Art, music, culture, books, coffee, BEER, wine, foxy people, yummy food, good times, Macs, wit, intelligence, radiance, YOU! Our regulars were like the "Cheers" of the indie art and music world. We had fun here and sometimes, we baked brownies.
Artists, musicians, writers, looky-loos, people who are interested in culture, and "Strangers With Candy," Oh! and, old sitcoms from the 1970s like "Good Times." We would like to meet Richard Pryor (God rest his soul) . ALL funny people for that matter. (Of course, we want to meet great, important, profound people like the Dalai Lama, and Mother Teresa ----that goes without saying, but wouldn't it be more fun to eat lunch with, say, Dorothy Parker?) How about: Basquiat? Raschenberg? OOH! JOHN CAGE! Brian Eno. Stimulatin' people.
Many talented local and national bands played at the first Bombshell Gallery location during its debut year including: Giddy-Up, Helicopter!; the Unrequited Loves; the Peabodies; Kevin K; Hugh T. Williams; Nessie; Zillionaire; the Lake Audition; Lorna Bracewell; Jeremy Gloff; Ricky Wilcox; Adrianne (from California); Richard Cortez (from Ft. Lauderdale); Cuban Sandwich Crisis; Crippled Masters; the Voyeurs; Ship Shape; the Armchair Romantics; Everything! Now! (from Indiana); Cat Cheshire; Curtis Ross; Mike O' Neill; Vera Violets; Rebekah Pulley & the Reluctant Prophets; Sparky's Nightmare; Ronny Elliott & the Nationals; Pirate Prude; Mouse Fire; Auto! Automatic!!; the Sugar Oaks (from Orlando); Candy Bars; Les Chimiques; Dead Horse Detective Agency; Incredible Crisis; the Satsukos; Trans-Mission; the Nines, Mants; Disco Nap; 1987MF?; Brigid (of Dead Horse Detective Agency); Infinite Skillz and Rich James; the Hero Dies; the Chase Theory; King Earth; Marlee (of Some Dancing Skeleton); Gleaming Amoebas; The Four Shames (from Orlando); hookeR; Kara Wilson; Some Dancing Skeleton; the Seahorse Orchestra; the Villanz; Breakdown & DJ Ranmecca; eFFex; Mark X; Jukebox Graduate; Edo McGrady; Geri X; Shawn Kyle (of the Beauvilles); aaronzarzutzki; Uh-Oh Spades!!; New Lands; Space Program; James McFarland; Have Gun, Will Travel; So (from Mobile, AL); John McNicholas (from Atlanta, GA); ; Gruppo 99; The Same; The No Loves; Bear Hug; Inertia!; Joran Slane (of Auditorium); Red Room Cinema; Drawing Maps (from Ft. Myers); Dream Window; Aficionado (from Albany, NY); Search the City (from Detroit, MI); Monument Monument (from Detroit, MI); Palomino; Anodyne Project; Awesome Cool Dudes (from Austin, TX); Skylab Hoax; John Crayon; Ken Spivey; Remedy Lane (from Ft. Myers); O! Pioneers (from Houston, TX); the Judy Garland Death Squad (from Mobile, AL); Anthony (of Steady State); The Viirus (from Gainesville); Johann Ess (from Gainesville); Worldwide Zoo; Zanesville; Boney Fiend; Deviated Youth; The Redliners; the Diviners; the Heathens (from Orlando); Dean J (of the Human Condition); Andros Rex; Carson (of Dry County); Brian Merrill and Ted Lukas (The Threads acoustic); Ricky Wilcox and the Moonsnakes; Crash Mitchell; Johnny Zoom Cheerlead Squad; Microwave Windows; Blast; Ironing (from Gainesvile); Hal McGee (from Gainesville); The Uh; Variety Workshop; Homehunters (various members of Home from New York, Baltimore, Tampa) Go Jenny! (from New York); Kids Fly Free; Errant Strike (from Baltimore); Monarch (from Baltimore); Tongues of the Heartworm; The Silent Jones
Our Bombshell Gallery Cinema Enthusiasts Group watched it all:"9 to 5," Alfred Hitchcock, old B movies, "The Corporation" and other documentaries, "Roman Holiday," "Ghost World," "My Life With Morrissey," "The Nomi Song," and lots of cool punk rock stuff. We met every Sunay night for flicks and free popcorn.
It was a large 55'' high definitition Mitsubishi.
We had a library filled with books about music, art, culture, politics, humor - everything from Andy Warhol to Fran Lebowitz to Clement Greenberg, Brian Eno and Zippy the Pinhead.
A lot of people are really nice. But who belongs on a postage stamp? Now, there's an interesting question. Mister Rogers. Richard Pryor. Ernie from Sesame Street. People who have made contributions. People you would name your children after...R2D2.