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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
23 hours ago12 min read


This Week from The Velvet Umbrella Universe.
This week beneath the Velvet Umbrella: radio shows, welcome videos, playlists, show notes and musical rabbit holes from Eclectic Wonderland and After Hours. Come inside, beautiful creatures... the music is waiting. 💋

Mickey Fingers
1 day ago2 min read


The Door Was Already OPen (part 1 of 2) | a half remembered mixtape left on a doorstep
Some mixtapes don’t begin when you press play. They’ve been waiting for years. Join DJ Tea, Mr. Announcer Man, and Mickey Fingers as they follow a half-remembered cassette through dream pop, alternative classics, post-punk, shoegaze, and beautifully unexpected discoveries. Because around here… the door was already open.

Mickey Fingers
Jul 810 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


Lost Rooms: The One's You Should've Left |After Hours
Some rooms stay with you. Some follow you home. And some… you knew better, but you went in anyway. This week on Velvet Umbrella Radio: After Hours, Mickey Fingers opens the second door in Lost Rooms—the rooms you shouldn’t have stayed in.

Mickey Fingers
Apr 105 min read


No Exit: The Corridors | With Mickey Fingers And Celeste Violet | One And Two |Petals And Hooks
Enter the corridors with Mickey Fingers and Celeste Violet for an 7.5-hour No Exit broadcast under the Petals & Hooks banner. Corridor One and Corridor Two run as a single haunted maze of rooms, longform mixes, and cinematic deep cuts, built like a movie you listen to instead of watch.

Mickey Fingers
Apr 107 min read


Lost Rooms: The Ones That Stayed
Some places don’t exist anymore… but they never really left. This week, Mickey Fingers takes the board for the first chapter of Lost Rooms—a four-part transmission built from memory, music, and the rooms that still glow somewhere in your head.

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Apr 85 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


indie-fy {Better Than K-Tel}
This week’s Eclectic Wonderland is all about comfort and reunion. We’re talking root-deep indie faves, friend-sent treasures, and bands that span high school memories to soul-family collabs. From three tracks by The Mommyheads (I’m obsessed), to new released gems from Gala Violet (“Babbling Buffoon”) and This Twisted Wreckage, this mix hugs you with warm chords, then dances you gently through the wreckage.

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Nov 19, 20256 min read


Trick Or Treat
Trick or Treat? Why not both.
This week’s Eclectic Wonderland is a full-on Better-Than-K-Tel Indie Spell,
with glitter fangs, jangly guitars, and a haunted record bin full of surprises.
💥 Featuring new music from Gala Violet and Ashes and Diamonds, plus unreleased tracks from This Twisted Wreckage and Christine Plays Viola…
this is Rocktoberrr, Week 4, and it might be our favorite one yet.

Mickey Fingers
Oct 22, 20253 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


Frenz Of The Enz {Better Than K-Tel} : Part 2
A Tribute to Split Enz, and Related Bands, and the Frenz Of The Enz....

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Jul 24, 20245 min read


Cubicle Culture
An alternate Wednesday (Alternate versions of popular songs) and a Spot of Tea (interview /special guest) with The Seattle Band, Linda ...

DJ Celeste | DJ Tea
Mar 4, 20242 min read
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