The Clockwork Cabaret: Steampunk Radio

The sisters return to the airwaves after their brief adventure abroad. Their travels cause them to discuss several very thrilling topics - manners at music events, hiring Mingan as a personal trainer, and supporting independent musicians. 11.22.10 playlist: Kermit the Frog & Fozzie Bear - Movin' Right Along Modest Mouse - Float On Unextraordinary Gentlemen - Skeleton Goes to Town Rufus Wainwright - Oh What A World Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? - Don't Go Squirrel Nut Zippers - Put A Lid On It The Real Tuesday Weld - Cloud Cuckooland Hellblinki - Sanjula's Junk Steam Powered Giraffe - Captain Albert Alexander The Cog Is Dead - I Want Only You Madness - Clerkenwell Polka Madonna - I'm Goin' Bananas Tally Hall - Banana Man Electric Light Orchestra - Mister Blue Sky Klaus Nomi - Lightning Strikes The Extraordinary Contraptions - Downfall Lemming Malloy - Northern Crown Nouvelle Vague - Master & Servant Katzenjammer Kabarett - Gemini Girly Song Revue Noir - Rock n' Roll Suicide Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

This past weekend started out like any other... Mingan practicing her sharpshooting & Emmett quietly reading. But, the peace and sanctity of the Calpurnia was disturbed when they received several missives from CLANNG, including this one: Attention Davenports! It is with great disdain that I must contact you. However, several days ago, one of our facilities in Zimbabwe had been infiltrated by that maniacal menace, Klaude Davenport, and we presently have several vessels in hot pursuit. While the thought of catching her brings us much joy, it would seem that she did an amazing amount of damage & escaped with some very important documents. If said documents are returned to us, we will halt our pursuit of Miss Davenport, otherwise, please be assured that we will hunt down this invader and punish her as is appropriate for the offense. 11.15.10 playlist: Nouvelle Vague: Blister in the Sun The Drowning Lovers - Kill Her Caro Emerald - Dr. Wanna Do Birdeatbaby - The Replacement The Gourds - Gin & Juice Professor Elemental - Animal Magic Mr. B, the Gentleman Rhymer - Hail the Chap David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Revenge Tom Waits - Barn Abney Park - Until the Day I Die The Smiths - Cemetary Gate Circus Contraption - If I Told You Once Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - Run Devil Run Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys - Off with Her Head A Band Called Horse - A Haunted Phonogram The Cog is Dead - The Death of the Cog The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes Karen Elson - Cruel Summer Dex Romweber Duo - Lonesome Train The White Stripes - Astro Emilie Autumn - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Harpsichord version) Over the Rhine - Who'm I Kiddin' But Me M. Ward - Vincent O'Brien Tin Hat Trio - Helium (Reprise with Tom Waits) The Tiger Lillies - Twenty-five Minutes Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Carry Me The Gothic Archies - When You Play the Violin Jeff Buckley - Hallellulah Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Once again, Emmett lets Mingan try her hand at running the show & it looks like she's on a roll... 11.08.10 playlist: Florence & the Machine - I'm Not Calling You A Liar Eli August - I Did Not Leave The Door Ajar Cassandra Wilson - The Last Train to Clarksville Amanda Palmer - Runs in the Family Adam Ant - Kings of the Wild Frontier The Ditty Bops - Sister Kate Gypsy Nomads - House of Cards Cher - Gypsy, Tramps & Thieves Dandelion Junk Queens - (Dancing at a) Predator's Ball Kate Bush - Experiment IV Musee Mecanique - The Propellors Tom Waits - What's He Building? Babyshambles - There She Goes Carney - Love Me Chase Me DeVotchka - Venus in Furs Beirut - The Penalty April Smith & the Great Picture Show - Can't Say No Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop - Well, Did You Evah? Beats Antique - Roustabout The Moody Blues - Dear Diary Rolf Harris - Nick A. Teen & Al K. Hall Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Radio Madeline Kahn - I'm Tired Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters recount their halloween adventures, and encourage listeners to perform their most patriotic of duties - to go out & vote. 11.02.10 playlist: Two Man Gentleman Band - Stuff Your Ballot Box Mad Tea Party - Baby, it's time to vote Curtis Eller - Sweatshop Fire The Smiths - Heaven knows I'm miserable now Hugo - 99 Problems Split Lip Rayfield - Factory Tin Hat Trio - Seamstress Extraordinaire The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Steph(v)Enson Siouxsie & the Banshees - Trust in Me St. Vincent - Paris Is Burning Attic Ted - No Regrets Tom Waits - Get Behind the Mule Eric McFadden - Edgar Allen Polka Riders in the Sky - (Ghost) Riders in the Sky Reverend Glasseye - Mother is a