
      &lt;h2&gt;On Pittsburgh&#039;s music
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  | &lt;span class=&quot;byline&quot;&gt;Alex Price&lt;/span&gt;
  
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      &lt;p&gt;Pittsburgh doesn&rsquo;t have a music scene, or so I&rsquo;m told. Apparently Pittsburgh also doesn&rsquo;t have anywhere good to eat, anything good to see, or anything else worth your while. Therefore you should hurry up and finish school, leave Pittsburgh, and never come back. But is this really true?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the 2011 VIA Music and New Media Festival. Four days and over 40 hours of music later, I&rsquo;m starting to think that my peers might be wrong. As I left a relatively full dance floor at 4:30 a.m. after four hours of continuous, frenetic dancing and 40 hours of festival-attending, I couldn&rsquo;t stop smiling. My back, my legs, and every other part of my body were in pain, but it didn&rsquo;t matter. I was in a state of bliss.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I know techno isn&rsquo;t everyone&rsquo;s cup of tea, but VIA brought so much more than bleeps and bloops. I&rsquo;m not going to bother with a review of the individual acts and artists &mdash; go read the feature article, if that&rsquo;s what you&rsquo;re interested in. I...&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;a href=&quot;http://thetartan.org/2011/10/10/pillbox/paperhouse&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;.
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