Past Shows

Mon 09/22/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Tonsa new vinyls, including previews of this week in "KDVS Presents": (1) Thrones, Silentist and Trees @ Vox Gallery on Thursday; (2) Mattress (pictured), Dead Western, Sister Crayon & Green Green @ Luigi's Fungarden on Friday; (3) Th' Losin Streaks, Electric Jellyfish from Australia, and Ghost Echoes @ Luigi's Fungarden on Saturday. Nothing ever happens in Sacto???

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Mon 09/15/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Amazing shows this week: (1) Wednesday night @ Luigi's Fungarden in Sacto w/ Father Murphy from Italy and Buildings Breeding; (2) Human Host and Eternal Tapestry somewhere in Sac on Friday; (3) Saturday @ DAM House in Davis with Shearing Pinx (pictured), Mental Stagnation, and Freebasers.

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Mon 09/08/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
KDVS presents at Luigi's Fun Garden in Sacto (1050 20th Street #160) on Friday night....U.S. Girls (pictured) from Siltbreeze Records with Eternal Tapestry and San Kazakgascar! DON'T MISS IT!!!

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Mon 09/01/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

"KDVS Presents" at Luigi's Fun Garden (1050 20th Street #160 in Sacto) The Intelligence with Standard Tribesmen and English Singles on Tuesday, September  2nd from 8pm 'til 11. I hope to see dozens of you there!!!



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Mon 08/25/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Dead Western guest-DJ's and performs live to promote the release of his brand-new LP on KDVS Recordings!

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Mon 08/18/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Special in-studio performances by the Wax Museums and NoBunny!

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Mon 08/11/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
THe Mayyors' 2nd 7"--"Megan's LOLZ"--is finally here! Also gotta huge grippa new vinyl, overlooked riot grrl nuggets, and ticket giveaways to awesome shows @ Luigi's Fun Garden including Z's, Dwyer's Drums, and SF Water Cooler tomorrow night, Jeremy Jay on Saturday, and Wax Museums/NoBunny on Sunday!

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Mon 08/04/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Gotta gang o' new vinyl & tapes from the likes of Night Wounds, The Rebel, Harlem, Wax Museums, Nice Face, Der Submarine Racers, and more...plus ticket give-aways for upcoming "KDVS Presents" shows at Luigi's Fun Garden in Sacto such as Crocodiles, Oaxacan, and Z's with John Dwyer's new band, The Drums...plus much, much more!



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Mon 07/28/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics


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Mon 07/21/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
The "KDVS Presents" series at Luigi's Fun Garden (1050 20th Street #160 in Sacto) kicks off next Monday with Cheap Time, Apache, Buzzer and the Pizzas and then continues with Octagon Control, Barn Owl, and many, many more! All shows 18+.

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Mon 07/14/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
KDVS loves Eat Skull (perhaps the most played band here since they gave us their first demo last year), and they love us back so much that they started their West Coast tour in Sacto, and they're ending it tomorrow in Davis at the Delta of Venus (Tues. 7/15 w/ Ganglians and English Singles (strictly from 8-10 p.m.).

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Mon 07/07/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
A gang of new punk rock vinyl, plus special live in-studio perfomances by Le Face (feat. Michelle of Mika Miko) and Friendly Neighbors, plus a tape-delayed session of Meth Teeth which we caught Saturday! Also, hear a preview of all the awesome music happening soon in Sacto and Davis, including your favorite Eat Skull.

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Mon 06/30/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free to enjoy the 2nd annual Sexy Prison reunion @ the DAM House in Davis on Fri July 4 w/ Meth Teeth from Portland and special Canadian guests, Mutators! Tons of great shows to follow, too! (esp. the Sic Alps @ Fort Douglass on 7/5!)



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Mon 06/23/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Since becoming a local live legend in Davis, Portland's Mattress is out with a new release, his Heavy Duty debut LP.

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Mon 06/16/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Gotta grippa new Isolated Now Waves ephemera, and these are the most vinylworthy moments!

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Mon 06/09/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Tigerlily fills in for 'Art for Spastics'. German club classics, flexi pop gems, french new wave dance tunes and post punk reissues. It is a party time.

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Mon 06/02/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
The Mayyors embark on the "Trail of Beers" tour next weekend. I've selfishly chosen songs to listen to in the van while I play roadie. Hopefully you will like it, too!

