Mark Beech

Rock Critic, Bloomberg News

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Bloomberg's Rock Critic. Arts/Culture Editor/Team Leader @BloombergMuse. Author, Dictionary Rock&Pop Names, A-Z Names in Rock. Fellow,UK Royal Society of Arts.

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After 43 years Black Sabbath earns its first US No. 1 album with “13,” selling 155,000 copies during the first week of release,
@hootsuite_help: social picker complaints not motivated by "fear of change" but v real problems such as those here bit.ly/17nwURI

allow an option to return to the old Social Network picker/selection at the top of the HootSuite window.

feedback.hootsuite.com — I just saw HootSuite updated with a new version of the Social Media account selector at the top of the HootSuite UI. Now it is a drop down list instead of the horizontal list of icons. This new version is much more difficult to use and I would appreciate an option to change back to the older version.
Kanye West’s moronic Jesus beaten by Azealia, M.I.A, Daft Punk, Queens of Stone Age, Laura Marling. bloom.bg/14hlyZq by @Mark_beech

Kanye West’s Moronic Jesus Sunk by Azealia, Daft Punk

bloomberg.com — Kanye West 's Messiah complex has reached new heights. The man who once said that people looked at him as if he was Hitler has a new album called "Yeezus" with a one song, "I Am a God" (subtitled "featuring God".) West isn't Jesus, perhaps not even a music deity to his fans any more.
Reviews coming soon from me: Kanye West, Azealia Banks, M.I.A, Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age, Laura Marling. One of these gets NO STARS
will.i.am @iamwill is playing a hot jamming show at London's coolest club @artsclublondon - sorry to have missed this one...

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will.i.am — Get social today with the companion app available at the iTunes store. foto.sosho becomes a social experience when you link it to your iam+ account, where you can add captions, edit and share photos immediately after taking them. Create and customize your i.am+ account, then view your photos, your friends' photos, as well as others you follow.
Agree with @jasonbwhitman: @missjacksoncafe @ilamont @samproof and more: profile picker has been wrecked: pls reconsider @hootsuite
Turkey’s vintners under siege as bans crush bloom.bg/11ihkCe via @BloombergMuse by my colleague Elin McCoy (new link)

Turkey’s Vintners Under Siege as Bans Crush Winemakers

bloomberg.com — Trade group Wines of Turkey is showing off the country's top reds and whites at a packed tasting at VinExpo fair in Bordeaux this week while heavy-handed regulations are making it harder than ever for them to sell at home.
re the late Johnny Smith, who wrote Walk Don't Run: @nlebrecht points out he played Schoenberg, too.. Thanks Norman! artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/20…

A Schoenberg soloist wrote ‘Walk, Don’t Run’

artsjournal.com — The things you learn from an obituary: jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, who composed the Ventures' greatest hit, once played Schoenberg with the New York Philharmonic under Dmitri Mitropoulos. Opus 24, perhaps? Events like that can shape a life. Johnny Smith has died, aged 90. Speak Your Mind an ArtsJournal blog
Jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, who wrote Ventures single Walk Don't Run and had hit with Moonlight in Vermont, dies at 90 in Colorado Springs.
Damn, my Facebook link broken. So here again: at the excellent Ellington, 936 Amsterdam & West 106 St. Love New York. pic.twitter.com/X9JbLuzamJ

Mark_Beech: Damn, my Facebook link broken. ...

twitter.com — Damn, my Facebook link broken. So here again: at the excellent Ellington, 936 Amsterdam & West 106 St. Love New York. pic.twitter.com/X9JbLuzamJ
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