Favourite Bands: Sigur Ros, Wes Montgomery, Vince Guaraldi, Stan Getz, Sam Cooke

Memorable Shows:
1995 – James Brown at Radio City Music Hall, NYC
2007 – Arcade Fire at Massey Hall
2007 – Branford Marsalis at the Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY
2008 – Feist at the Hummingbird
2010 – Rodrigo Y Gabriela at the Phoenix

Favourite Drink:
- Rusty Nail
- Dirty vodka martini with a splash of Johnny Walker black

First Album I bought was:
- U2′s Zooropa

Ask me about… Our frequent flyer program? Or jazz, you can always ask me about jazz or world music.

Mark likes to write for the Panic Manual whenever inspiration and creativity strike, which is rarely. But when it does, he employs a crack team of copy editors, wordsmiths, and avant-guarde culturual critiques to carefully craft his message. This method has worked so well that Mark has essentially become a third wheel in his own creative process. The original version of this bio began as “Mark likes to write”, before he was distracted by flashing lights and shiny things.

Hailing from the eastern shores of Ontario, Mark moved to Toronto in the late 90′s and quickly became addicted to the flashing lights of the city. An avid jazz fan, you can find him checking out live music in and around Toronto, with the occasional indie show thrown in for good measure. Mark likes to use ten words to describe what can be said in three.