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Angels In The Static | After HOurs | Part 2 of 2
After midnight, the signal changes. Velvet Umbrella Radio | After Hours follows darkwave, post-punk, dream-pop, strange transmissions, hidden recipes, haunted corridors, and the stories waiting between the stations.

Mickey Fingers
Sep 1212 min read


Remixed, Rewired & Slightly Wrong | Eclectic Wonderland | Part 1 of 2
Familiar songs return with different fingerprints as Eclectic Wonderland dives into remixes, alternate versions, strange transmissions, Dimension 5 snacks, and a few doors that probably should have stayed closed.

Mickey Fingers
Sep 912 min read


After Hours: The Dream Stays Open | Dream Logic Part Two
The lights are lower now. Dream Logic Part Two drifts through shoegaze, dream pop, ambient spaces, darkwave, memory, and the quiet rooms between sleeping and waking. Welcome to Velvet Umbrella Radio After Hours. The dream stays open.

Mickey Fingers
Aug 298 min read


Dream Logic Part 1 | Eclectic Wonderland | Part 1 of 2
Black rainbows. Moon monkeys. Suspicious robots. Impossible rooms. Waffles with fish heads. Somewhere along the way, Eclectic Wonderland wandered into a collective dream, and Mickey Fingers started narrating. Welcome to Dream Logic Part One.

Mickey Fingers
Aug 2611 min read


The Puppet Master Returns | Petals & Hooks: The Artifact | Parts 3 + 4 of 4
Some playlists are collections of songs. Others become something more. Petals & Hooks: The Artifact began as a transmission, a collection of contradictions, memories, and questions. Follow the corridor into The Puppet Master Returns and discover another chapter inside Masquerade of Shadows.

Mickey Fingers
Aug 2210 min read


The Other Version Of Midnight | After Hours
Familiar songs. Different shadows. The Other Version of Midnight explores dark covers, alternate versions, post-punk, dream pop, shoegaze, strange love, familiar ghosts, and the versions of ourselves that only seem to speak after midnight.

Mickey Fingers
Aug 147 min read


Fuck This Playlist | Velvet Umbrella Radio: Petals & Hooks | Part 3 of 5
Some weeks ask for patience.
This one asked for four hours, several dozen swear words, a shitlist, a dance floor, and one deeply unresolved cookie situation.
Fuck This Playlist is a glorious four-hour middle finger to bad weeks, bullshit, broken systems, irritating people, and everything else that has overstayed its welcome.
Mickey Fingers and Celeste Violet open the Complaint Department, turn the volume up, and keep going until the rage becomes rhythm.
Unfiltered.
Unhin

Mickey Fingers
Aug 136 min read


After The Static| Velvet Umbrella Radio: After Hours | Part 2 of 5
There is a moment after the noise stops when the room feels different.
Not empty.
Just clearer.
After the Static drifts through shoegaze, dream pop, darkwave, ambient textures, cathedral echoes, and late-night songs that seem to glow after the last note fades.
For everyone still awake.
The static has faded.
The relay is steady.
And the music remains.

Mickey Fingers
Aug 135 min read


Oh Shitaki! | Eclectic Wonderland | Part 1 of 5
Some weeks arrive with a plan.
This one showed up wearing a mushroom hat, carrying a pineapple, and refusing to explain itself.
Oh Shiitaki! is two hours of strange songs, electronic curiosities, exotica, dancing mushrooms, suspicious animals, questionable decisions, and music that wandered in without an appointment.
No shrimp.
No useful explanations.
All heart.

Mickey Fingers
Aug 138 min read


Seven Days Of Cake | Eclectic Wonderland
Familiar songs. Different voices. Fifty years of love. 7 Days of Cake celebrates alternate versions, unexpected covers, family memories, and Jan & Art’s 50th anniversary, with DJ Tea, Mr. Announcer Man, and Mickey Fingers inside Eclectic Wonderland.

Mickey Fingers
Aug 1212 min read


Stardust & Static | After Hours
The coffee has gone cold. The records are still humming quietly to themselves.
Stardust & Static continues the story that began in Extraterrestrial Encore, inviting listeners into the quieter half of the journey. Through dream pop, ambient music, original voice overs by Mickey Fingers, and artwork by Celeste Violet, this late-night transmission explores friendship, curiosity, and the feeling that perhaps the universe has been listening all along.

