Someone has turned off his irony-sensor:

Pastor Joel Schimmel, author of They Sold Their Souls For Rock And Roll, formerly titled Rock & Roll Sorcerers of the New Age Revolution, has produced an 8 minute video you may be interested in watching.

The thesis is — you guessed it — U2 have sold their souls and become Satan’s minions.

You should be able to view it directly here or if you’d like to see some other work of Pastor Joel, you can go to

http://www.goodfight.org to find the U2 video.

In all seriousness, viewing this piece kind of makes me wonder why there hasn’t been more anti-U2 backlash from those who like their religion a little more black-and-white.

In the March 2006 issue of Cargo magazine actor Jeremy Piven gives up a little man love to U2.

Cargo: “As a self described “drum-slut,” hitting the skins is probably also relaxing. Would you run if Bono needed you?”

Piven: “If Bono called, I would drop everything. It’s done. I know every one of U2’s songs, and Larry Mullen, Jr., their drummer, is one of my heroes. I would absolutely hit the road with them. I’d haul speakers. But If I had to retire from acting, I can’t even imagine what I’d do with myself. It would freak me out to the core. So, to walk away and play kit behind U2, by all means, but I’d have to get back on stage as an actor at some point.”

Piven plays, Hollywood agent, Ari Gold on the HBO hit series Entourage. U2 appeared in the episode I Love You Too, during season 2, where the cast attended a U2 concert in LA.

For all of the u2.com subscribers, good news! Willie Williams has resumed his diary entries on u2.com. The latest one is dated February 8. They started back up around the start of the year as he gears up to join the band on the 4th leg of the tour, but somehow I managed to finally stumble upon them today.

In his Feb. 6 Diary entry, he mentions, “From there we headed to Universal City to see a demo of some 3D IMAX test footage of U2 which was shot on the last leg of the tour.” Well, that certainly sounds interesting! However, is it that far of a stretch to imagine Bono that big and in 3D? Imagine seeing the Gibson Explorer that big, tho!

Welcome back, Willie! We sure did miss you.

A lot of news will be circulating today regarding U2’s big night at the Grammy’s. CNN.com has a short interview with all 4 members as they kick back some pizza and popcorn after the show last night.

The quote that stands out to me is when Bono is describing How to Dismantle… and saying there are songs like A Man and a Woman and Miracle Drug that hopefully people will be in a truck stop and will stop and discover the songs. Forgive me here - but my mind can’t quite wrap itself around the notion of being in a truck stop and pondering the song A Man and a Woman. (Answer Guy will back me up on this).

You can view the interview here. (For all you Larry fans…yes, he does talk about being down on his knees. And, no, I haven’t been able to figure out why he’s recycling Bono’s Elevation Tour look with the red star on his shirt.)

For the rest of the news reports, good luck keeping up with them! Google News has hundreds of related stories cataloged already! (Hope U2’s publicity team have their trainers on to keep up with it all)

That was the question Ryan Seacrest asked during E!’s pre-Grammy show last night. Mary responded with a question as to if he *really* wanted to hear the long story. Ryan said, well, I’d like an answer (or words to that effect).

Mary then explained that it all started back when Bono was honored by MusiCares in 2002. She performed the song during the tribute, bringing down the house - Bono loved it, Jimmy Iovine loved it, and enough people loved her performance of it that the idea was hatched for it to be released in some way. That’s the short story behind it.

Fans in Mexico are starting to get excited…and the local newspaper, el Norte, has put together a really cool presentation to get people prepared for the concert. Check it out here:
(Note: it’s in Spanish, and you will need to register with the newspaper to see it.)