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Oh, sweet Yahweh from above, today's the day! Today's the day Radar goes on sale! Today! Radar! Sale! OMG! Radar! Palindrome!

And breathe. After that initial excitement, we remembered that before today's official release date, you could score an early copy of Maer Roshan's edgy and irreverent chartazine at a few select newsstands or, if you knew the code word, from the guy behind the counter at a certain bodega on Avenue A. It wasn't on every newsstand, however, making the following reader report all the more strange:

After reading all of your coverage of Radar, it would be a lie to say I was not a bit interested in what Radar would actually be like. Last Thursday, while waiting on a flight at La Guardia to visit my parents in Arkansas (no comments needed, I have heard them all), I stopped by Hudson News to pick up magazines for the flight. As an afterthought, I looked for Radar, but it was not there. I just assumed that it was not on the stands, yet.

On Friday, I was in a small Arkansas town of about 45,000. I went in a local bookstore and front and center on the magazine rack was Radar. Paris in all of her glory was staring at these poor Arkansans. Of course, I picked up a copy but thought it was a bit sad and ironic that the South is being tormented by Radar at such an early stage, while you could not easily find a copy in NY at this time.

Poor Arkansas — a Radar leak isn't quite the reparation they had in mind.