I personally am less troubled by the presence of turntables in a barbie playset than by their presence in the band limp bizkit where they are used almost solely for the pop appeal of the "urban" image to market to mall children and to add a few needless and poorly placed scratches over a distorted guitar (btw that motherfucker hooks his rig up through a marshall stack which is just wrong...ugh). This is the commoditization of DJ culture. This is what will lead to more shit djs, increasing demand and prices for vinyl, more concern with style than music etc etc. that we all associate with commercialization. A DJ doll which probably won't sell because it's marketed to little girls who could give a fuck less is only a reflection of this larger problem (not that it isn't just sickenning, and thanks for posting that, it was quite amusing).
The question is: Does the commoditization of DJ culture bother us because of the afforementioned reasons or because we are elitist jack offs who can't stand to see more people getting into in "our" music? I think most on this list would go with the former but we may give many people the wrong impression. Maybe if we act more elitist people will get turned off to the scene and we can have it all to ourselves! Just a thought, _joe (ps - before anyone flames me this is an attempt at humor. No sore feelings okay? peace....)
