20/20 Hindsight

Tracing the zeitgeist of Shanghai's nightlife in 2007 - By Michael O., Jan 03, 08

2007 has come to an end and I'm trying to catch my breath and remember it all. What a whirlwind of drama and excitement, successful coups and dreams deferred. This was the year that poking fun at sunglass-sporting jet-set DJs finally became pointless as even the masses seemed tired of it. The relentless parade peaked and declined and the party people wanted something else.


We were blessed with more honest-to-goodness live music and DIY DJ parties that stepped up and reminded us how to rock again (or for some, the first time), instead of complaining and posing.

Let's take a look back at the year, starting with the "Most surreal event of the year"...

On February 12 -- and it was a Monday -- the kids from saywo.com (a blatant Chinese MySpace copy
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