Carpegian Joanna Newsom - Cosmia Magnetic Fields - For  We Are the King of the Boudoir White Stripes - Conquest Grinderman - Heathen Child The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist The Extraordinaires - Neighborhood Watch The Decemberists - Chimbley Sweep Madness - On the Town Lemming Malloy - Don't Act Like Prey Martin Gore - Loverman Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Soaring through the inky black night Silent as a vulture in flight, The dread ship Calpurnia hovers out of sight. Wicked as a pumpkin's grin, Deadlier than homemade gin, The Davenport sisters are more fun than sin. The Ducole Company sends this short missive, On this night when in ghosts we all believe, have a Spooktacular O' hallow's Eve! Join Emmett and Mingan as they revel in the history, myth and music of Halloween. 10.25.10 playlist: Danny Elfman - We Shall See (from 'Jimmy Callicut/Little Demons') Kyle O'Door - The Clockwork Cabaret Theme (version #4) Ralph Stanley - O Death Man Man - Van Helsing Boombox Baby Dee - The Only Bones That Show The Bastard Fairies - Memento Mori Royal Swedish Air Force Band - Funeral March of a Marionette Bat Country - Knockin' on my Coffin Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Whistlin' Past the Graveyard Beat Circus - Coney Island Creepshow Jonathan Coulton - Creepy Doll Voltaire - The Vampire Club Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks The Damned - Grimly Fiendish North American Halloween Prevention Initiative - Do They Know It's Halloween? Hayseed Dixie - Monster Mash The Slow Poisoner - The Creeping Ritual Johnny Depp - My Friends (from 'Sweeney Todd') Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft Eartha Kitt - I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell The Scarring Party - See Evil The Greenskeepers - Lotion The Dead Brothers - Dead Brothers Stomp TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me The Birthday Party - Release the Bats The Puppini Sisters - Lenore Nouvelle Vague - Bela Lugosi's Dead  Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters are busy getting themselves into a tizzy over their favorite holiday, Halloween. And since it is their favorite holiday they have decided to start scaring the bloomers off each other with some chilling & thrilling musical selections. 10.18.10 playlist: Hellblinki - Bubbles Pale Young Gentlemen - Clap Your Hands Magnetic Fields - I Wish I Had An Evil Twin Steam Powered Giraffe - Captain Albert Alexander Attrition - A Girl Called Harmony Allegri String Quartet - Teddy Bear's Picnic The Protomen - Father of Death Man Man - Spider Cider Grey DeLisle - Big Yellow Peaches Man Man - Push the Eagle's Stomach Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man Rasputina - Snow Hen of Austerlitz Ode Hazelwood - The Good Life Rocky Horror Picture Show - Over at the Frankenstein Place Professor Gall - A Smile Can't Be Forced Grinderman - Go Tell the Women The Dresden Dolls - Pretty in Pink Vermillion Lies - First the Bees Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Lyre of Orpheus A Band Called Horse - Haunted Phonogram Al Duvall - The Trashman's Daughter Queen - Death on Two Legs Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Pumpkins in the cornfields. Gold among the brown. Leaves of rust and scarlet . Trembling slowly down. Birds that travel southward. Lovely time to play. Nothing is as pleasant. As an autumn day! After a rather warm autumn day, the sisters are both pining for the cool fall weather. So, they play songs that make them think of autumn in hopes that it might return. 10.11.10 playlist: Asylum Street Spankers - Shine On Harvest Moon Vince Guaraldi - The Great Pumpkin Waltz Carolina Chocolate Drops - Cornbread & Butterbeans Neko Case - Deep Red Bells Luminescent Orchestrii - Tea Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman DeVotchKa - Venus in Furs Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - Jackson The FruitBats - The Little Acorn The End Times Spasm Band - When Autumn Blooms DaVinci's Notebook - Hot Soup Rickie Lee Jones - I Won't Grow Up The Dead Brothers - Rambin' Man Leon Redbone - Lazy Bones Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand The Beatles - When I'm 64 Two Man Gentleman Band - Let's Make A Sandwich Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - They All Laughed Nina Hagen - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off June Christy - Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy Tom Waits - Black Market Baby Earl Pickens & Family - With Or Without You Joanne Newsom - Clam, Crab, Cockle & Cowry Nouvelle Vague - The Killing Moon Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters have returned from a weekend of enjoyable fun, where they participated in 'Pittsboro By Gaslight'. They recount their adventures & are joined by that lovable rogue, Phineas P. Moneyload. Tune in! 10.04.10 