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	<title>INVENIAM VIAM AUT FACIAM &#187; Chicago</title>
	<link>http://christianpicciolini.com</link>
	<description>[by Christian Picciolini]</description>
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		<title>My next awesome adventure. THREADLESS!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you know by now, I have decided to take a giant leap in a new direction, moving on from my post as GM and Executive Producer of JBTV. After more than 2 years of creating the vision and leading the change at an already iconic TV show, it came time for my next challenge. I am very proud and extremely excited to finally announce that I have accepted the position of Community Partnerships Manager at THREADLESS. For those of you that are already familiar with Threadless, then you know what an amazingly innovative company they are. For those that might not know of the Chicago company, let me briefly fill you in.]]></description>
		<link>http://christianpicciolini.com/2012/04/11/my-next-awesome-adventure-threadless/</link>
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		<title>Adios, JBTV. Thanks for the memories&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an letter I had hoped to never write. It is with a heavy heart that I type these words, but here goes. I have carefully decided that it is time to step down as General Manager and Executive Producer of JBTV and embrace the next phase of my life. By no means did this decision come easy; in fact, it's one of the hardest I have ever made. Alas, I thought it important that you were the first to know.]]></description>
		<link>http://christianpicciolini.com/2012/04/05/adios-jbtv-thanks-for-the-memories/</link>
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		<title>Homer Resident Christian Picciolini Helps JBTV Back On Its Feet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christian Picciolini of Homer Glen shouts through a megaphone. Picciolini serves as Executive Producer and General Manager of Chicago's JBTV, a music program with 28 years of tradition. He recently inked a deal with NBC Universal to bring the show to 14 markets.]]></description>
		<link>http://christianpicciolini.com/2012/03/29/homer-resident-christian-picciolini-helps-jbtv-back-on-its-feet/</link>
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		<title>HOPE.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seer Outfitters and the Kyle Korver Foundation (KKF) bring hope to inner city children one city at a time. Submit your Hipstamatic images of what hope means to you for a chance to have your image printed as a special edition Seer Outfitters t-shirt! Join Hipstamatic in Chicago on January 29th, 2012 to launch their new HOPE contest with partners Seer Outfitters and Black Label Booking. We’ll be rocking out at the Double Door with music by Barcelona, The Canes, and March of Morn! Doors are at 6:30 to the public with all proceeds benefiting three local charities, including my own, Life After Hate.]]></description>
		<link>http://christianpicciolini.com/2012/01/24/hope/</link>
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		<title>Creating Chicago Music Success &#8211; From Incubation to &#8216;Poptown&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago has long been recognized as a city of music pioneering spirit ever since the city's African-American musicians transformed Delta Blues into Chicago Blues in the first half of the twentieth century. The city also thrived in the fifties and sixties when labels like Chess Records and Mercury Records were deeply rooted there. Since then, however, the reputation for Chicago being a musical vanguard has mostly  dwindled. While I'm not suggesting that Chicago musical artists don't have the chops to make it in a world of seemingly New York, Los Angeles, Nashville or Austin-centric music meccas, it certainly seems that Chicago-based artists don't enjoy that same sense of community or support that other well-known music cities share. And it's a shame.]]></description>
		<link>http://christianpicciolini.com/2011/05/08/creating-chicago-music-success-from-incubation-to-poptown/</link>
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		<title>An Open Letter to the Chicago Music Community&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chicago produces the best music and inhabits the best musical artists around. Period. If you don't agree or don't have the time to read this, I won't be offended if you stop here and hit delete or navigate away. However, I am transmitting this message because I think you are a pioneer, an influencer, or an active participant in making Chicago a haven for amazing and cutting-edge artists - and I want to reach you.

I just spent some time traveling back from SXSW 2011 and it gave me some time to think and reflect a little bit on what Chicago music has to offer. My company, JBTV, brought down over 40 Chicago bands to participate in our 3 day showcase in Austin, TX last week. This experience was life-changing. And, while I am in the music business and have been going to SXSW for years, I often don't get an opportunity to discover so much great music all at once. It was truly an eye-opening experience for me and immediately realized that our city has some of the best music the country has to offer. And that music is being made by really great people too.]]></description>
		<link>http://christianpicciolini.com/2011/03/21/an-open-letter-to-the-chicago-music-community/</link>
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