Episode 796: Originally Aired on Mad Wasp Radio, 05.25.25
The Clockwork Cabaret: A Mad Wasp Radio Show
Release Date: 05/26/2025
The Clockwork Cabaret: A Mad Wasp Radio Show
That darling DJ duo, Emmett Davenport & Lady Attercop, raise a glass to history’s most decadent troublemakers with a dive into the scandalous Hellfire Club—complete with monks’ robes, pagan toasts, and enough debauchery to make the Devil blush. This week’s Cursed Cocktail, The Bishop, offers a warm, wine-soaked blessing while the Calpurnia’s gramophone pours out riotous revelry from The Tiger Lillies, Tom Waits, Murder By Death, and more. WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves. The Clockwork Cabaret is...
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Emmett Davenport and Lady Attercop tumble through the centuries in this time-twisting episode of The Clockwork Cabaret. From the eerie tale of the Moberly–Jourdain Versailles Time Slip to a chronometric Cursed Cocktail that bends hours and minds alike, it’s an evening of ghosts, gears, and glorious anachronisms—soundtracked by Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Steam Powered Giraffe, and more. WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves. The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo,...
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Emmett Davenport and Lady Attercop keeps spirits high with a dangerously reviving Cursed Cocktail (the Corpse Reviver No. 2), bodies only mostly dead, and music from Emilie Autumn, The Mechanisms, and The Decemberists. WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves. The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and Emmett Davenport. Our theme music is made especially for us by Kyle O’Door. This episode aired on Mad Wasp Radio, 11.02.25. New episodes...
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This week, Emmett Davenport and Lady Attercop summon the spirit of Halloween aboard the Calpurnia with haunted banter, cursed weiner dog statues, and a chilling Cursed Cocktail: the Widow’s Kiss. Featuring eerie tunes from PJ Harvey, Rasputina, Twin Temple, and more—this séance is equal parts spooky and sublime. WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves. The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and Emmett Davenport. Our theme music is made especially...
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This week, Emmett Davenport and Lady Attercop tinker with the boundaries of science, spirits, and sheer absurdity. In Weird History, they revisit Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg’s explosive plumbing mishap—a cautionary tale of invention meeting indignity. Then it’s time for Cursed Cocktails, featuring the disturbingly decadent Monkey Gland—a drink born from mad science and questionable anatomy. Plus: fake adverts for steam-powered sock sorters and doomed musical ice spectacles. WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves....
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This week Emmett Davenport and Lady Attercop lead you through a delirious dance of death, gin, and gothic delight! From the cursed streets of 1518 Strasbourg to the devil’s own speakeasy, it’s a night of macabre melodies and infernal cocktails. WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves. The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and Emmett Davenport. Our theme music is made especially for us by Kyle O’Door. This episode aired on Mad Wasp Radio,...
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This week, Emmett Davenport & Lady Attercop crank the gears of the macabre and the ridiculous for another two hours of haunted hilarity. All this is stitched together with a setlist of haunted polkas, devilish ditties, cabaret chaos, and punk-inflected mayhem. As ever, The Clockwork Cabaret rattles its chains, spikes the punch, and politely ruins your evening. WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves. The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and...
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This week on The Clockwork Cabaret, Lady Attercop is out sick, which means you’re stuck with just Emmett Davenport… and a balloon taped to a chair. Two hours of strange and wonderful music, fake sponsors, and the occasional cry for help into the void. Join Emmett for a solo edition of The Clockwork Cabaret, on Mad Wasp Radio. WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves. The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and Emmett Davenport. Our theme music is...
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This week, Emmett celebrates their birthday in the most dignified way possible: alone, with a balloon taped to a chair, a candle stuck in Boot Whiskey, and you—dear listeners—as the unwilling party guests. Expect melancholy waltzes, gleeful absurdity, fake sponsors peddling frosted bloomers and mandatory hats, and the occasional kazoo rendition of “Happy Birthday.” It’s two hours of cake-fingered solitude and frosted chaos on The Clockwork Cabaret, only on Mad Wasp Radio. WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by...
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WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves. The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and Emmett Davenport. Our theme music is made especially for us by Kyle O’Door. This episode aired on Mad Wasp Radio, 09.14.25. New episodes air on Mad Wasp Radio on Sundays @ 12pm GMT! Listen at or via TuneIn radio app! Playlist: Tom Waits – I Never Talk To Strangers Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel #2 M. Ward – Let’s Dance Charming Disaster – Dance...
info_outlineWARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves.
The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and Emmett Davenport. Our theme music is made especially for us by Kyle O’Door.
This episode aired on Mad Wasp Radio, 05.25.25.
New episodes air on Mad Wasp Radio on Sundays @ 12pm GMT! Listen at www.madwaspradio.com or via TuneIn radio app!
Playlist:
- Baby Dee – On the Day I Died
- Antony & The Johnsons – Spiralling
- Jolie Holland – Sascha
- Meaghan Smith – If You Asked Me
- Dandy Wellington – Harlem Rhythm
- Nellie McKay – Crazy Rhythm
- Aurelio Voltaire – Land Of The Dead
- Rasputina – Transylvanian Concubine
- Jonathan Coulton – Creepy Doll
- Bat For Lashes – Daniel
- DeVotchKa – 100 Other Lovers
- The Magnetic Fields – Andrew in Drag
- The Shins – Sleeping Lessons
- Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
- Bloc Party – This Modern Love
- Spacehog – In the Meantime
- The Black Keys – Everlasting Light
- Say Hi – Devils
- Magic Wands – Black Magic
- Beige Banquet – Beta II
- MNDR – I Go Away
- The Constellations – Perfect Day
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sacrilege
- Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi – Season’s Trees (feat. Norah Jones)
- Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
- Neko Case – Hold On, Hold On