Art Sluts Radio

Art Sluts Radio

Join the women of Art Sluts (1983-1986) a folk punk performance art band, reminisce and share their highly irreverent, funny and shocking songs and discussions related to art, censorship and feminism.

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March 21, 2026 38 mins

Listen in as Art Slut, Ann Wood interviews the one and only queen of post-punk, Vanessa Briscoe Hay, founding member of Pylon, the band that (along with the B-52's and REM) put Athens on the map as the epicenter of music in the 80's and 90's.

Vanessa currently writes, records and performs with Pylon Reenactment Society and Supercluster. Their most recent album Magnet Factory is available online through Strolling Bones Records or Ba...

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Laurie Garner, widely known as Laurie G-Force, is a powerhouse of the Atlanta creative scene whose influence spans over four decades of music and film. A true multi-hyphenate, Garner has maintained a career that is equally fertile in both music and film.   Film & Art Direction Since entering the industry in the late 1980s, Laurie has become a respected fixture in major film and television. Her expertise in the art department is...
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    December 6, 2025 56 mins

    Art Sluts Radio has a mission to talk about taboo subjects and to shine a light on cutting edge artist, musicians and activists.  Listen in to Ann Wood's interview with Neysa Shaw (NEYSA) a top 10 Billboard singer/songwriter, dancer, musician entrepreneur and all-around amazing individual.  Hear about her journey to help Korean and Japanese artists with their English that led to a career producing and collaborating with Asian artis...

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    Listen in while Art Slut, Ann Wood interviews Al-Yasha Ilhaam Williams, Atlanta musician, scene maker and professor at Spellman college.  She shares her journey in music from DC to San Fran to NYC to Atlanta. Listen to her early musical influences: Tina Bell and Bam Bam, Red Maiden and Rare Essence. Al-Yasha is founding member of Music in the Park, and Atlanta Improvisors Orchestra.  

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    October 11, 2025 55 mins

    Listen to Art Sluts Radio host Ann Wood interview acclaimed director Ruth Leitman.  Ruth has been on the front lines of social change as a photographer and documentary filmmaker for 35 years.  She has covered everything from income inequality, immigration, to women's health care.

    Her most recent film No One Asked You shines a spotlight on the incomparable, Lizz Winstead as she travels through battleground states while Roe V. Wade i...

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    September 20, 2025 55 mins

    In Episode 18 I interview Atlanta based Artist, Musician and Activist, Aileen Loy.  She creates artwork for television and theater as well as making unique instruments that she uses to perform in the legendary W8ING4UFOS.  Her unique singing style shatters the boundaries of tone - primal and beautiful.  Her social activism includes creating "Little Band Books Libraries" and working with Georgia Overdose Prevention. 

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    Here we are at Part 4 of the Ann Magnuson interview.  It has been a pleasure and an honor to get to know the GREAT Ann Magnuson! In this episode we discuss the wildly hilarious film Vandemonium, her first film and all the way to her latest release Ghost Cat.  

    Plus songs from The Luv Show, Pretty Songs and Ugly Stories and Dream Girls. Listen, Share and Subscribe to Art Sluts Radio. 

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    Holy Cow!  Ann Magnuson is every bit as interesting as you think!

    Listen to Part 3 of Ann Wood's interview with Ann Magnuson, the iconic 80's/90's Queen of theater, film, tv, music and art.  Ann and Ann discuss Bongwater, 70's gay icon Jobriath, Feminism, the boundaries of comedy, philosophy, politics and theater.  More songs from The Power of Pussy, The Luv Show, Pretty Songs and Ugly Stories and The Jobriath Medley.  Episode 17, ...

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    In Episode 15, Art Slut, Ann Wood continues her interview with Ann Magnuson, the Goddess of the 80's & 90's underground Art, Music and Theater scene, as well as an actor in countless films and television shows.  What has she NOT done?

    In Part 2 Ann Magnuson shares her take on what's going on now, her experience following the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and sewing. She shares the experience of creating the groundbreaking "Folk Song...

