DJing...an art? Review of the movie Scratch…

Okay…so first of all, let's make one thing clear. This is an unbiased opinion. That's right. I am not a DJ. Ok. Let's get down the business. I watched this film called Scratch. It was about the history of DJing and that scratching thing that they do with the records. Now, stop and think for a minute. When the term DJ comes to mind, most think of the guy at the night club, that sets the stage for your ass shaking festivities. This film though has just about changed my mind about that. It was actually pretty interesting. The film takes a different approach and introduces djing as an entire culture not a hobby. A culture, started by  Grandwizard Theodore. He was the man who started all one day by chance. An entire culture in the 80s emerged because this man was trying stop a record so he could hear some one calling him from another room and liked the sound of it. Not the greatest way to discover something but history has taught us that this is just how things can be. I mean, someone had the idea for pet rocks, so why not!