Andrew Garfield Rankles DJ Community By Claiming They Aren’t Legit Unless They Spin Vinyl

The entire reason to go on SubwayTakes, Kareem Rahma extremely viral internet series, is to fire off some possibly uninformed opinions that will annoy people who are scrolling on their phones. That's what movie star Andrew Garfield did when he appeared last week on SubwayTakes Uncut, the longer iteration of SubwayTakes. Garfield prepared eight different takes for his appearance, and his first was one that he described as "soft." That take: "You can't legitimately call yourself a DJ unless you use physical records."Very few DJs spin vinyl these days. Physical records are heavy — hard to lug around, hard to store. They get scratched or break. You lose them. They're expensive. Technology has rendered that setup largely obsolete, though there are still plenty of DJs who are still happy to let you know that they use vinyl. Garfield, who usually does quite well in these internet-interview scenarios, elaborated:I was in Berlin recently — shout out to the [upcoming Sigfried & Roy series] Wild Things crew in Berlin — and our boom operator, sound engineer, amazing guy — he has 12,000 to 15,000 vinyls at home. He threw a little impromptu Berlin rave for us after a long day on set, and it ...