The Clockwork Cabaret

Mingan's in a mood & Emmett is attempting to cheer her up by playing grumpy, angsty music.

01.17.12 playlist:

The Drowning Lovers - Kill Her

A.C. Newman - Take On Me

Antony & the Johnsons - What Can I Do?

Maxwell/Mosher - Orphaned/Funeral & A Fire

"Bonnie" Prince Billy - Death to Everyone

The Dead Brothers - Old Pine Box

Beauxregard - This Is How You Die

Cary Ann Hearst - Are You Ready To Die?

The Dresden Dolls - Backstabber

Alan Cumming - I Don't Care Much

Professor Elemental - Penny Dreadful

The Tiger Lillies - Kick A Baby

Bing Crosby & the Andrew Sisters - Accentuate the Positive

Nina Hagen - I Want to be Happy

Savile Row - We Happy Few

Palast Orchester mit Max Raabe - Best Things in Life Are Free

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Mingan is running the show while Emmett is recuperating from a cold.Will Mingan become mad with power? Will Emmett ever be allowed on the microphone again? Who knows?

01.09.12 playlist:

Not Waving But Drowning - Sick

Nina Hagen - Fever

Man Man - Harppon Fever (Queequeg's Playhouse)

Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero

Adam Ant - Kings of the Wild Frontier

Cary Ann Hearst - American Made Machine

Tom Waits - Goin' Out West

Asylum Street Spankers - It Ain't Necessarily So

Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher

Ella Fitzgerald - It Was Written In The Stars

Beirut - The Peacock

Wovenhand - Sparroe Falls

Curtis Eller - Red Red Robin

Mindy Gledhill - Anchor

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The sisters find themselves pulled in too many directions and sadly, could not find the time to sit down, so this week's episode is nothing but music.

01/04/12 playlist:

Toy Box Trio - Sepia Theme

Escape the Clouds - The Air Race

The Bastard Fairies - Memento Mori

Dr. Steel - Lament for a Toy Factory

Bad Things - Just Four Weeks

8in8 - Nikola Tesla

Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? - Release the Kraken

Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys - Sea Song (Mare Carmen)

Voltaire - The Beast of Pirate Bay

The Fog People - Permission Withdrawn

A Band Called Horse - The Haunted Phonogram

Circus Contraption - The Odditorium

Revue Noir - Sometimes, Sunshine

Vernian Process - Something Wicked This Way Comes

Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate

Vagabond Orchestra - Until We Meet Again

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Emmett is left alone to do the show, while Mingan recovers from a Sweet Potato overdose.

12.26.11 playlist:

Jonah Knight - Oh, the Places You Will Go

Meaghan Smith - If You Asked Me

Mighty Tiny - Fuel for the Stars

Lonesome Wyatt & the Holy Spooks - Going Crazy

April Smith & the Great Picture Show - Bright White Jackets

Alexandra Hamer - Wild Girl & Crazy Dog

Elsie Carlisle - Please Leave My Butter Alone

Tessie O'Shea - I Fell in Love With An Airman

The Cog Is Dead - Savior of the Skies

Magnetic Fields - Queen of the Savages

Tom Waits - Innocent When You Dream

Hellblinki - All For You

Ambrose - Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pir

Natalie Merchant - Calico Pie

Blair Crimmins & the Hookers - Kitchen Rag

The Hothouse Roses - Burrow

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The sisters prepare for the holiday season with songs of Christmas cheer, plus a carol of their own & a poem.

