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The Clockwork Cabaret
The Clockwork Cabaret is a weekly radio show hosted by the darling Davenport sisters, Emmett and Klaude, on WCOM 103.5 FM-LP in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, NC, every Monday at 11pm. And, you can call in to the show via the telephone at 919.929.9601.
We play the "Music o' Gears", an anachronistic style of music that will make you long for the days gone by. A wide assortment of jazz, blues, goth, folk, swing, gypsy punk, dark cabaret, steampunk, classical and other related genres.
So, pour yourself a glass of port or a nice cup of tea and give us a listen.
We play the "Music o' Gears", an anachronistic style of music that will make you long for the days gone by. A wide assortment of jazz, blues, goth, folk, swing, gypsy punk, dark cabaret, steampunk, classical and other related genres.
So, pour yourself a glass of port or a nice cup of tea and give us a listen.
August 2009 Episodes:
- Episode 83: Steampunk Refugees
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- The Calpurnia is invaded by a group of refugees from the Clockwork Ball. What will the sisters do? With special guests: the ubiquitous Phineas P Moneyload, the elusive V Victrola Albion and fearless rambler Mr Maxwell Manchester.
08.24.09 Playlist
Tom Waits - Hang on St Christopher
Circus Contraptions - Marshmallows and a Holy Bible
Reverend Glasseye - God Help You Dumb Boy
The Bittersweets - Prison
Thomas Dolby - Europa and the Pirate Twins
Curse - Her Confessor
Wovenhand - Kicking Bird
Clumsy Lovers - Monumental Stupidity
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in your Soul
Louis Jourdan and his Tympany Five - A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird
Reverend Horton Heat - Please Don't Take the Baby to the Liquor Store
Harlequin Jones - Gutter Tango
Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? - Don't Go
Dex Romweber Duo - Lonesome Train
Squirrel Nut Zippers - La Grippe
Sting and Dominique Muldowny - The Ballad of Mac the Knife
Unextraordinary Gentlemen - Mr Soot's Little Black Book
Split Lip Rayfield - Factory
Tiger Lillies - Weeping Chandelier
Fermata - Gypsy Blood *r
Lemming Malloy - The Curse of Greyface
Voltaire - The Industrial Revolution (and how it ruined my life)
*r denotes requested track or band
- Episode 82: Klaude Davenport is a Gooseberry Fool
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- In which it is established that Klaude Davenport is a Gooseberry Fool, Emmett Davenport reveals her plans to sell umbrellas and parasols via a full body parasol support structure and Phineas P Moneyload discovers the remains of last week's sponsors (and the better part of his dignity) beneath a pile of floating goats. All this and more in store for you in Episode 82!
8.17.09 Playlist
DeVotchKa - Viens Avec Moi
Fermata - The Widow Geiger
New Model Army - I Love the World
XTC - Generals and Majors
Captain Beefheart - Electricity
New Town Drunks - Always Home
Tom Waits - Clang Boom Steam
The Kinks - Holloway Jail
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier
The James Gang - My Strut is Incredible *R
Miles Mosely - Scuse Me Big Mama
Da Vinci's Notebook - Hot Soup
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Ship Song
Leon Redbone - You Nearly Lose Your Mind
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
The Decemberists - The Rake's Song
The Slow Poisoner - Faded Love
Adam Ant - Puss N Boots
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Johnny Appleseed
Asylum Street Spankers - Shine On Harvest Moon
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Blue Angel
Nina Hagen - Fever
Rasputina - State Fair
Michael Hurley - Hog of the Forsaken
The Damned - Absinthe
Robert Preston - Marian the Librarian
Lemming Malloy - One Foot Off the Merry Go Round
*R denotes request of either band or song
- Episode 81: Tarnation, Janet!
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- The sisters give thanks for a recent gift and discuss an upcoming event that may involve throwing wrenches. Plus, Mister Moneyload shares a tale of woe.
08.10.09 Playlist
Jason Webley - Icarus
Neko Case - Margaret vs Pauline
Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song
The Dolly Carte Opera Company - I Am The Very Model (from Pirates of Penzance)*
Kate Bush - Babooshka
Zoe Keating - Frozen Angel*
Man Man - Push the Eagle's Stomach
Real Tuesday Weld - Cloud Cuckooland
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Babe, I'm on Fire
The Smiths - Cemetary Gates
Andrew Bird - Scythian Empires
Divine Comedy - The Wreck of the Beautiful
Mr B - Straight Out of Surrey
Tally Hall - Ruler of Everything
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Wash Jones
The Zydepunks - Dear Molly
Beat Circus - Dark Eyes
New Town Drunks - Itch
Nouvelle Vague - Just Can't Get Enough
Hayseed Dixie - Black Dog
Tom Waits - All Stripped Down
Count Zero - Golden Years
- Episode 80: Rise Up, Young Steampunks
- Listen:
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- The sisters are dizzy on lemonade and blueberry pancakes, spinning wild ideas of positivity and learning they don't need kazoos when they have their own mouths.
8.3.09
Dropkick Murphys - Fields of Athenry
Reverend Horton Heat - If It Ain't Got Rhythm
Flogging Molly - Sentimental Johnny
Split Lip Rayfield - The High Price of Necromancy
Luminescent Orchestrii - Neptune's Daughter
The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again
Rasputina - Draconian Crackdown
The Scarring Party - Leslie Ann Merrimac
Tom Waits - Goin' Out West
Beat Circus - Coney Island Creepshow
Man Man - Engrish Bwudd
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 15 ft of Pure White Snow
Nouvelle Vague - This is Not a Love Song
Holly GoLightly and the Brokeoffs - Devil Do
Slow Poisoner - Roadside Altar
Eartha Kitt - I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch
They Might Be Giants - Whistling in the Dark
Dr Steel - Boogeyman Boogie
Vernian Process - The Alchemists Vision







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