Below, a small taste of selected articles/interviews/reviews from past Capital Issues:

Capital City Report: TOKYO by Brendan Joel Reid

Excerpt: Tokyo is reminiscent of a Fisher Price í‚ © set I had when I was eight years old. The vehicles are of like-design, brightly coloured and made of meticulously crafted plastic. They fit in your hand; the cars and buildings and people fit together nice ní’ tightly in your mind. The uniforms of policeman and firemen and station attendants are neatly pressed and packaged; the roads intertwine in a spectacle of unbroken, jet-black, shiny asphalt that reminds you of a road you once built stretching from a doorway to a stairwell. Ití’s perfection. Just the way you thought it would be, should be. All the pieces are there for you to play with. And the label on the side of the box reads: NO APHORISMS PERTAINING TO ROME REQUIRED. Click on the link below for more on Tokyo.

DJ Spooky delves into surrealism, art and DJing

Excerpt: There is a strange analogy at work between academics and DJs in their use of spliced references: (ab) using context and situation or trigger memories conscious or unconscious. A DJ pulls records out of a bag, an academic pulls quotes out of a text: and Spooky, he is doing both, often in the same medium. Read the interview with Capitalmag, click on the link below.

Sarajevo Gong Show by David Yeager

Excerpt: Today, seven years after the conflictí’s end, Bosniaí’s economy has yet to recover, and war damage remains a prominent feature of Sarajevoí’s urban landscape. Life moves forward, but, even to a newcomer, it seems like nearly everything has changed in one way or another. But once a week in Caffe Gong í¢â‚¬“ a cozy rock club situated along a tiny street near Sarajevoí’s Art Academy, just off the Miljacka River, past meets present as pre-war Yugo-rock fills the ears and hearts of the post-war generation. Click on the link below to read more.

Vs.

Excerpt: New School vs. Old School - You mean new school isní’t old school, I mean middle schoolí¢â‚¬ ¦But I thought the sneaks I bought were Vintage 2004 Pradas with that retro meets future styleí¢â‚¬ ¦damn, where did that 700 dollars goí¢â‚¬ ¦Oh right, those perfectly fitting, twenty year old bell bottomsí¢â‚¬ ¦My afro needs pickiní’í¢â‚¬ ¦ shizamm. To read more about Old Stuff vs. New Stuff, you know where to click.