playlist: The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Girl at the Bottom of my Glass Marie Digby - Umbrella The Ditty Bops - Wishful Thinking The Tiger Lillies - Roll Up Madness - Clerkenwell Polka Amanda Palmer - Astronaut... Bat Country - Knockin' on My Coffin Jonathan Coulton - I Crush Everything Toy-Box Trio - Stamp Collection Danny Elfman - The Cat Is Dead (from 'Jimmy Callicut/Little Demons') Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll Thomas Dolby - I Scare Myself Voltaire - The Industrial Revolution (and how it destroyed my life) Legendary Shack Shakers - Ichabod! Dexter Romweber Duo - Lonesome Train Groucho Marx - Lydia the Tattooed Lady Rasputina - Possum of the Grotto Helena Bonham Carter - Worst Pies in London (from 'Sweeney Todd') Mad Tea Party - Box of Kittens They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) The Damned - In Dulce Decorum  Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters are once again joined by their wayward friend, Phineas P. Moneyload, who has returned just in time to salute our Miss Emmett for her birthday with stories, songs, and a pocketful of spiders. Tune in for the show and hear what happens! 09.20.10 playlist: CocoRosie - Lemonade Vitamin String Quartet - Paparazzi Caro Emerald - Back It Up Abney Park - Until the Day I Die Psyche Corporation - Pound of Flesh The Clockwork Quartet - The Watchmakers Apprentice Man Man - Van Helsing Boombox Grinderman - Heathen Child A Band Called Horse - The Haunted Phonogram The Cog Is Dead - The Copper War The Extraordinaires - Neighborhood Watch The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Steph(v)enson Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? - Don't Go Marie Digby - Umbrella Steam Powered Giraffe - Electricity is in My Soul Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - You Are What You Love Squirrel Nut Zippers - Baby Wants A Diamond Ring Mad Tea Party - Buttons & Bows Flanders & Swann - The Hippopotamus Song The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song The Scarring Party - Raymond Dog Boy The Clockwork Dolls - Don't Stop Believin' Holly GoLightly & the Brokeoffs - Devil Do Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Miss Mopey Bloomers, sometimes known as Emmett, has decided to wallow in misery and despair at the approach of her upcoming birthday. Poor Mingan has been trying to cheer her up with not much luck, until she discovers Emmett's weakness... Tune into the show to find out what it is. 09.13.10 playlist: Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights Unwoman - Bruises Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness Johnny Depp - My Friends (from 'Sweeney Todd') Eric McFadden - Edgar Allen Polka Beat Circus - Delirium Tremens CocoRosie - Here I Come Beirut - Cherbourg The Gothic Archies - Smile! No One Cares How You Feel Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue Tom Waits - Blue Valentine Cyndi Lauper - La Vie En Rose Sixteen Horsepower - Alone & Forsaken Biff Rose - Molly Sting & Dominic Muldowney - The Ballad of Mac the Knife Aileen Quinn & Chorus - It's the Hard Knock Life (from 'Annie') Robbie Williams - It's De-Lovely Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows Original Cast - Dentist! (from 'Little Shop of Horrors') Count Zero - Golden Years Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton - Anything You Can Do (from 'Annie Get your Gun') They Might Be Giants - Older Tiger Lillies - ABC (Arsenical Bun) The Puppini Sisters - I Will Survive The Avalanches - Since I Left You Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters discuss how they spent the day, Mingan encourages listeners to support local music stores, Emmett discreetly puts forth the idea of her presidential candidacy. They also tell some stories, read a poem, and go off strange tangents... so, business as usual. 09.06.10 playlist: Kate Bush - This Woman's Work The Clockwork Quartet - Watchmaker's Apprentice Tom Waits - What's He Building? Kozai Resonance - A Love Song to Science Wonders Dr. Steel - Lament for a Toy Factory Mr. B, the Gentleman Rhymer - Hail the Chap The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes The Smothers Brothers - The Saga of John Henry Elton John - Bitter Fingers Voltaire - The Industrial Revolution (& How It Ruined My Life) CocoRosie - Terrible Angels Mad Tea Party - Who Built the Ark? Gogol Bordello - Underdog World Strike Karen Elson - Mouths to Feed The Decemberists - Chimbley Sweep Sixteen Horsepower - Heel on the Shovel Flogging Molly - Far Away Boys Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate Beats Antique - Roustabout Reverend Glasseye - Mother is a Carpegian Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Emmett is feeling a bit feisty this fine evening & feels it necessary to rant briefly about manners, but thankfully Mingan offers some music to sooth her savage