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Mon 05/26/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Nobunny is coming to the DAM House in Davis with Ireland's king of pop So Cow and Sacto's English Singles on Saturday night to cap off an amazing week of live music in Yolo County including the Brothers Unconnected's Sun City Girls tribute tomorrow night in West Sac and Neung Phak at Fort Douglass on Friday. Don't be bored this week, folks!

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Mon 05/19/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
The new Z-Gun (#2) is out now! The best printzine in ages has got features on Drunks With Guns and AmRep and interviews, including an indepth discussion with the DIY label exec of Enfant Terrible, one of the preeminent outlets for the minimal wave's righetous and creeping zeitgeist.

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Mon 05/12/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Primo pop, crud, punk, and noise on vinyl and cassette primarily. Introducing an early tape of the year candidate: Ty Segall + Superstitions split cassette!

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Mon 05/05/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
I'm back with three weeks' accumulation of new records and tapes to unleash, including many debuts!

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Mon 04/28/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics


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Mon 04/21/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics


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Mon 04/14/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Gotta new grippa minimal wavin' Kernkrach vinyl, but first, we'll get to rockin'!

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Mon 04/07/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Introducing, the Yuppies from Omaha, Nebraska!

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Mon 03/31/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
New debuts this week by Little Claw, Francis Harold & the Holograms, U.S. Girls, and more!

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Mon 03/24/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Carla Bozulich's Evangelista (pictured visits the Central Valley for three nights at the end of this week: Saturday 3/29 @ the Old Firehouse on UCD campus and Sunday 3/30 @ Bricka Bracka (2114 P Street) in Sacto, and then live on this program on Monday 3/31. Another bewitching heroine is coming tomorrow: Little Claw has just been added to a show at Witchdome (1915 22nd Street in Sacto) Tuesday 3/25.

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Mon 03/17/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Sacto supergroup The Mayyors has unleashed their first vinyl, the "Marines Dot Com" EP on Waste of Oil Records; also debuting this week: new Dan Melchior LP, ultra-limited Euro-import Cheveu cassette, new grippa No-Fi Records stuff outta Italy, and "The World's Lousy with Ideas" vol 2 EP.



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Mon 03/10/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
The World's Lousy W/ Ideas vol 4 is here, and so is the new Eat Skull 7", plus a feature on some of the amazing shows happening in Sacto this week, including Ex-Cocaine and Religious Knives @ Luna's Tuesday night and Extra Life and Mayyors on Wednesday night @ 2309 L Street.

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Mon 03/03/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Debuting this week: new Frustration and French minimal-wave/synthpunk from the new "IVG" comp, new LP from Inca Ore (pictured right), cassette from Diamondhead, forthcoming Silentist and Yellow Swans/Ex-Cocaine split, plus a gaggle of new TermBo-obsessive vinyl.

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Mon 02/25/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Three special debuts this week: the new CD by Lili Z, new LP by Cheveu, and a sneakpeek of the upcoming Hospitals LP!

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Mon 02/18/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

KDVS presents...

Wed, Feb 20 @ DCTV, 1623 5th Street in Davis

Ovo, from Italy!

w/ The Better to See You With

 



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Mon 02/11/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Charmin Ultra! subs. 

 

wassup wassup wassup 



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Mon 02/04/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Fred & Toody Cole of Dead Moon are back with Pierced Arrows. They'll appear live at Silk Bar, 1011 Del Paso Blvd. in Sacto on Thursday, Feb 7 with Th'Losin' Streaks, the Nowheres (ex-SLA), and Standard Tribemen.

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Mon 01/28/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Special guests live in Studio A: from Louisville, KY, the Phantom Family Halo, and from NYC, La Otracina.

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Mon 01/21/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

The "Messthetics" series continues on Hyped 2 Death with two new splendid volumes. Hear selections from these plus a gang of new records and forgotten should-be-classics.



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Mon 01/14/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
R.I.P., Dave Day of the Monks. I give them my tribute and play a buncha bands whose existence wouldn't be the same had they never existed.

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Mon 01/07/2008 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

New music from U.F.O. Dictator Records (Metal Teeth pictured here), plus much more new music and dusted-off nuggets.



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Mon 12/31/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics


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Mon 12/24/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Flower Vato subs for the amazing DJ Rick



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Mon 12/17/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Introducing the Wicked Awesomes from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada...but first, we are leading off with the new Daily Void single on HoZac...plus a buncha raw new weirdpunk, minimal wave, and even some bizarro sound poetry from Henri Chopin!

