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Ben Chang

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About Me

aka dj msg aka Hong Kong Hefner

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DJing this Saturday @ The Back Room

They autoclaved my pants. Hong Kong Hefner, your favorite DJ in diplomat's clothing, is back behind the decks this Saturday 26 May for another serving of all your guilty pleasures at the Back Room.&...
Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 15:01:00 GMT

Next Generation to Tune Out the World Around

(I've been meaning to write on this one for a while...) We all know the virtues of a technological marvel like the iPod, but the most tangible manifestation of its impact for me is the spawning of a g...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:30:00 GMT

I'm not the first...

...to go off on this, but it's another sign: the closing of Sin-é, as reported in the New York Times Arts section Thursday...  Having lived with a clear view of the warm glow of Sin-é's neon sign...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:14:00 GMT

newst 2unes for 2night

Newest Vinyl Scores:V/A - "Ungdomshuset blir!" 45 on Beaver Records released in support of the artists house/squat in Copenhagen that was just torn down (and over which there were crazy street riots, ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:41:00 GMT

new tunes and next gig

Friends of the HKHef, With apologies, I have not yet posted (as I had promised) the playlist from my last gig (all the way back in Janvier!) nor previewed what new scores I will be dipping in to for m...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:33:00 GMT

DJ update: 23 January

DJ update: 23 January..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />   First off, I am DJing at APT tonight in support of Shakey's Record Fair (see link under my friend...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:22:00 GMT

Next gig: Saturday 20 Jan. at the Back Room!

"Do you have any non-dairy creamer?"   Friends of HKH, Happy New Year!  (Of course, we all know the really big celebration comes in February; that's right, there's still time to get out yo...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:10:00 GMT

Upcoming gigs: January

I am playing at the Back Room on Saturday 20 January and at Lolita on the 27th -- both on the LES.  Holla!  Details...to come.  HKH
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:21:00 GMT

DAMN IT, DIPLOMACY!

"Damn you, Diplomacy!" he shouted into the cold night air... So I was all set to spin a Christmas tree of tunes (i.e. bright, shiny, blinking, overloaded) at the White Rabbit this evening for J.P. Mor...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:09:00 GMT

random holiday biz gig tonight

So good ol' Jim Chu has hooked me up with a return engagement at his boite the White Rabbit (on Houston Street right next to the Sunshine Theater), where I first started DJing in NYC, to play a J.P. M...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:16:00 GMT