exclaim and the shows there are comparatively big, meaning I've never won anything from them. I'm sure you're thinking that using the amount of times I have won as a data point is problematic, but I think a handful of tickets versus none for the number of contests I enter is not exactly inconsequential. So, does anybody know of a website or organization that runs contests for tickets to smaller shows?

This is definitely a bizarrely international questions, but I gotta ask. I'm a fan of this New Zealand/Australia show called Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, hosted by the eponymous Guy Montgomery. In one of the recent episodes, a reference was made to Guy doing open mic nights in Toronto in 2010. After getting over my shock, now I gotta know: does anybody remember seeing this guy perform? Any memories?