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Mon 12/10/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Tonight, I will debut the first record by Pierced Arrows, the new band featuring Fred & Toody Cole of the legendary Dead Moon. Plus, hear lots more new weirdpunk vinyl and rad new "cassette underground" stuff.

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Mon 12/03/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics


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Mon 11/26/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
The new split of Abe Vigoda and Mikaela's Fiend is revelatory....The best thing either band's done to date! We lead off a cavalcade of new records with this one!

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Mon 11/19/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Don't miss AIDS Wolf & XBXRX tomorrow @ Delta of Venus (starts @ 7 pm!); Tonight on AFS, hear Live-in-Studio-A sets by Pink Reason and Dan Melchior und Das Menace and the remainder of last week's Psychedelic Horseshit performance...plus a buncha new records!

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Mon 11/12/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
After WYFSG? and Little Claw storm Andy's show, we open Studio A to Psychedelic Horseshit and Pink Reason.

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Mon 11/05/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Calamity Janie subs for DJ Rick as he's off to the Witch Dome (basement of 1915 22nd Street in Sacto) to see Dan Melchior und Das Menace. DMuDM are at UC Davis Tuesday night at Room 231 of the Art Building, too. Mr. Melchior is one of the truly great songwriters, story-tellers, and voices of today.

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Mon 10/29/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
The Coconut Coolouts guest on the show before their trip home to Seattle after a whirlwind West Coast tour. World's greatest partyband?

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Mon 10/22/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Rejoice in JUBILATION ROCK! The raddest/funnest tour to hit the west coast is coming to the Delta of Venus this Friday 10/26, featuring Tyvek, the Coconut Coolouts, and Nice Smile (plus the Bananas!).



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Mon 10/15/2007 10:00pm
4:00pm 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Don't miss Sword Heaven at Java Lounge (2416 16th Street) in Sacto on Friday, Oct 19 with 16 Bitch Pileup, Kevin Shields, San Kazakgascar, and the finalé of the Chad Stockdale Quartet. 8 p.m. $5 all ages!

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Mon 10/08/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Calamity Janie subs for DJ Rick!

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Mon 10/01/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
39 years since Microminiature Love, Michael Yonkers is back with his next masterpiece LP. ALSO...Don't miss KDVS presents Yellow Swans, Mouthus, & Oaxacan @ UC Davis TCS Bldg on Thursday, 10/4!

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Wed 09/26/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Kites and Russian Tsarlag were so awesome Sunday night, I gotta unleash a bevy of their material, plus tons of fun/funny pun crock.

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Wed 09/19/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Hear a buncha new weirdpunk, plus a rebroadcast of Los Llamarada's live in Studio A session.

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Wed 09/12/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
NO SLEEP 'TIL MONDAY! Davis "Feats of Strength" II features weirdpunk amazements: Los Llamarada, Wooden Shjips, Death Sentence: Panda!, Foot Village, and many more!

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Wed 09/05/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
My #1 recommendation this week: Chase your half-pound smothered burger with the fine sounds of Seattle's Unnatural Helpers this Sunday at the Stoney Inn in Sacramento.

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Wed 08/29/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Embarking on their Pacific Northwest jaunt, Art Lessing & the Flower Vato will make us proud!

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Wed 08/22/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
A true guitar hero has died...Chelsea of Deathside and Paintbox, RIP. If you never knew of his power, check this out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dT8B1lt4u8

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Wed 08/15/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
The Terrible Twos & the Frustrations bring Michigan mayhem to the Basement Gallery in the UC Davis Art Building on Friday night with Nothing People and Birds & Batteries. I highly recommend this show!!

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Wed 08/08/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics


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Wed 08/01/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Big weekend of shows coming up: Strip Mall Seizures, A Frames, Times New Viking/Little Claw, Mika Miko/Twin/Mikaela's Fiend...Wish I knew where they were all happening!

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Wed 07/25/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Big weekend of rad DIYshows including Sexy Prison, Night Wounds, & Twin Crystals @ DAM House. See Sacto/Davis Feats of Strength for more show news!

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Wed 07/18/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Special guests from Rhode Island tonight...Snake Apartment! Also tune in for giveaways for Pink Reason & Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones, coming from Wisconsin to punch you in the face at Fools Foundation in Sacto on Thursday night (9 pm). Aa on Tuesday, 7/24, too!

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Wed 07/11/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Gabbertree, Realicide, Kevin Shields, & Nero's Day at Disneyland appear with Sacto's Vankmen at Fools Foundation on Sunday, July 15th in what promises to be an unforgettable night of next-level noise art. Be a lucky caller to win tickets!

