Jesse Ventura (Navy Seal, Wrestler, and Minnesota Governor from 1999-2003) was on Larry King last Monday night giving commentary on the White House Correspondence Dinner, the disputed Minnesota Senate election, and other things. It appeared Ventura wanted to say his quip of poetry very badly, as he mentioned it three times during his interview.

On the night that Jesus Christ supposedly rose from the dead,
The Navy SEALS shot three pirates straight through the head.

(In reference to the Somalian pirates that held Captain Richard Phillips captive)

Youtube link here, starts at 1:50. Larry King Transcript here.

From the Huffington Post

***UPDATE 9:32AM EST***
Adm. William Gortney said Monday that it took only three shots for Navy snipers to kill the trio of pirates holding captain Richard Phillips hostage on a lifeboat drifting on the high seas.

Interviewed from Bahrain, Gortney said the takedown happened shortly after the hostage-takers were observed by sailors aboard the USS Bainbridge “with their heads and shoulders exposed.”

***UPDATE 6:36PM*** CNN is reporting that Navy sharpshooters were secretly parachuted onto the fantail of the USS Bainbridge and hid there, out of view of the pirates. When their commanders determined that Captain Phillips was “in imminent danger,” the snipers went into action. At the moment that two of the pirates came into view with one aiming an AK-47 at Phillips, the sharpshooters shot each of them in the head.

Art by Anthony Hudson

Colors of the Sun

by Jackson Browne

©1973 Asylum Records. NY.  
For Everyman (LP) – Side 1 – Track 3

Colors of the sun
Flashing on the water top
Echo on the land

Picking for a coin
Many other tiny worlds
Singing past my hand

Awake to understand you are not dreaming
It is not seaming just to be this way
Dying men draw numbers in the air
Dream to conquer little bits of time
Scuffle with the crowd to get their share
And fall behind their little bits of time

Voices in the air
Sympathetic harmony
Coming from the trees

Hanging at my door
Many shiny surfaces
Clinging in the breeze

Oh, leave me where I am I am not losing
If I am choosing not to plan my life
Disillusioned savior search the sky
Wanting to just to show someone the way
Asking all the people passing by
Doesn’t anybody want the way

I say goodbye to joseph and maria
They think I see another sky
And from my fallen window I still see them
I’ll never free them from the sky

Unfortunately there are no music videos for this song, and the song was not included in Jackson Browne’s Solo Acoustic tour or Greatest Hits Album.  However, I have found a suitable cover that gives a unique touch to the song.

Youtube source: Kefera

Last year Gears of War 2 was released for the XBOX 360.  The great marketing people at Microsoft Publishing Studios and Epic Games used an abridged version of Alan Seeger’s poem to describe the game.  The trailer known as Rendezvous with its eerie narration brings this 90 year old poem back to life in a new light.

Youtube:  ”Rendezvous Trailer”
The official trailer from Microsoft is also availible in 720p is availble here.

From Russell Simmons Presents Def Jam Poetry, Perre Shelton at 17 recites his poem “Dandelion” to television audiences.  You can read a bio about him here.  Bryan Newbury over on his blog gives a good critique of Dandelion and Perre Shelton.