12/20/11 playlist:

She & Him - Silver Bells

Morella & the Wheels of If - Yule Fire

Annie Lennox - Lullay Lullay

Regina Spektor - 20 Years of Snow

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - 15 feet of Pure White Snow

Jimmy Durante - Frosty the Snowman

My Morning Jacket (featuring the Head & the Heart) - When the Bells Start Ringing

Tommy Womack - Luigi, the Lonely Christmas Bear

The Decemberists - Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)

Rufus Wainwright - Spotlight on Christmas

Holly Golightly - Christmas Tree on Fire

Squirrel Nut Zippers - Gift of the Magi

Etta James - This Time of Year

Antony & the Johnsons - Blue Angel

Lena Horne - Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Lou Monte - Dominick the Donkey

Gayla Peevey - I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas

Ella Fitzgerald - Santa Claus Got Stuck (In My Chimney)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Mr. Heatmiser

Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Ebeneezer's Carol

Porn Orchard - Christmas Sucks (A Tom Waits/Peter Murphy Parody)

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The sisters stop for a brief time to discuss their travel plans and play some music.

12.12.11 playlist:

The Andrew Sisters - Long Time No See

Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Bing Crosby - Accentuate the Positive

Pete Molinari - Sweet Louise

Jolie Holland - All Those Girls

Beirut - After the Curtain

Grinderman - No Pussy Blues

Grinderman - Go Tell the Women

Hellblinki -The End

Tom Waits - Raised Right Men

Florence & the Machine - No Light, No Light

Steam Powered Giraffe - Electricity Is In My Soul

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Strange Form of Life

Mindy Gledhill - Anchor

The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build A Home

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The sisters spend the evening testing the waters of their new podcast only program with only one microphone. It's a little awkward but they manage.

12.05.11 playlist:

Carloine O'Connor & Chorus - Anything Goes (from 'DeLovely')

Ella Fitzgerald - Love For Sale

Max Raabe & the Palast Orchester - Dance With Me (Hernando's Hideaway)

Vernian Process - Behold the Machine

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

Adam Ant - Friend or Foe

Dengue Fever - Made of Steam

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Christina the Astonishing

DeVotchKa - Blessing in Disguise

The Decemberists - The Leggionaire's Lament

Alexandra Hamer - Wild Girl & Crazy Dog

Frenchy & the Punk - Dark Carnivale

Voltaire - Happy Birthday (My Olde Friend)

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Tonight the sisters say their farewells to WCOM 103.5 FM Carrboro/Chapel Hill. Stay tuned next week for a new chapter in the exciting adventures of The Clockwork Cabaret.

11.28.11 playlist:

Aimee Mann - One

Beirut - The Gulag Orchester

Grey DeLisle - Bohemian Rhapsody

The Damned - In Dulce Decorum

Uncle Leon & the Alibis - Baby Got Back

Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple

Steam Powered Giraffe - Clockwork Vaudeville

Amanda Palmer - Runs in the Family

Hellblinki - Don't Go Down to the Woods

Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science

T-Rex - Dandy in the Underworld

Eric McFadden - Womanizer

Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & THieves

Electric Light Orchestra - Mister Blue Sky

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

Rasputina - Cage in a Cave

Jolie Holland - Gold & Yellow

Vyvian Long - Seven Nation Army

Flogging Molly - Sentimental Johnny

Tom Waits - Hang on St. Christopher

David Bowie - Magic Dance

Tripod - Gonna Make You Happy Tonight

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The crew aboard the Airship Calpurnia start off the evening discussing vampires, werewolves and other strange topics... so, just your typical night here at The Clockwork Cabaret.

11.21.11 playlist:

Anthony & The Johnsons - Twilight

Antsy Pants - Vampire

CocoRosie - Werewolf

Rufus Wainwright - Oh What A World

Mindy Gledhill - Anchor

Squirrel Nut Zippers - Got My Own Thing Now

Miss Li - Don't Try to Fool Me

Tom Waits - Lie to Me

April Smith & the Great Picture Show - Bright White Jackets

Two Man Gentleman Band - Fancy Beer

Tiger Lillies - Gin

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Rye Whiskey

Max Raabe - Oops, I Did It Again

Regina Spektor - Fidelity

Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

Pink Martini - Que Sera Sera

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

Neko Case - Deep Red Bells

DeVotchka - Head Honcho

Dominic Mulroney & Sting - Mack the Knife

They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul

The Clash - English Civil War

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