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 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, 09.21.25.

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Playlist:

• Joel Fry - To Death We Go
• The Tiger Lillies - Send In The Clowns
• Puddles Pity Party - I Want You to Want Me
• Insomniac Folklore - This Light of Mine
• The Scarring Party - How Far Down Does This Hole Go
• Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
• Tom Waits - Table Top Joe
• Leonard Cohen - The Guests
• Marino - Devil in Disguise
• Nouvelle Vague - I Could Be Happy
• Aurelio Voltaire - The Industrial Revolution (And How It Ruined My Life)
• They Might Be Giants - Older
• Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq - I've No More ... To Give (feat. Damian Clark)
• Cab Calloway - Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
• Little Fats & Swingin' Hot Shot Party - Cake Walkin' Babies
• Kimya Dawson - My Mom
• Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins - Happy
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Nobody's Baby Now
• Bitter Pill - Alone
• Murder By Death - Dead Man's Party
• Courtney Barnett - Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party
• Marie Madeleine - The Nihilist Song
• The Smiths - Unhappy Birthday
• The Cure - Disintegration
• Alessia Cara - Here
• Wet Leg - Angelica
• Garfunkel and Oates - Happy Birthday to My Loose Acquaintance
• Nina Hagen - I Want to be Happy