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by jaymon 6043 days ago
Of course not everyone is going to want to broadcast every move they are going to make, but that isn't half of what Plancast can offer you.

For example, a couple weeks ago I learned that Marcy Playground had released a new CD and was touring. I was bumbed I missed their show simply because I didn't know about it.

Now, if Marcy Playground was on Plancast I could've just subscribed to their upcoming feed and easily have seen where they were going to be and when they were going to be there.

Now, how awesome would it be if all your favorite bands were on Plancast? You could create a feed of just bands you liked and have their tour schedules come to you.

But let's not stop at bands, what about your favorite clubs or restaurants? You could create a custom upcoming feed of only the places you want to go.

Give Plancast a chance and you might just grow to love it.

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I use last.fm to "scrobble" all of the music I listen to. It knows what artists I like, any similar artists to those, and most tour dates. There is even an "events" page that lists all of these shows, filterable by geo and artists that I might actually like. This has solved all of my "didn't know they were on tour" problems.
Touche.
I think I would feel like a puppet who's strings are being jerked in 20 directions by all my different "feeds".

But that's probably just me. I have never seen the allure of the "social" internet that puts ever facet of your life on line. It seems to be to be the height of arrogance to think that anyone really cares about where you are going to dinner on Thursday night.