The Panic Manual

New Exc!tement Every year the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival opens its arms to our friends to the south and invites some kids from the New York sketch scene up to Toronto. The contingent of New York sketch troups has always had a solid presence at the festival...

Toronto – I think Embrace’s debut album “The Good Will Out” was one of the best album to come out during the Britpop years and it mystifies me how this album/band isn’t really mentioned with classic fondness when people are reminiscing about that era. Anyways,...

Lusty Mannequins (l to r) Ashley Comeau and Connor. Photo by Skye Regan It’s no secret that dudes learn to play the guitar in order to join a band, get famous and then eventually have sex with lots of girls. It works, so why wouldn’t comedy be any different? C...

Deadpan Powerpoint: (l to r) Ted Sutton and Mike Kiss Here is all you need to know about Deadpan Powerpoint, they are funny and they are a hot ticket...

Toronto – Man, Simian Mobile Disco was awesome live. It’s amazing to see what two men, a bunch of knobs, some wires and some thing-a-mi-jigs can produce. On Friday night, Simian Mobile Disco were in town to promote their second album Temporary Pleasure. Ja...

Toronto – Last night the Queen of Soul herself paid a visit to Toronto in order to shower us with her award-winning voice and musical legacy. She was accompanied by a 21-piece band that was equally capable of providing some sweet soul music, as well as more than handful of slow ballads. ...

Toronto – Nobody sells frozen apple concentrate juice anymore. You see, I am going to a potluck tonight for my friends birthday and I am making pulled pork from this ridiculously awesome recipe and I simply could not find any frozen apple concentrate anywhere. ...

Toronto – I’m already a fan of this VV Brown woman, as indicated by my review of her album. Recently she has posted some good acoustic covers of popular songs including Beyonce’s Crazy in Love, Kid Cudi’s Day n Nite and Drake’s Best I Ever Had. Good stu...

Hot Thespian Action, in no particular order, Shannon Guile, Jacqueline Loewen, Garth Merkeley, Ryan Miller and Jane Testar Raise your hand if you love Winnipeg. Well some kids from The Peg are coming to Toronto next week for the sketch fest to try to make us laugh...

Toronto – I’m not usually one to go to plays or musicals, usually that type of stuff is reserved for our resident theatre critic (and lover of the Sunparlour Players) Brian, however, he is off narrating court proceedings in the Hague, so it was time for me to big it up and step in. Th...

Approximately 3 Peters: Ian MacIntyre, Pete Hill and Peter Gal. Photo by Marcel St. Pierre Sketch troupes pop up all over the place. What typically sets the good ones apart from the great ones is time. It takes time to find your voice, develop your characters, and to build a following...

You have got to be kidding me. The line between total bull shit and just plain old every day shit has just been blurred. Ludacris – One More Drink (feat. T-Pain) [HIGH QUALITY]Uploaded by BlackAndree. – Explore more music videos. ...

Toronto – Courtesy of our friends at Musebox, we have two tickets to an excellent show on Friday November 20. The lineup is presented by Steam Whistle Brewing and features BC’s You Say Party! We Say Die!, Montreal’s Think about Life, Toronto’s Little Girls and the DJ Vaneska. Basica...

Next week marks the beginning of the 5th annual Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival which is happening from November 10th to 15th. What is the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival you ask? Well sketch comedy is like Saturday Night Live but performed live in front of you...