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Wed 07/04/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Get ready for the SACTO/DAVI S FEATS OF STRENGTH! 2007 is best summer ever for the fun-starved show-goer.

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Wed 06/27/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
New showtime! One of my very favorite bands, Shearing Pinx, will be in Sacto @ Fools Foundation on Saturday...don't miss them!

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Tue 06/19/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
I'm gonna drop plenty of new records on you for the first time, including the new 7" of The New Flesh.

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Tue 06/12/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
T.V. Coahran is my guest tonight as I unleash a month's worth of brand-new vinyl, CDs/CDRs, and cassettes on your ears.

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Tue 06/05/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Fuzzbox Flynn will be sitting in for DJ Rick Tonight!

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Tue 05/29/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Wulf Kollapse Subs for DJ Rick

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Tue 05/22/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Don't miss these shows: (a) Coconut Coolouts, Four Eyes, & Makes Nice @ Fools Thursday; (b) Cellblock (ex-Coughs), Rainbow Blanket, & Pod Blotz (+more!) on The Bus Saturday; and (C) next Sunday at Fools with The Intelligence, English Singles, and Standard Tribesman!

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Tue 05/15/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Tune in for your last chance to win tickets to Melt Banana @ the Blue Lamp on Wednesday; get ready for the return of Cheveu & Tyvek to Northern CA, too!

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Tue 05/08/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Get siked for the "Franco-American Friendship Tour w/ Cheveu & Tyvek, plus win free tix to Friday's Fools Foundation show w/ K.I.T. & JonnyX & the Groadies!

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Tue 05/01/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
This week Wesley Dodds fills in for DJ Rick. Featuring: Primitive tribal industral !!! Howling discordant avant-noise!!! Golden Age hip-hop!!! Tons of exclaimation marks!!!

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Tue 04/24/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Legendary experimental percussionist Z'ev comes to Fools Foundation in Sacto next Monday, April 30! Wooden Shjips & Nothing People on Sat., 4/28, too!

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Tue 04/10/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Flower Vato subs for the incredible DJ Rick and attempts to retain the distinct flavor of Art for Spastics...

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Tue 04/03/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
West Coast, get ready for the incredible Little Claw to tear up and down I-5 on their live tour!

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Tue 03/27/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
From the nu-Cassette-&-CDR Underground comes my playlist's first foray into psychedelic finger piano jams, plus more new music and moldy oldie excavations.

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Tue 03/20/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Welcome back the 21st century's version of the Cassette Underground.

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Tue 03/13/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Get ready for the new wave of "WeirdPunk"...that's one word!



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Tue 03/06/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Notes from the New Cassette Underground Happy B'day, Mark E Smith!



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Tue 02/27/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Two great shows this weekend @ Fools Foundation in Sacto: Fri. 3/2 No Age (ex-Wives), Party Fowl, Butch v. Femme, & Boot und Sword; Sat. 3/3 Antlers, Modernstate, Bulbs, Vis Vida, & Minivan. Win tickets tonight for either!

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Tue 02/20/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
This week's AFS kicks off with a cut from the new Pink Reason album, Cleaning the Mirror. Also, listen for your chance to see OCS/Oh Sees at Fools Foundation in Sacto on Sat., 2/24. Plus, more new music!

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Tue 02/13/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
This week's show to see features Charalambides, Climax Golden Twins, and Factums at Fools Foundation in Sacramento on Thursday at 10:00 p.m. Hear all three tonight plus more new music!

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Tue 02/06/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

With deep dubby basslines burrowing a new sub-Bay BART tunnel, F_ckwolf takes the stage @ Delta of Venus Sat., Feb 10.

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Tue 01/30/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

I got a pair of tickets to Saturday's Sic Alps show at Fools Foundation in Sacramento for a lucky caller of great taste...plus much new music!

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Tue 01/23/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

God of guitar Grady Runyan (ex-Monoshock, Liquorball, etc.) is back...Hear the debut of his tremendous Bad Trips tonight, plus much more new music!

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Tue 01/16/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Pick o' the week: the DIY "Volcano Girls" CD by Talbot Tagora, a young Seattle band affiliated with Davis house-show legends Mikaela's Fiend.

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Tue 01/09/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear a ton of new music including new 7" vinyls by last weekend's most valuable partystokers The Saboteurs!

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Tue 01/02/2007 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Your NYE party was only a warmup for Sat., 01/06/07 when Duchesses roll into DAM House w/ JonnyX & the Groadies, Sexual Tourist, & the Saboteurs.

