Christopher McMichael

Christopher McMichael is a writer, journalist and filmmaker. He has a PhD in Politics from Rhodes University and is fascinated by the relationship between social conflict, technology, power, paranoia and art. His work has appeared in The Mail and Guardian, The Daily Maverick and New Frame among others.

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Christopher McMichael / art&culture

Exterminator Music – William Burroughs and Pop

William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll by Casey Rae, University of Texas Press 2019 The American novelist, William Burroughs w...

Christopher McMichael / Wokeness

Cancelling the apocalypse?: The era of environmental breakdown and climate strikes

As I write this, huge tracts of the Amazon are on fire, blanketing surrounding cities in a sickly, nuclear winter- like pall of smoke. Meanw...

Christopher McMichael / Thought

Bouncers, bullets and pills: the criminal underbelly of South African nightlife

The Mafia is not an outsider in this world; it is perfectly at home. Indeed, in the integrated spectacle it stands as the model of all advan...

Christopher McMichael / Features

Data mines 3.0

The first We are Data Mines looked at the human relationship with the body, while the second looked at our changing relationship wit...

Christopher McMichael / Thought

The Rise of the Con Stars: Why Grifters are So Hot Right Now

Last year, the SABC released the documentary ‘To Catch A Con Star’ about local scam artist Tracy Morrison. For several decades, Morrison had...

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Christopher McMichael / music

Filip Johnson- Glam Pop Skies

If you imagine international pop music as a landscape, you may well envision an idealised California - sunny skies, palm trees swaying in th...

Christopher McMichael / Thought

The Monster is Us

The enduring popularity of horror fiction is because the world is an utterly terrifying place. We live on a planet rushing towards an apocal...

Christopher McMichael / Features

Riky Rick unleashes Cotton Fest

SA rapper Riky Rick is one of the hottest artists in the local game right now. In his music, the KwaMashu born MC has the ability to effortl...

Christopher McMichael / music

Eyedress Hates The Police

Eyedress, the recording moniker of Filipino musician Idris Vicuña, is making whacked out music perfect for a disturbing world. His albums Ma...

Christopher McMichael / art&culture

Applied Ballardianism: Memoirs from a Parallel Universe by Simon Sellars

In 2009, a news item in the Hollywood Reporter announced that a film adaptation of the late British writer’s J.G. Ballard’s Running Wild, st...

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Christopher McMichael / music

Deadly Bites Sink Their Teeth In

When I hear the name Deadly Bites, I imagine a lurid, D-grade exploitation movie from the 1970s or 1980s. It could be an Italian Zombie film...

Christopher McMichael / Thought

“Die Lit” – SoundCloud Rap and Boring Nihilism

Man, every year, everybody's like: "Yeah, these kids out here, they're a new breed. I ain't never seen nothing like this before. This the en...