breast. They also salute 'Frankenstein' creator, Mary Shelley. Tune in for all this & more... 08.30.10 playlist: The Birthday Party - Cry Adam Ant - Stand & Deliver The Damned - In Dulce Decorum Morphine - You Speak My Language Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Revenge Eric McFadden - Womanizer Dead Brothers - Can't Get Enough Erika Eigen - I Want to Marry A Lighthouse Keeper The Beatles - Maxwell Silverhammer CocoRosie - The Moon & the Crow Tom Slatter - Mechanism Billy Bragg - I Almost Killed You Antony & the Johnsons - One Dove Over the Rhine - I'm On A Roll Ferraby Lionheart - Youngest Frankenstein Danny Elfman - Dance on My Grave The Makeup - Save Yourself Jonathan Coulton - Skullcrusher Mountain Eagles of Death Metal - Midnight Creeper Roger Bart & Male Ensemble - The Brain (from 'Young Frankenstein') The Decemberists - The Rake's Song The Constellations - December The White Stripes - St. James Infirmary Blues Earth Kitt - I Want to be Evil Ella Fitzgerald - Love for Sale Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue Pink Martini - Que Sera Sera Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters start off the evening feeling a bit sleepy, but once the music gets going, they seem to get their second wind. They chat about upcoming events, dictionaries and other sundry things. And, they ask listeners, 'how do you explain steampunk?' 08.23.10 playlist: April Smith & the Great Picture Show - Can't Say No Rickie Lee Jones - Woody & Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking Rufus Wainwright - Oh, What A World The Extraordinary Contraptions - Thorngauge Abney Park - Until the Day I Die Flogging Molly - Every Dog Has Its Day Curtis Eller's American Circus - Sweatshop Fire Two Man Gentleman Band - The War of Northern Aggression The Scarring Party - Everything I Touched Caught Fire Pete Molinari - Dear Angelina Mad Tea Party - Box of Kittens Humanwine - Rivolta Silenziosa Beirut - Nantes The Puppini Sisters - Wuthering Heights Beat Circus - Delirium Tremens Dex Romweber Duo - Lover's Gold Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me? Electric Light Orchestra - Mister Blue Sky Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science Muse - Sunburn Diamanda Galas - My World Is Empty Without You Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

"That old black magic has me in its spell, that old black magic that you weave so well. Those icy fingers up and down my spine. That same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine." And with that said, the sisters & Phineas discuss the upcoming birthday of that writer of weird, that poet of peculiar, and general insanity inducer, H.P. Lovecraft. Listen at your own risk! 08.16.10 playlist: A Band Called Horse - A Haunted Phonograph The Scarring Party - Raymond Dog Boy The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier New Model Army - Green & Grey (LIVE) Kate Tucker - I'm on Fire "Bonnie" Prince Billy - Death to Everyone One Beer Prophet - Hobo Girl Blues Deadfly Ensemble - Black Caped Chaplains The Bastard Fairies - Memento Mori CocoRosie - Japan The Decemberists - Red Right Ankle The Tiger Lillies with Kronos Quartet - Gin They Might Be Giants - Cowtown Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat Nouvelle Vague - Sweet & Tender Hooligan Grinderman - Go Tell the Women The Gothic Archies - Scream & Run Away Tom Waits - Fish In the Jailhouse Unextraordinary Gentlemen - Skeleton Goes to Town Muse - Apocalypse Please Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Emmett after hearing a story of Mingan's past, feels compelled to throw her poor sister to the wolves (metaphorically speaking, of course). She disappears from the studio, so that Mingan can get a handle on running the controls for the radio program. There's a few hiccups, but nothing too serious. The sisters are also joined by that rogue financier, Phineas P. Moneyload. Give it a listen! 08.09.10 playlist: Legendary Shack Shakers - Agony Wagon The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Goggles Adam Ant - Stand & Deliver Duke Special - Ballad of A Broken Man Eli August - Lost Control Galanis - Dimes Kate Bush - Experiment IV Pretty Balanced - Ode to an Electric Fan The Ditty Bops - Wishful Thinking Lyle Lovett - Old Friend (from 'Deadwood') The Kinks - Holloway Jail Hannah Fury - The Last Piece of Cake Psyche Corporation - Part of Her Design Squirrel Nut Zippers - Ghost of Stephen Foster DeVotchKa - Somethin' Stupid Beirut - The Penalty Mighty Tiny - End of the Day Sunday Driver - The Gayatri Mantra Steampowered Giraffe - Electricity is in My Soul Hayseed Dixie - Strawberry Fields Forever Bat for Lashes - Horse & I Dr. Steel - Lament for a Toy Factory David J's Cabaret Obscuro - Time The Lobster Quadrille - Cora Livinia's Cotillion The Schooner Boys - Decanter Riot Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.