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Tue 12/26/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear more of my favorite new releases from 2006, including the brand-new Plants album.

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Tue 12/19/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

If you like year-end lists of best new releases, check out tonight's AFS for volume one of my favorites of 2006.

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Tue 12/12/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Lotsa scuzzy noisy punk to floss your ears, and then the greatest pop punk band of all time -- HEAD, from Seattle! Back from the dead with a new LP!!!

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Tue 12/05/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

For my Fallboard mate Scratch, is that what you mean by "outsider jazz?"

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Tue 11/28/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

I'm back from the Pink Reason tour with a gang of new records, tapes, and CDRs from Vancouver, BC, Canada. Hear 'em all & more!

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Tue 11/21/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Louie-Bloo and Murgatroyd are filling in for Rick. Expect some art Punk, synth punk, no wave and the like.

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Tue 11/14/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
It's Scott subbing in for DJ Rick. Tonight I'll be throwing down a diverse mixture of stuff chosen on the fly.

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Tue 11/07/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones are ruling my life!

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Tue 10/31/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
A buncha dayglo radcore to make you feel way old!

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Tue 10/24/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

GREAT SHOWS THIS WEEK: Gang Wizard/Inca Ore/Oaxacan/Leavenworth @ DAM House Fri 10/27; then, Flying Luttenbachers/No Doctors/(((Microwaves))) @ Delta of Venus Sat 10/28; wear a costume!

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Tue 10/17/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

From Tien an Men 89 Records, the newest off-the-beaten path punk compilations feature music from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

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Tue 10/10/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Don't miss The Hospitals at Fools Foundation in Sacramento on Wednesday night!

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Tue 10/03/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Ladies Night from Vancouver, BC, rocks the Delta of Venus Tuesday night for fans of reverb-drenched slaughtergaragescuzz.

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Tue 09/26/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

From the must-be-heard-to-be-believed files, Billy Bao is the Nigerian answer to the Brainbombs!

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Tue 09/19/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

The USA Is a Monster play in a Sacto basement Tuesday night. Their new album is their best yet!

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Tue 09/12/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

I've been waiting for this anniversary ever since Porest released his "Tourrorists" CD. Got a "Power of Pride" bumper sticker? Avoid listening! Support the troops!

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Tue 09/05/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Gotta whole gang of new records collected over the past two weeks and my PDX roadtrip, plus a new package from Load!

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Tue 08/29/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

DJ Clara subs.

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Tue 08/22/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

I've finally heard yahweh in the form of two records by Wooden Shjips. Certain other records do still exist, and we'll hear some of those, too.

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Tue 08/15/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Weirdpunks wielding banjos and tuba, Red Herring from Portland will be guests, playing a live set in Studio A. They feature ex-members of the Locust and Harum Scarum.

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Tue 08/08/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

The L.A. Noisescape CD is unlike perhaps any compilation released since The Elephant Table Album in 1983 in that it's an anthology of crucial, contemporary experimental artists all working in the same time and place.

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Tue 08/01/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear a gang of brand-new vinyl, CDRs, and cassettes by bands begun since last year, plus catch up with a should-be classic from 1980-81: The Ralphs!

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Tue 07/25/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Introducing the new split LP of Child Pornography and Quem Quaeritis...the greatest export from Riverside, CA, at least since Reggie Miller.

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Tue 07/18/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Don't miss Shearing Pinx w/ Night Wounds, Abe Vigoda & HGCG in Sacto on Sat nite! Keep track of shows @ this crucial new blogsite: SactoUnderground!

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Tue 07/11/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Met a really great artist by the name of Rich Polysorbate 60 who is currently touring with Nora Keyes. Tonight we'll be hearing material from a few of his projects such as Ark Spurting Blood, The Miners, and The Farmers of 1984. Flower Vato subs for DJ Rick who will be back with Art for Spastics tomorrow night, during my usual slot.

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Tue 07/04/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

The most patriotic thing I could think to do was ring Indepenedence Day with a buncha rock 'n' roll en Francais!

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Tue 06/27/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear the newest ultra-limited lathe-cuts from Deer + Bird Records; these are examples of a dying artform you'll only hear here.

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Tue 06/20/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Get ready for Swimmers, appearing live on KDVS and at a Davis house party this week!

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Tue 06/13/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Debuting the new single by Pissed Jeans tonight....plus more noise, rock, & noisy rock!

