" . . . "Speaking of amazing -- Eventful would be near the top of the amazingly useful section if there was one..."

" . . . "Eventful launched a free iPhone app (iTunes link) that complements their existing Eventful Web service which has nearly 7 million registered users already and is growing fast..."

" . . . Current TV's description: "With all of the attention on this upcoming presidential election, it's hard to ignore one huge difference this time around--youth involvement. Here's a look at how young people have been such a big force in this election and how our generation has brought a new sense of excitement to the political process. . . "

" . . . Again -- possibly in light of the coming election -- musicians are putting the power into fans' hands, and following Super Furry Animals' announcement yesterday, who better to reinstate democracy to the people than the Presidents of the United States of America? The band, preparing to unveil their fifth album, These are the Good Times People, due March 11, will -- in addition to their already slated tour -- hit any five cities the world across at the demand of the fans. Want the Presidents to come to your town? Head to eventful.com and demand they do!.. . . "

" . . . Obama is also remarkably popular on apolitical Internet terrain. He regularly ranks atop Eventful, an entertainment site that helps fans join forces to request local concerts by their favorite bands. He netted appearance requests from eighty towns in Iowa and has held his own against rock stars across the country, currently ranking third behind the rap group Wu-Tang Clan... . . "

" . . . The Web 2.0 event site Eventful, which allows voters to "demand" or request that a candidate visit their hometown, noted that Obama and Huckabee (the winning candidates) had the most demands from Iowa residents among the presidential hopefuls. Each had requests to speak in more than 60 Iowa cities, more than any other candidates, Eventful noted.. . . "

" . . . At least one website ended up being a pretty accurate measure of the outcome in Iowa. Just a day before the caucuses, Eventful.com, which allows users to demand that their favorite musicians, candidates, and celebrities come to their hometown, announced that Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee had topped the list of candidates most demanded in Iowa. Obama got 1,436 new demands, bringing his total to more than 47,000 and pushing him far ahead of fellow frontrunners Hillary Clinton and John Edwards.... . . "

" . . . It’s too early to tell what effect online organizing and activism had on the night, but a look at Eventful demands provides one clue. We wrote yesterday that Obama has been at the top of the their Hottest Demands page, edging out the Wu-Tang Clan. But Eventful’s Alex Hunsucker also noticed that Obama and Huckabee were the most demanded candidates in Iowan cites. Could Eventful — which is already a hugely popular way to demand musicians’ appearances, and which, like Meetup, has an offline component that MySpace and Facebook lack — be turning into an accurate gauge of voter enthusiasm and turnout? . . . "

" . . . If you check out Eventful’s Hottest Demands Worldwide page you’ll find none other than Barack Obama at the top of the page (just above the Wu-Tang Clan!). He isn’t alone among candidates; Dennis Kucinich is ninth on the page (just above a band called The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus), Mike Huckabee is 14th, and John McCain and Hillary Clinton are much further down. What does it all mean? It could have some connection to today’s caucuses, though the top spots demanding the candidates are places like Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, and College Station, TX. Of course, Iowans don’t have to demand candidates since they’ve been there nonstop for the last year.. . . "

" . . . Indie bands unaware they had a rabid fan base in Lithuania -- and other young acts appreensive about turnout when they hit the road -- will appreciate Eventful . .. "user generated touring" site that lets fans requests performances and organize gigs fo their favorite acts . . . "

" . . . Performers and politicians can use the service to get highly targeted maps of where there's the most demand as well as use age demo and geographic data to serve up highly targeted messages to fans . . . "

" . . . But for the past year he's been playing all around the country, thanks in part to Eventful, a website that allows fans to follow an artist's live shows and even demand one in their city. When in Seattle recently, for instance, he posted a note on his blog that he had an empty slot on his calendar.
 
"I said on my blog, if you guys can find a venue that's got a free night on Saturday, I will happily play a show," he recounted. "Within 24 hours, people had e-mailed me a couple spots they'd found. I called one of them, and I booked this little black-box theater and did a show. And 75 people showed up. I'd never played in Seattle before." . . . "

" . . . "What sets Eventful apart is its ability to predict or showcase a demand in advance," says Andrew Rasiej, who has advised candidates including Hillary Clinton and Howard Dean on using technology in their campaigns, and is founder of the website techPresident, which tracks how presidential candidates use the Internet. When a group of people create a demand, he explains, it is a visible sign of interest in a potential event. This information can then be used to coordinate actual events. Compared with social-networking sites such as Facebook, Eventful "is probably more tied to the holy grail of online politics, which is converting online enthusiasm into offline action," Rasiej notes. He points out that people who make a demand are not merely putting a tag on a profile page: they're promising to show up at an event when it happens.. . . "

" . . . As unlikely as it seems, this event in the heart of rural America was the result of online grass-roots organizing -- on the part of Edwards and his supporters -- on Eventful (http://www.eventful.com), where users can demand that musicians, comedians and, in recent months, presidential candidates visit their home towns. . . .  
Added Edwards in an interview Thursday: "This is the beauty of the Net. It's bringing new people in, allowing folks who feel like they don't have a voice to speak up in whatever way they want." . . . "

" . . . Known for his socially conscious lyrics and positive messages, hip-hop recording artist Talib Kweli caught the attention and admiration of Amir Ali and Mena Arsalai, co-founders of Students for Peace and Justice at UC Davis.  
  When the duo heard that Eventful.com was holding a national contest that would award a free concert from Talib Kweli to the five universities with the highest demand, they decided it was a cause worth fighting for. . . . "