I wrote a Music Week Brief titled "Ultimate Showcase at Skipper's" to advance tbt*'s The Ultimate Local Music Showcase, which took place Saturday, May 10 at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa. The only info posted at the Skipper's Smokehouse's website 10 days ago, when I was on deadline, linked to tbt*, where I found this (see pic). Skipper's would later note:
MAY 10 SATURDAY
Ultimate Music Showcase
Presented by Wide Eye Caffeinated Spirits
Sponsored by tbt* Tampa Bay Times
6 Local Bands from tbt* local music guide.
Blind Buddy Moody 6-6:45 p.m.
November Foxtrot Whiskey 7-7:45 p.m.
Rebekah Pulley & The Reluctant Prophets 8-8:45 p.m.
Win Win Winter 9-9:45 p.m.
Aych 10-10:45 p.m.
Bird Street Players 11-11:45 p.m.
SHOW 5PM-12AM $5 ADV $10 DOOR Buy Tickets
tbt* never changed the page on its website, which promises readers appearances by Red Room Cinema, Zillionaire, Psuedo Heroes and Tres Bien. Here's the link. In a comment posted May 9 on my piece advancing the May 10 show, New Granada notes:
NOTE/CORRECTION: Tres Bien, Zillionaire, Red Room Cinema and Pseudo Heroes are NOT scheduled to perform at Skipper's tomorrow night.
Personal scheduling conflicts kept all of these bands from the roster, so basically none of them were on the bill from the beginning.
Sorry for the confusion, and on that note, you should still go check out/support the show (especially our friends Win Win Winter).
If "basically none of [the bands] were on the bill from the beginning" why didn't tbt* make it more clear online that not all 10 bands would be performing? Probably an oversight. These things happen, I know, but it's likely I wasn't the only person who felt misled.
This article appears in May 7-13, 2008.