tomcromatico (July 9, 2008 at 8:39 am)

fantastic video, great art!

Atiamutonvnad (July 8, 2008 at 12:40 am)

Is this guy a christian? Cause thats what I typed in.

burningmartin (April 30, 2008 at 7:10 am)

Duh. He actually makes and sells art for a living and does rather well with it. He's not just a "musician."

scarletxrisis (April 25, 2008 at 7:51 am)

thank you for explainingthis is what I expectedart is getting weirder and weirder, and the upperclass thinks it is great. they are also willing to pay very well for it, I just don't get itthat is what made me feel a little confused

jonbecker03 (April 25, 2008 at 1:10 am)

christian marclay ISN'T a part of the hip hop tradition. he is (or was) part of the downtown "new music" scene, along with people such as john zorn, elliott sharp, and anton fier. and his work is best appreciated when he is functioning as part of a group, not as a solo artist. as for the "financial" angle, i'm surprised to see marclay living in such lavish quarters. i never thought he made all that much money. but maybe he's a trust fund baby. (he WAS, after all, born in switzerland.)

TheArtLife (March 19, 2008 at 5:47 am)

Have a listen to Marclay's scratching on John Zorn's "The Big Gundown" - especially the track "The Battle of Algiers" - then come back here and try to justify your ignorant and silly comments.

scarletxrisis (March 16, 2008 at 9:20 pm)

koolkruger, what do you think of Bush jr ?

koolkruger (March 15, 2008 at 6:08 am)

Go take your "Scratch" dvd and listen to the director commentary for "Scratch" They talk about Naut Humon. He started and owns Asphodel records. He produced Mix Master Mikes first solo album. His label was the "Blue Note" of hip hop. He let the artists do whatever they wanted. Naut led the directors of the "Scratch" to Christian Marclay and they had footage for the movie "scratch" but couldent include it in the movie because there was so much good footage and so little time.

koolkruger (March 14, 2008 at 9:56 am)

Mixmaster Mike does make art and gets paid very well. You know, the Beastie did sell ALOT of albums and have played countless sold out shows over the years.I dont think you 'scarletxrisis' know or represent hip hop. Hip hop parallels punk closely, you know the Beastie Boys's began as a punk band. Hip hop and punk are about doing your own unique original work, not coppying. True that Christians work dosent fit into the DMC tradition, it still represents to the fullest Hip hop's ideals,

scarletxrisis (February 18, 2008 at 1:16 pm)

Mixmaster Mike makes real musical artplease keep to the sculptures, your not making music man. And I do not believe it to be art either.I think mixmaster Mike probably should be making the money you doI am sorry, right from the heart. go hiphopo yeah, and watch the documentary "Scratch" for some ref to the time/year hiphop started using turntables and records. I believe it's said wrong here that he started before hip hop did