Despite his innocent school boy looks, Black’s comedy is far from innocuous. With his sardonic-style of comedy, Black takes on subjects one would think a comedian should stay away from.
The start of his show is a little rough as Black takes almost no time warming up the audience; jumping straight into shouting ‘white power’ and explaining how it doesn’t sound as bad as long as you shout “Yaaaaay” afterwards.
And I’m not sure what was weirder, the fact he would start off a show with such a volatile topic or the fact that he actually pulled it off as being somewhat funny (don’t worry, the racist comments are actually deflected and shown for the absurd mentality that they are).
Moving on, Black proceeds to poke fun at the Black Crowes cliche ”rock moves” and a lack-luster night while performing in New Orleans, post Katrina (oh yes, he goes there).
By all means, this is not an album for the easily offended, conservative, uptight or residents of New Orleans… actually, his kids might want to not listen to it either as they are a topic of discussion as well. But if you are the type of person who can laugh at most of South Park, Family Guy and The War at Home (uurgghh) then it is worth a listen. It’s not the funniest album you will hear but there are some very funny parts.
Afterwards, you will probably have one of two reactions; either listen to the album again or ban Sierra Mist in protest.
On an interesting side note: Michael Ian Black linked this review to his blogsite (calling the post ‘mildly sh*tty and poorly written). Incidentally, I thought the part of the album where he talks about ‘googling himself’ was a joke. Go figure.
But it does go to show that proofreading is essential to good blogging and good reviews 