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    In Episode 14, Art Slut, Ann Wood interviews Ann Magnuson, the Goddess of the 80's & 90's underground Art, Music and Theater scene, as well as a appearing in countless films and television shows.  What has she NOT done?

    Find out in Part 1. Ann Magnuson shares her early experience in the late 70's early 80's New York scene at Club 59 where she managed, performed and promoted artists like Keith Haring, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Klau...

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    Listen to Part 2 of Art Slut, Ann Wood's interview with classically trained, global touring, Atlanta based experimental musician, Ipek Eginli. 

    In this episode you will hear a rare recording of her New Orleans performance with acclaimed Saxophonist Kebbi Williams and a sample from her album, Explorers with Daniel Levin. 

    Hear how long Covid nearly robbed Ipek of the use of her hands.  And how her recovery drove Ipek's frenetic (nea...

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    Listen to Part I of Art Slut, Ann Wood's interview with classically trained, global touring, Atlanta based experimental musician, Ipek Eginli. 

    Ipek's completely improvised live solo and duet performances on piano and synth, are mind blowing and ground breaking. 

    Hear excerpts from Ipek's albums: "Field Recordings from a Black Hole" and "Clouds Carry Me to the Sky Every Morning," while she shares her journey from her classical trai...

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    Listen to Part III of Art Slut, Ann Wood's interview old pal and Austin Musician and Superstar, Gretchen Phillips of Two Nice Girls, Meat Joy and Phillips and Driver. Gretchen and Ann discuss Lesbian culture, the social philosophy of change and effects.

    Hear Songs from Phillips and Driver from their albums Togetherness and Disco Dance Party 2000. Including a cover of "Grudge" by Joe Pernice.

    Plus Gretchen and Ann share their myster...

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    Listen to Part II of Art Slut, Ann Wood's interview old pal and Austin Musician and Superstar, Gretchen Phillips of Two Nice Girls, Meat Joy and many other projects. Part 3 to follow.

    Hear Songs from Meat Joy, Two Nice Girls and a solo performance with The Cotton Candy Breathing Knives after the 2016 election.

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    Listen to Art Slut, Ann Wood interview old pal and Austin 80's & 90's Musician and Superstar, Gretchen Phillips of Two Nice Girls and Meat Joy. Part 1 with Part 2 to follow.

    Hear Songs from Girls In the Nose, Meat Joy, Two Nice Girls and a most recent twist in her musical exploration. 

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    January 18, 2025 36 mins

    Listen to Art Sluts, Teri and Ann share songs, memories and comment on then and now. Art Sluts were a groundbreaking feminist punk performance art band (1983-1986). 

    This episode is part II of Teri and Ann listening along with you to the KCOU radio interview from 1985 shortly after the release of their first album, For Your Protection. 

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    January 4, 2025 31 mins

    Listen Art Sluts, Teri and Ann share songs, memories and comment on then and now. Art Sluts were a groundbreaking feminist punk performance art band (1983-1986). 

    This episode, Teri and Ann listen along with you to the KCOU radio interview (Part 1) from 1985 shortly after the release of their first album, For Your Protection. 

     

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    November 23, 2024 35 mins

    Art Sluts, Teri and Ann discuss their reaction to the 2024 election.  They discuss Feminism in the age of Trump, Self Censorship, and autonomous intentional communities. Also hear Pam's post 1984 election song, "Ronald Reagan Had a Farm" and Ann's song "Closer to Heaven." 

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    Join Pam, Teri and Ann as they delve into the topic of why they decided not to release certain songs.  And you get to hear the "banned" songs: Monobrow, Narcolepsy, Lockjaw, Chinese Guitar, Rasta Song. All proceeds go to support Planned Parenthood.

     

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    Join Pam, Teri and Ann as they delve into the topic of censorship and inclusion, how language and comedy have changed then and now. Listen as they share songs: Contraceptives Are a Bore, Sperm in the Big Canal and Dead People.  All proceeds go to support Planned Parenthood.

     

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