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Bobby Morosco
While there are no lyrics in beatboxing, the kind of beats that are used can be drawn from many different cultures. For instance, Adhab said that he adds rhythms found in bedouin music to his beatboxing.
Namely, old people drink a lot of wine, and young people don\u2019t, and the former is apt to die a lot sooner than the latter. I swear that\u2019s only slightly more crass than McMillan, a boomer himself, puts it (emphasis mine):
Rob\u2019s got jokes! About the inexorable march towards death that characterizes the human condition! A man after this boozeletter\u2019s heart, he is. Anyway, being as how I know way less than wine than spirits or beer, I spent some time with this year\u2019s 102-page report this past week. It\u2019s a very thorough document, with colorful charts screaming \u201Cthe kids may be alright, but wine sure the fuck isn\u2019t!\u201D from a variety of different angles. Like this one, which shows that younger millennial/Gen Z drinkers are more likely to bring White Claw to a party than white Zin:
Okay, I\u2019m editorializing slightly, but you get the point. If you\u2019re interested in the American wine business, I recommend reading all of McMillan\u2019s 2022 dispatch in full, or at least skimming it while ignoring everyone on your next Zoom. It\u2019s great! But once I was about halfway through it, I started getting a nagging feeling that something was missing. A little CMD+F-ing confirmed that neither \u201CBeatBox\u201D nor \u201CBuzzBallz\u201D appeared even once in the entire report.3 With respect to Mister McMillan,4 omitting these rapidly growing wine-based brands from an industry report sounding the alarm on younger drinkers\u2019 apparent lack of interest in wine feels like a missed opportunity. Here\u2019s why.
BEATBOX is a weekly youth group aimed at integrating young people with special needs, aged 11-18, into the mainstream youth work activities of the SWEATBOX Youth Centre. Beatbox is run by Youth Workers, young volunteers (up to 18) and other professionals from surrounding special needs schools.
Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster runs at the Traverse Theatre from Tue 6 to Sun 25 August. Performances (excluding 10pm) will kick off with a curtain raiser performance created by young people from Leith Academy.