City Weekend: Who you?

Jenn Wong: I work at an advertising agency and on the weekends I take photos, write a blog, partake in general revelry and am a member of the BADTASTIC party crew. I also play the monthly Teenage Kicks party at Shelter with Sacco and Desert Eagle Fuck.

CW: There's one of those on tomorrow night. See you there. Which DJs can we see at your parties and do they have to mix badly or is that optional?

JW: Our line up changes depending on people's schedules, and we have different DJ names for our parties, it depends on the theme of the night. We did a Sexy Times party last month with names like DJs DVDA, Plushophilia and Grandmaster Flasher, a Food party with DJs YangRouChaR3, Dofu and a Halloween Seven Sins party with DJs Neighbor Lust, Lazy Eye, OMG and Sir-Eat-Alot. We do have a couple of "real" DJs (KidPlastik, Reggie Laxitives etc) in our lineup, but the point of Badtastic is to play fun party jams that people wanna dance to - you don't have to know how to DJ, you just have to have good taste.

CW: Describe your style (DJ style / personal style) using only onomatopoeia.

JW: CRASH CRASH CRASH CRASH CRASH.

CW: Why are your parties different to anything else we get in Shanghai?

JW: Everyone involved with BADTASTIC have day jobs in a creative field - we like to think of ourselves as fun people who do fun things. We put on BADTASTIC because we wanted a night where our friends could come to hear music they wanted to hear. Of course, we're always especially pleased and surprised when anyone else turns up, we're really just doing this for kicks, we're not worried about being a proper club night or really being credible in any way, shape or form.

CW: You tried to throw the last Badtastic in a warehouse in Jing'an - what happened with that?

JW: All the construction surrounding a certain event happening this year is really f-cking our sh-t up. The first venue we secured became unsecure after it was slated for demolition, thus ending our dreams of an awesome warehouse party in Jing'an. We booked another venue in the French Concession that would have been cool, but then we went in a few days after booking it only to find out that the bar had shut down, owners missing, typical China sh-t. Thankfully, our friends at Not Me are always willing to put us up and we had our most recent party (a "soft opening" with the Bananas crew) there. We're planning something big though, and we're almost ready to announce the details. Stay tuned, the next party is going to be huge and we're teaming up with the Bananas crew again to bring Shanghai something excellent.

CW: So many disused, ramshackle spaces in the city - how come there aren't more warehouse-type parties?

JW: If you're not worried about getting shut down early and can get your sh-t together enough to hire a bar, door person and equipment, then there are a zillion places you could put on a party. If you are worried about it, then it's a bitch. Maybe once the EXPO is over, this will change, but for now, thems seem to be the breaks.

CW: What would be the ideal setting for a future Badtastic?

JW: We want a large warehouse with a couple of different rooms with different themes, a boxing ring where we can host a Complimentary Rap Battle (rappers face off but instead of insulting each other, they would be rapping compliments instead), a body shot station with hot girls and boys, a general carnival atmosphere with as much ridiculousness as we can pack in. Like I said, stay tuned, we've got something awesome in the works and we're very, very excited.

CW: Who would play?

JW: A lot of people ask us if they can DJ, but they're usually either random strangers with dubious taste in music or excellent DJs who would just make us look bad. We've already got too many DJs as it is, so even our dream night would just be the usual crew.

CW: Who would come?

JW: Anyone with a pulse and the arugula lady from Wulumuqi Lu.

CW: You're being driven from China by an angry mob of beat-matching purists, and just have time to save five records from your collection - what are they?

JW: I'm pretty slow on the uptake, so I probably wouldn't even have time to save five records. In a pinch, I'd take a copy of Jawbreaker's "Dear You," and, if I couldn't find it, I'd just listen to the song “Vapour Trail” by Ride on repeat for the rest of my life.