Archive for the 'Music' Category

We’ll return to the heavy articles on Monday.  Until then, enjoy a very sophisticated rock tune by the Doobie Brothers entitled Clear as the Driven Snow.  There is an older (and better) version on video, but it was pulled from Youtube.

Made famous by other tunes such as “China Grove,” this goes to show what a diverse and talented group the Doobies were.  You won’t find tunes like this on many web sites.  We bring you the best, and as always, something very interesting.  The Captain’s Journal likes to supply you with nuggets of gold in a wasteland of prose and video across the globe.

The Captain’s Journal would like to welcome all of our new Pakistani readers, from (according to Google Analytics) cities such as Faisalabad, Lahore, Ralwapindi, Islamabad, Karachi, and even Peshawar and Quetta. We are truly glad to have you visiting, even if we don’t see eye to eye on the solution to the problems of FATA and NWFP, al Qaeda, Mullah Omar, and Baitullah Mehsud and the evil empire of the Tehrik-i-Taliban.

Since we are crossing cultural barriers, it might be nice to introduce something of American culture – while also wisely combining it with the Friday night music feature we provide to unwind a bit from the week. Or perhaps you are associated with the Tehrik-i-Taliban, in which case you shouldn’t listen to this music lest your brethren cut off your ears and punish you with lashes (we’ve noted how you have burned CDs and threatened store owners). In either case, you’ve been warned.

One nursery rhyme little children learn is Mary Had a Little Lamb. It’s a curious assortment of words and ideas about a little lamb following children to school and making their day rather enjoyable. Or … we can let Stevie Ray Vaughan tell us the story himself.

We posted More Friday Night Music where we linked the greatest rock / blues guitarist ever – Stevie Ray Vauhgn.  In response, our good friends at the Small Wars Journal posted Battle of the Bands.  In response, we give you more of the greatest rock / blues guitarist God ever created.  Take note of the solo from 1:50 on.

Enjoy and have a good weekend.

Perhaps we’ve been a little too hard core with the military posts.  We’ll get back to war on Monday. Enjoy the weekend with the greatest rock / blues guitarist ever.  Our hard core readers will understand.  You demand red meat, here it is.