Wildgirl

Ericka Peterson, known professionally as Wildgirl, is an artist and former WFMU DJ. Through the late 1980s and early-'90s, her Saturday night radio show, "Wildgirl's Rockin' Racing" (Saturdays from 6 to 9PM) and her "Wildgirl's Go-Go-Rama" live shows at the Coney Island Sideshow is credited with giving birth to the go-go and burlesque revivals.[1]

Wildgirl
A photo of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and Wildgirl in April 27, 1991.
A photo of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and Wildgirl in April 27, 1991.
Born
Ericka Peterson
This article is about the artist and former WFMU DJ. For other uses, see Wild Girl.

In the mid-1980s, she began making art under the trademarked name "Wildgirl" (Registration Number: 1,353,359), and in 1986 also assisted in the reopening of the Coney Island sideshow, performing for a season as "Serpentina", snake handler and contortionist. In 1987 she produced the first "Wildgirl's Go-Go-Rama" show at the Sideshow by the Seashore.[2][3]

In 1996, filmmakers Addison Cook and Annie Ballard produced Wildgirl's Go-Go-Rama, a documentary on the last Coney Island show, which won several awards, including best documentary at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.[4]


References
  1. Morris, Bob (October 11, 1992). "THE NIGHT; A Little Gore Before Dinner". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  2. Weldon, Jo (November 8, 2006). "Coney Island USA's Dick Zigun, Burlesque Impresario". Burlesque Beat. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  3. "WILDGIRL - Trademark Details". August 6, 1985. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  4. Wildgirl's Go-Go-Rama at IMDb


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