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MUSIC: Athens, Georgia’s Of Montreal may not hail from the city of their namesake, but they still make sweet, sweet sounds. They are currently touring their new release Skeletal Lamping! with New York’s intriguing Gang Gang Dance opening the show. Get tickets in advance (through Ticketmaster)—they will not be available at the venue. Queen Elizabeth Theatre (CNE Grounds), 7 p.m., $25.00

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist.

A couple of weeks ago, The Daily Show upgraded their website, adding a free and fully-searchable video database of the past eight years of programs from the Jon Stewart era. For fans of the show, it was heaven. Imagine being able to instantly watch one of those old “Even Stevphen” segments with Carell and Colbert, before their bloated comic egos whisked them away to greener pastures and/or the studio down the block. Or how about something from the Indecision 2000 campaign trail, which as you might recall ended up going into overtime (“Electile Dysfunction”)? It almost sounded too good to be true…and it was, at least for Canada.

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The headline doesn't lie, folks. The self-professed "angriest man in America" and The Daily Show regular Lewis Black will be wagging his infamous finger in Toronto as a part of the first annual Just For Laughs Toronto Festival.

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