-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Newsletter of R&S Media Monday May 12, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"I put an egg on it, and you know what... it DID taste better!" - Gordon Klimes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUT A EGG ON IT! Before we knew each other, both "S" and I made lots of little zines, but in all the years we've known each other we haven't done one together... 'til NOW! Is it about hot naked guys?! Is it about late night rock and roll punk rock messes?! Is it about avant-garde fashion!? NO! Its about the fact that our mamas taught us how to cook and we love to hang out with our friends and eat good food! For the first issue "S" wrote most everything and did all the photography, while I did all the illustration and design. It's short and cute (like "S") and cheap (like "S") and comes with a button (like "S") -R The site for Put A Egg On It is still under construction, but you can buy a copy for $2.00 + $1.00 shipping here. Put A Egg On It #1 is also now availble in these super special stores: Spoonbill & Sugartown - 218 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY Tel: 718.387.7322 Look Boutique - 804 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA Tel: 415.255 9508 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------- "S" Photographs Gangi LA-based duo Gangi asked me if I would take some photos when they passed through Brooklyn last month. I got some flowers and different colored light bulbs and had the boys over for tea and snacks on a lazy Sunday afternoon. -S Visit Gangi on Myspace -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- R&S NEWS "S" has a photograph in Various Photographs curated by Tim Barber for the New York Photo Festival. The opening is free and open to the public. May 14th, 7-10PM, 70 Front St. Dumbo, Brooklyn. --------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------- The R&S Wallpaper Archive The May Wallpaper is "Tweet," drawn by "R" As a fun exercise, R&S is making at least one desktop wallpaper per month! This month we have a slightly disturbing life drawing of Pez. Download "Tweet" and past wallpapers here. -S -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- From The Print Fetish Archives Constance is a limited edition art magazine out of New Orleans that premiered in the aftermath of Katrina. New Orleans, in my opinion, is an undervalued center for the arts, so I was very excited to see this extremely well put together, full color magazine that showcases artists and writers living and working in my favorite city... continue reading --------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Odds and also Ends "R" is reading old copies of Bald Ego magazine and the graphic novel Life Sucks, is listening to Hey Willpower's new album P.D.A and just watched Mouchette, directed by Robert Bresson, this past weekend. "S" is reading the new copies of ANP Quarterly and Farimani magazines and is listening to a compilation of Welsh psychedelic music called Welsh Rare Beat. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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