Off the Clock w/Jon Eks
My name is Jon Eks and I spent more than a decade talking to people about work on the award-winning Jon of All Trades Podcast. I’m sick of talking about work. I want to talk about everything else in our lives. Men are traditionally not good at this. So, I’m talking to people I love, respect, and admire. I’m trying to embody the axiom “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Expect candor, vulnerability, profanity, and a wide range of topics.
Off the Clock w/Jon Eks
In the Punk Rock Clubhouse with Tor
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On this episode of Off the Clock, I’m joined by my pal Tor who I know because he bought the Hangar Bar and turned it into venerable punk rock clubhouse East Fax Tap. Here’s some of what we talk about:
First Question: Who is your least favorite Dallas Cowboy of all-time?
- for some reason we end up talking about Duke basketball and remember some guys
- Swedish vs Norwegian
- Tor tells me the whole story of how he came to buy the Hangar Bar – this is WILD as he deals with fixing this sh*thole’s reputation, meeting with cops and elected officials who practically begged him to buy other public nuisance properties, navigating COVID and more
- I tell a story about the first and only time I’ve ever seen someone smoke meth
- Rob Rover Rushing of Punk Rock Saves Lives enters the story and completely changes the trajectory of East Fax forever
- we take a small detour into talking about country music and how much Kris Kristofferson hated Toby Keith and how old country artists hated cops
- Tor talks about getting acquainted with the punk scene and how it both fundamentally changed him, and ultimately gave East Fax new life
- we got a shot of Malort delivered to us mid-interview which leads to a lot of talk about how East Fax put Denver on the Malort map
- how to build the scene you want to be a part of – his booking practices are INSANE compared to the predatory d*cks who populate other parts of a scene
- we end with gratitude as we wish Tor a safe and prosperous journey on his new adventure
Theme song by Sorry Sweetheart.
Logo by Nebulus Visions.
Produced by Deft Communications.
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Recorded at East Fax Tap.