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Tue 06/06/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

...Holy Shit... ...Greatest thing ever... ...well at least at the moment...

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Tue 05/30/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Debuting tonight, the new dbl.-3" CDR of Shearing Pinx, plus several O:RMF III previews, and much more wiggly giggly DIY music!

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Tue 05/23/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Tonight, hear unearthed artpunk gems by Belastungs Probe and Enstruction, plus much more brand-new music from my spendy week of record shopping!

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Tue 05/16/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Now that the "Bored Fortress" singles club series of split 7-inches has run its course, hear all of these records on the only radio station that was a subscriber. Thanks, Not Not Fun!

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Tue 05/09/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

If you're so l337 that you believe Warsaw was better than Joy Division, then (a) YOU'RE STUPID!, and (b) you haven't lived 'til you've heard Crisis. New CD discography on Apop. RIP, Grant McLennan!

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Tue 05/02/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear an exclusive song from the new French import LP by The Intelligence from Lili Z's Polly Magoo Records...plus more new gems of f***ophonic sounds and overlooked obscurities.

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Tue 04/25/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

KDVS Presents Saccharine Trust (SST Records legends) with Argumentix and Dead/Bird, plus Pump Kinn & D.O.N. at UC Davis' Kleiber Hall on Friday at 8! Also, please take advantage of the limited availability of "Artful Coexistence of Spastic Elements" vol II 2xCDR comps featuring cool rarities handpicked by me and Fuzzbox Flynn! Call toll-free (866) 399-KDVS!

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Tue 04/18/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear a couple great new French bands from the outstanding new "Tete de Bebe" LP on S-S Records...plus more brand-new music and some forgotten relics!

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Tue 04/11/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Saccharine Trust are coming to UC Davis to play live on Fri., 4/28; hear these great SST Records legends tonight plus much more!

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Tue 04/04/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear the new Angry Angles single among all kindsa brand-new music and forgotten obscurities!

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Tue 03/28/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Nikki Sudden passed away Friday, March 26, so we will hear some of his work with the great Swell Maps tonight along with plenty of great new music.

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Tue 03/21/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

JonnyX & the Groadies come to Davis Sat., March 25, to play DAM House with She-Rat (San Diego), K.G.P., and the debut of Switched-On Vultures.

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Tue 03/14/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Have you heard She-Rat yet? Neither have I, but let's discover them and other brand-new next-level and wrongly overlooked should-be-classics together!

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Tue 03/07/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear the exclusive debut of tracks by Batz, representing Placerville, CA ++++ Fuzzbox Flynn!

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Tue 02/28/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Catch a preview of the awesome Night Wounds/Fugue/Hot Girls Cool Guys show at Fools Foundation this Friday, and win a pair of tix if you're the lucky caller!

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Tue 02/21/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Let's begin with primo scuzzpunk en Francais before discovering so much variety of brand-new and forgotten obscurities.

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Tue 02/14/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

The newest "Bored Fortress" Singles Club split 7-inch EP is out on the infallible Not Not Fun label. Hear its debut tonight, and many, many more brand-new releases and should-be-classic obscurities.

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Tue 02/07/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Tonight, we pay tribute to Pig Champion (r.i.p.) of the mighty Poison Idea, one of the most important HC punk bands of the 80's.

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Tue 01/31/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

New CD just out now by Human Host debuts tonight along with new music by Impregnable, the Cherry Point, and Skarekrau Radio.

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Tue 01/24/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Art Lessing's new CDR is a local highlight on this week's widely varying program.

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Tue 01/17/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Actually, you just might need to raise your sword to the sky, shout "I Have the powerrrrrr!" and morph into He-Man before listening to the new Haunted Castle/Grey Skull split 10-inch...First, we'll "Turn the Heat On," bid farewell to Gas Huffer, and make friends outta Sixes and Skaters.

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Tue 01/10/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Gotta jones for primo scuzz-punk, eff'd-up garage, and other neanderthal low-brow thuggery...

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Tue 01/03/2006 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Tune in to hear the best new releases of 2006 so far...or at least the three that I got already.

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Tue 12/27/2005 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear the newest by JonnyX & the Groadies plus more from my favorites list of 2005.

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Tue 12/20/2005 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear DJ Rick's picks for the best records, CDs, and handmade CDRs of 2005.

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Tue 12/13/2005 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics

Hear the debut of the new icy, creepy LP by Curse of the Birthmark and other recent purchases.

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Tue 12/06/2005 10:00pm
12:00am 		DJ Rick Art For Spastics