Press

7/1/08 - Nice mention on a literary publicist's blog.

7/1/08 - Blurb in Paste Magazine

6/28/08 - Fun interview with Gawker .

6/23/08 - From Galleycat:

'Why does David Sedaris hate America?'

Michael Ian Black, author of My Custom Van: And 50 other mind-Blowing Essays that will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face is endorsed by Amy Sedaris ("Enjoy the ride of your lifetime") but is gunning for her brother David. Since Black realized that his book is currently higher ranked on Amazon.com than David Sedaris's 1994 book Barrel Fever, Black's begun a "desperate bid to dismantle that mo-fo David Sedaris's lock on all things 'best-selling,'" Most importantly he wonders "Why does David Sedaris hate America?" (Sedaris lives in France)

In Black's laugh-out-loud collection of short comic essays from Simon Spotlight Entertainment (which includes an introduction from Abraham Lincoln) he throws down the gauntlet with the essay 'Hey David Sedaris - Why Don't You Just Go Ahead and Suck It?' He now continues the fued online with several Sedaris blogs at the moment including
Some Ways to Casually Put Down David Sedaris at Your Next Social Event Without Looking Like a Total Jerk which includes this gem:

Say, for example, you are at league bowling night and your buddy finds himself facing an easy pick-up for a spare. Just before he bowls say something like, "Don't miss, Bob, or you might hear David Sedaris telling a long and humorous story about what a boob you are on 'This American Life.'"

I wonder if Black noticed that customers on Amazon that bought My Custom Van also bought Sedaris' When You Are Engulfed in Flames but not the other way around?

6/11/08 - Esquire had this little blurb in their "Hall of Cultural Significance:

"SURPRISINGLY AGILE WRITER

Michael Ian Black, in his new book, My Custom Van: And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays that Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face. Yeah, the title's a rocky start, but VH1's resident talking head redeems himself with the essay "What I Would Be Thinking If I Were Billy Joel Driving to a Holiday Party Where I Knew There Was Going to Be a Piano."

I don't know why they had to throw in a dig at the title, which is purposefully awkward, not rocky, but I'm not going to look the proverbial gift horse in the proverbial mouth. And I'm going to stop saying "proverbial."

5/3/08 - Wow. New article about my high school band in Jersey Beat magazine.

4/20/08 - Somewhat serious interview for Pop Rock Candy Mountain.

4/9/08 - Another good review for "Run Fatboy Run," this one from the Times Herald .

3/26/08 - Stumbled across this post which I thought was right on the money about a lot of things. I'm barely mentioned, which is a fucking sham, but otherwise the post was very good.

3/26/08 - I had to post this review because it's so very confusing. You have to read the whole thing to understand why.

3/25/08 - Washington Post interview about "Run Fatboy Run."

2/6/08 - Fun write-up  of Barack Obama event Stella hosted.

1/30/08 - Moderately entertaining interview on Dcist.

1/29/08 - A good interview with Bright Young Things.

1/25/08 - Live chat with Michael Showalter and the Washington Post.  Here's the transcript.

1/24/08 - In which I discuss back masking with Harp magazine.

1/23/08 - Little story I told on Paperthinwalls.com

1/18/08 - Pleasant review of our Dallas show here.

1/17/08 - Little article in The Dallas Morning News

1/16/08 - Q&A on a cute blog.

1/2/08 - Guest hosting "Fair Game" again. Click here to listen.

12/13/07 - A little shout out in The Baltimore Sun

12/13/07 - The good news: I made a Top Ten list. The bad news: Showalter ranked higher.

12/11/07 - Piece in The Washington Post

12/3/07 - My favorite headline ever, and it's in New York Magazine

11/30/07 - Very nice review of our show in The Bostonist

11/27/07 - Short interview in The Boston Herald

11/14/07 - Short article in the Minneapolis City Pages.

11/14/07 - Pretty straightforward article on deadfrog.com  where I talk about my "learning curve." If you think that's a euphemism for something else, it isn't.

11/11/07 - A long radio interview I did for The Bob Edwards Show. Unfortunately, he just kind of prompted me to do material, which I didn't really want to do. Even so, for people unfamiliar with me, it's probably a decent introduction to my style.

12/04 - Just found this old article from Blender. I stayed with the author and her husband in LA the last time I was out there. He has a pogo stick company, and they have a drum set in their guest room.

11/7/07 - Guest hosted "Fair Game" again - interviews with writer Josh Foer, Robert Scott, and my buddy Michael Showalter. To listen, click here.

11/6/07 - Guest hosted PRI's "Fair Game." Interviews with Iran expert Barbara Slavin, actor Michael Pena, and the music of adorable singer/songwriter Jesy Fortino AKA Tiny Vipers. To listen, click here.

11/4/07 - Finally - I'm involved in a murder investigation! You can read my post about it here.

10/31/07 - Negative review of my album here. At least he's kind about disliking me; some people are mean when they don't like you. The nice ones hurt a little more.

10/29/07 - I don't know what this means, but I guess it's nice.

10/25/07 - Interview with Palm Beach Post

10/24 - Horrible review of "Run, FatBoy, Run," which does not mention me by name, but which I wrote (the movie, not the review.)

10/19/07 - Quoted in New York Magazine

10/18/07 - A Q&A with Starpulse

10/17/07 - Mildly shitty (and poorly written) album review at Rock-n-Roll Librarian

10/17/07 - Nice but kind of inaccurate college newspaper article at Pace Press

10/15/07 - Huge article about the State at Filter Magazine.

10/12/07 - Podcast of San Francisco radio show I did at The Woody Show

10/12/07 - Mixed review of our Denver show at The Denver Post. Showalter's set is called "slightly drunken," which I found funny.

10/12/07 - Interview where college student gets mad at me for not opening up to him at The Daily Trojan. When I open up, it's going to be either to Barbara Walters or Bill O'Reilly. One of the two.

10/10/07 - Interview with DJ/blogger at  Heavy in the Streets

10/09/07 - Interview and very good album review at LAist

10/09/07 - Adam Carolla calling me gay on The Adam Carolla Show

10/08/07 - Interview with Denver paper Westword in which I am called a "superhero."

10/04/07 - Relatively sincere interview with The Denver Post

10/02/07 - Me and the Daily News just kind of chatting. I feel like his transcription wasn't the best, since he obviously dropped words here and there, but if you want to eavesdrop on a chat between me and New York's hometown newspaper, click here.

9/25/07 - On the "Bob and Shari" radio show. Listen here.

9/17/07 - Positive review of my album at Monsters and Critic