Pete King, the co-founder of legendary jazz club Ronnie Scott’s, has died after a prolonged illness at the age of 80.
King, also a talented saxophonist, founded the club with Ronnie Scott in 1959. King was responsible for the day-to-day running of the club, including booking acts.
He also played a crucial role in arranging for the ban on US musicians playing the in the UK to be lifted, with American saxophonist Zoot Sims playing a residency in 1961.
Following Scott’s death in 1996, King continued to manage the club for nine years before selling the venue to Sally Greene in 2005. He retained the title of lifetime president and still regularly visited the club.
“It is with great sadness we heard about the loss of Pete King,” says managing director Simon Cooke. “In 1959, Pete and Ronnie Scott opened a small jazz club in the middle of London. 50 years later, it has become possibly the best and most celebrated jazz club in the world in great part due to Pete’s fortitude and management skills in keeping jazz afloat during many difficult periods. That we are all now able to enjoy such a wonderful club is entirely down to his abilities.”
A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November 2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film.
The movie will be sponsored by director Sam Raimi, whose credits include the Spiderman and Evil Dead films.
Fede Alvarez’s short film “Ataque de Panico!” (Panic Attack!) featured giant robots invading and destroying Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.
It is 4 mins 48 seconds long and was made on a budget of $300 (£186).
So far it has had more than 1.5 million views on YouTube.
“I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios,” he told the BBC’s Latin American service BBC Mundo.
“It was amazing, we were all shocked.”
The movie Mr Alvarez has been asked to produce is a sci-fi film to be shot in Uruguay and Argentina. He says he intends to start from scratch and develop a new story for the project.
“If some director from some country can achieve this just uploading a video to YouTube, it obviously means that anyone could do it,” he added.
Famous London-based photographer Jillian Edelstein, is renowned across the globe for her stunning photographic style and compelling portraits.
Her images have graced the pages of The New York Times, Vanity Fair and Vogue to name but a few. As well as winning many prestigious awards including the Visa d’Or at the International Festival of Photojournalism, she has worked with famous faces such as Nelson Mandela, Daniel Day Lewis, Jerry Hall, Amy Winehouse, Ray Winstone, Blur, Helena Bonham Carter, Simon Pegg, John Malkovich and Ralph Fiennes.
Celebrating the launch of the new Sony Ericsson Satio handset, Jillian embarked on a unique mission to capture the undeniable and individuality of 121 eyes in only 12.1 hours. All participants were personally chosen by Jillian. Indy was one of the ‘chosen’ ones
Jillian and Indy
Indy had loads of pix taken and the final one the team chose is………..
Eyes Wide Open 2009
You can see all the final images at Eyes Wide Open – there are some incredible ones and all taken from a phone camera!! Enjoy.
Pinkyvision has a brand new collection of Papercuts and Screen Prints online NOW. All hand made and signed, these Papercuts are unique and affordable collectors items so make sure you get your mitts on one….or two….or three.
All purchases will be posted special delivery in time for Xmas….yippeeee
You can also check Pinky out at The Mangle Christmas Market in East London this Saturday (12th Dec). There will be Zines, Lino, Prints, Posters, Skull Cookies…..and loads more. Its all kicking off at:
The Tabernacle Centre (old Street end of Hackney Road)
If anyone has had the pleasure of meeting this crazy mo-fo, you’d get why he is SOOOOOOO in demand. Check out all his work on his new blog and watch yourself salivate over his work
With the build up to all things Xmassy, you may of seen the amazing artwork from John Lewis adorning magazines, billboards, newspapers and everywhere else.
Kate Forrester is responsible for these little gems and most certainly someone that we at KALA PHOOL HQ applaud. Check her work out on her blog.
And not forgetting the PR crew who worked tirelessly in getting MI21 under the skin of so many:
Puja Vedi
Pedro Carvalho
To every UK and international newspaper/blog/website/radio/newspaper/magazine that covered MI21
There will be further updates on how MI21 is progressing including:
Whats happening next
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