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The Batcave // Mise-en-scène

by Christian Byrd

10/27/2026

#mise-en-scene

The Batcave; 1982, London, UK; Photograph by Pierre Terrasson

Episode 13 (Fall 2026)
16:00 - 17:00 Sunday, October 25th, 2026
Hosts: Christian, Henry, & Jenna

“Look past the slow black rain of a chill night in Soho; Ignore the lures of a thousand neon fire-flies, fall deft to the sighs of street corner sirens — come walk with me between heaven and hell. Here there is a club lost in its own feverish limbo, where sin becomes salvation and only the dark angels tread. For here is a BATCAVE. This screaming legend of blasphemy, Lechery, and Blood persists in the face of adversity. For some the Batcave has become an icon, but for those that know it is an iconoclast, it is the avenging spirit of nightlife’s badlands — its shadow looms large over London’s demi-Monde: It is a challenge to the false Idol. It Will Endure.” – Inside Notes of The Batcave: Young Limbs And Numb Hymns (1983)

Playlist - Selected by Christian

"Dark Entries" (1980) by Bauhaus
"Halloween" (1981) by Siouxsie & The Banshees
"Beauty of Poison (Live)" (at the Batcave, released in 2008) at the Batcave, by Specimen
"Sebastiane (Live)" (at the Batcave, 1982) by Sex Gang Children
"Sexbeat (Live at Batcave 1983)" by SEXBEAT
"She's a Killer" (1983) by Alien Sex Fiend
"Black Heart" (1983) by Marc and The Mambas
"Last Year's Wife" (1984) by Zero Le Creche
After the end of the hour...
"Pariah" (1984) by Danielle Dax
"Your Role Is To Tease As You Roll In The Lens" (1985) by Ausgang

Sources / Further Learning

Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace: The Worldwide Compendium of Postpunk and Goth in the 1980s by Andi Harriman & Marloes Bontje

The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth by John Robb