Three Journalists, On The Record

Posted Feb 4, 2006 by Alex Vila

Updated Feb 4, 2006 at 05:36 PM

I had a great time at the Bombshell Gallery last night.  Gina Vivenetto, the former music critic for The St. Petersburg Times, owns the gallery, and Scott Harrell, the music critic for The Weekly Planet, played a set with his band Nessie.  I was there representing The Tampa Tribune, of course.  Between the three of us, we had all three major print media outlets in the area covered.

The Bombshell Gallery is a neat little place with all kinds of artwork, DVDs and books for sale.  The place must have had dozens of Andy Warhol-era books, complete with stories about my all-time favorite band, The Velvet Underground.  I saw one book that I had to have, a photo album tribute to the group famous for having Warhol’s seal of approval, but when I picked it up to buy it, I saw NFS (not for sale) scribbled across a sticker on the cover.

After Scott’s set, my boyfriend and I headed to Café Alma.  I hadn’t been there for about a year and a half.  I used to like going there mostly because the music was always good, but last night, I thought it was pretty bad.  After a drink, we headed off to try to find The Vitale Gallery, but when we couldn’t find it, we headed home.