Mickey Fingers
Jul 66 min read


Extraterrestrial Encore: 80s Hits From Beyond | the complete story (part 1 of 2)
What happens when visitors from another star system fall completely in love with 80s alternative music?
Welcome to Extraterrestrial Encore: 80’s Hits From Beyond (The Full Story), where curious extraterrestrials discover community radio, record stores, coffee, dream pop, Wisconsin cheese curds, and a little station called WDRT. Featuring original voice overs by Mickey Fingers, artwork by Celeste Violet, and a soundtrack full of wonderfully strange cover songs, this two-part

Mickey Fingers
Jul 114 min read


February Newsletter
February 2026 was a big month for Eclectic Wonderland on WDRT 91.9 FM, celebrating the show’s 4-year anniversary, welcoming Mickey Fingers as a new co-host, and launching the After Hours world of Velvet Umbrella Radio. The month’s broadcasts featured indie, dream pop, darkwave, and Valentine-themed mixes curated by DJ Celeste (DJ Tea) and Mr. Announcer Man.

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Mar 1310 min read


My Love Explodes!
There’s a moment in every show where you know it’s about to go off the rails.
This week? That moment involved a kazoo.
DJ Celeste (DJ Tea) built the detonation chamber (psychedelic pop, novelty brilliance, machine love, cartoon boyfriends) and then handed me the fuse.
My Love Explodes wasn’t subtle. It wasn’t polite. It wasn’t meant to be.
And honestly? Neither are we.
(If you’re curious what happens after the curtain closes… stay tuned.)

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Feb 258 min read


Now With More Testosterone (The Official Announcement)
Eclectic Wonderland has officially expanded…
🎩 Mickey Fingers is now part of the Eclectic Wonderland family - and yes, the rumors are true:
the show is now officially… “Now With More Testosterone.”
This post is your velvet-lined welcome portal:
the backstory, the official announcement, exclusive audio clips (including After Hours), and the chaotic origin tale of how this weird little radio family formed through mixtapes, Artist Way madness, Gala Violet creation sessions, an

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Feb 178 min read


I Will Follow You Into the Dark
This week’s show is an Alternate Valentine’s Day affair: moody torch songs, haunted duets, and twisted cover songs wrapped in synth and sighs.
Featuring: Daniel Ash, The Cure, Bat for Lashes, Princess Chelsea, Everclear, Angel Olsen, Rainbow Arabia, and more.
Hosted by DJ Tea, Mr. Announcer Man, and Mickey Fingers — with sonic seductions and feral fondue fantasies between the grooves. 💋
Because love is weird. And that’s why we’re here

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Feb 45 min read


I Do Not Know What This Is, But I Love It!
Celebrate Mr. Announcer Man’s Unbirthday with a genre-hopping, mind-bending sonic toast: from “Pac-Man Fever” to “Mr Oxford’s Underwear,” this show is a chaos confetti cocktail of joy, rebellion, and absolute absurdity. Playlist includes tracks from They Might Be Giants, Spike Jones, Frank Zappa, Worm Quartet, Gala Violet, Mickey Fingers, Subsuelo, and more...birthday zingers, and surprise moments from the vault.
Unofficially, But Officially… Welcoming Mickey Fingers to Eclec

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Jan 284 min read


A Wonderland Unbirthday Toast: To Tea, Tunes, and Too Many Goats
This week we celebrate our collective Capricorn chaos - DJ Tea, Mr. Announcer Man, and Mickey Fingers, - all born in the heart of winter, all creatively caffeinated since birth. Our unbirthday bash blends Wonderland whimsy, theatrical flair, and just enough glitter to keep things weird.

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Jan 215 min read


Un-Dead Air
🦇 “Today’s episode is called ‘Un-Dead Air’, a graveyard-glam mix of gothy favorites, cult film themes, and iconic darkwave delights. Think of it as your favorite Halloween mix CD… if it came from beyond the grave.”

Mickey Fingers
Oct 15, 20254 min read


Once Upon A Dark Fairytale
Hit Play & Tune In | More Shows on Mixcloud [Click Here] Once Upon A Dark Fairytale 🕯️ Once Upon a Time… Welcome back to the velvet-curtained edges of Eclectic Wonderland. This week’s spell: “Once Upon a Dark Fairytale.” A haunted carousel of lullabies, twisted circuses, melancholic waltzes, and starlit freakshows. Inspired by the same gothic glamor that birthed Masquerade of Shadows, this episode dives into shadowy folk tales, vintage theatrics, and the kind of oddball page

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Oct 8, 20254 min read
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