Pure Imagination

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Pure Imagination

An Audities Mix from Eclectic Wonderland

Original Air Date: 5.24.23 | WDRT 91.9 FM

“Come with me, and you’ll be… in a world of pure imagination.”

When the weight of gravity feels just a bit too heavy, this is the mix that floats you upward and onward. “Pure Imagination” is an audio candyland—a sonic daydream for your inner kid, your outer weirdo, and anyone who’s ever danced with a bubble.

This 2-hour journey features novelty nuggets, electronic oddities, remixed nostalgia, experimental grooves, candy-coated skits, and sprinkles of pure joy. It’s an Audities show at heart—crafted to chillylax your body and delight your brain.

Inspired by: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Dedicated to: The Oompa Loompas

In loving memory of: Gene Wilder & Gilda Radner

About the Art

The show art is a digital collage crafted by DJ Tea using elements from Wonka’s World of Candy—the video game that’s been chewing away at my free time (and pixels). Peppered with swirly trees, fizzy purples, and smiling Oompa Loompas, the artwork is your first step into the sound-fueled sugar dream..

Wonka's World Of Candy. {Click The Link To Check It Out!}

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☕️ Playlist for this show!

1. “Chilly Wonka” – Melodysheep

Funky remix of Wonka wisdom

2. “Pure Imagination” – Kathleen

Dreamy and stripped-down take on the classic

3. “Lermaninoff” – Primus

Wonka with a Primus punch

4. “Oompa TV” – Primus

Oompa Loompas gone prog rock

5. “Chocolate Moon” – Tipsy

Trippy loungey sweetness

6. “A Thousand Tiny Doughnuts” – Caspar Babypants

Whimsical and weirdly comforting

7. “The Cuppycake Song” – Buddy Castle

Unapologetically sticky sweet

8. “Numnum Cat” – The Kiffness

For your inner meow

9. “Don’t You Love Cotton Candy?” – Bob’s Burgers

A song for the sugar lovers

10. “I Love Rocky Road (2022)” – Weird Al Yankovic

Classic Weird Al, re-recorded and extra creamy

11. “Candy” – Annoying Orange

Annoying? Yes. But catchy.

12. “Banana Man” – Tally Hall

Absurd brilliance

13. “Oompa Loompa” – Original Film Cast

You know you want to sing along

14. “Dance of the Sugarsnap Fairy” – The Bran Flakes

Experimental sugarplum bliss

15. “Peppermint” – Jack Stauber’s Micropop

Weirdly nostalgic and oddly moving

16. “Bubble Gum” – Adult Swim Smalls

Sweet and psychedelic

17. “Oompa Violet” – Primus

Another Wonka reimagined

18. “Popcorn” – Tipsy

Classic synth snack track

19. “Popcorn” – The Muppets

With a side of chaos

20. “Swingin’ Spaceman” – Tipsy

Lounge in orbit

21. “Moon Monkeys (Skit)” – Professor Elemental

Absurdist storytelling with monocles and tea

22. “Black Rainbows” – ミラクルミュージカル

Dreamlike and layered

23. “Turn the Lights Off” – Tally Hall

Dark pop perfection

24. “The Music from Another Planet” – The Bran Flakes

Collage-style musical mischief

25. “Daydream in Blue” – I Monster

Chill, hypnotic classic

26. “Soul Transportation” – DJ Me DJ You

Vintage space-age groove

27. “Midnight Party” – Tipsy

Fizzy lounge beats

28. “Friendly Persuasion” – The Bran Flakes

Old radio meets electronic weirdness

29. “Jelly Dancers” – Eels

Sweet and surreal

30. “Electric to Me Turn” – Bruce Haack

Pioneer of weird electronic childhood joy

31. “In the Hall of the Mountain Queen” – Raymond Scott

A whimsical reinvention of a classic

32. “Music 4 Robots” – Brother Cleve

It’s exactly what it says it is

33. “Program Me” – Bruce Haack

Robot romance

34. “Spandau Filet” – Evolution Control Committee

Audio collage oddity

35. “Que Sera” – Wax Tailor

Retro-futuristic remix of a classic

36. “Bring Me Edelweiss” – Edelweiss

Europop gold

37. “Hey Won’t Somebody Come and Play?” – The Bran Flakes

Nostalgia remixed with imagination

38. “Chicken On the Rocks” – Dana Countryman

Lounge meets poultry

39. “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” – Leonard Nimoy

Legendary weirdness

40. “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” – William Shatner

What dreams (and nightmares) are made of

41. “Bring Her Along (feat. Edu)” – Joe Hawley

Soft and quirky

42. “Touch-Tone Telephone” – Lemon Demon

Catchy chaos

43. “2econd 2ight 2eer (That Was Fun, Goodbye.)” – Will Wood

Beautifully strange

44. “Kitty’s Daydream” – Tipsy

Like dreaming of a cat’s dream

45. “Dream Sweet in Sea Major” – ミラクルミュージカル

Finale-worthy fantasy

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