By Becky Grunewald
Rick Ele or “DJ Rick”, as he’s known far and wide, is Sacramento’s cultural ambassador to the world of underground music (see this month’s Musical Chairs,). When he’s not broadcasting his internationally influential KDVS radio show Art For Spastics he’s setting up killer shows and hosting the bands at his place. He’s also a dedicated gourmand and he shares his finds with visiting musicians. Read more »
Rick Ele, better known as DJ Rick, is a one-man tsunami of indie music enthusiasm. By turns KDVS DJ, booker, tour driver, cheerleader, roadie, promoter, merch guy, reviewer and band-entertainment-specialist, Ele wears so many hats in the Sacto music scene that had he accepted the recently-offered gig to run a club in France it would have taken 6 people to even begin to replace him here. The truth is, he’s irreplaceable. Ele is the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object, over and over again and then getting up each morning to go to his day job. Here’s his thoughts on music, 2009.. Read more »