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Reader Scott Pfahler had this to say about the Christian Marclay video:

I like it, especially the reassembled records.

The guy in the video who claims that this guy was the first to use a turntable as an instrument (i.e. before hip-hop) is full of it though. The wikipedia page for him claims he started mid-seventies (and he seems to indicate that his art was in part influenced by Punk, which means a starting date of about 1975 at the earliest). By contrast, Kool DJ Herc began pioneering the hip-hop break beat at parties in the Bronx as early as 1973. So it all seems like an unnecessary attempt to make this guy seem more original and important when his art alone should be enough to demonstrate that.

Like I said though, cool stuff.