Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

If you ever wondered if anyone’s ever tried to ply Anne Murray with coke, Supermensch might be the film for you. Snowbird, indeed. Mike Myers’ directorial debut aired on A&E, and tells the tale of Shep Gordon, a music manager mensch with an uber appetite for drugs and debauchery who helped blaze a trail for rocker AliceContinue reading “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon”

Anvil: The Story of Anvil

“We haven’t got good management”. They “toured the world and elsewhere” to quote the legendary David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap, but these sad-sack rocker pioneers Anvil don’t have much to show for it. While they and contemporaries AC/DC, Ozzy and Van Halen once blew out eardrums at the Monsters of Rock, the rest remainContinue reading “Anvil: The Story of Anvil”