Episode 89: Dan Henk
Sometimes I nerd out and assign the jersey number of one of my favorite (current or former) players from one of my favorite teams to the episode I'm posting about. So, for Episode No. 89, the default move would be to go Otis Taylor. I could also throw in Jason "Big Diesel" Dunn or Keith Cash, but -- since Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes came up in this episode's conversation, it's gotta be the Andre Rison episode.
And what a trip this episode was. Figuratively and literally.
My guest Dan Henk is a trip. And his story's especially a trip. And while he's a boyfriend and a business owner, an author and a podcast host, a cancer survivor and a widower, getting to Dan was no short trip, either.
Yes, that's right. Detective Dumbass here thought it'd be a good idea to travel outside of my home region to interview a guest. I had two folks in L.A. and one in Chicago involved in talks, but the one that wound up working was none other than one of the owners of Abyss Fine Art & Tattoo Studio in Long Beach, NY. So, on two hours of sleep, I took a 7:00 a.m. flight to Queens, Ubered to Mr. Henk's joint, set up, interviewed him, broke down, Ubered back to JFK, and caught a 7:00 p.m. flight back to KC.
And my back still hurts.
Regardless...it was a fun adventure, and I'm grateful to Dan for sharing his time and his spot to let me roll in and talk life and music with him.
In addition to talking about Dan's story, we also talked about a few of his favorite records. Those were these:
Metallica's Ride the Lightning (1984)
Atomizer (1985), Big Black
Slayer's Reign in Blood (1986)
...For Victory (1994), Bolt Thrower
Deadguy's Fixation on a Co-Worker (1995)
It was good times and aggressive oldies.
Check out Dan's Web site, though. Give his podcast a gander. Peep his spot, toss him an Instagram follow, and shop his list of publications. Guy's a content machine.
Thanks for viewing, listening, reading, and -- above all -- being you.
Cheers.
copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the audio samples contained in this episode. They are clips from De La Soul's "Held Down (featuring Cee-Lo)," which comes from their 2001 effort, AOI: Bionix, c/o A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited.