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Michael Lee puts his late-night, homegrown blues education into a soulful debut (opens the original)
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As a teen in Bedford, Texas, Michael Lee would slip out his bedroom window, push his car down the driveway in neutral to not wake his parents, then drive 45 minutes east to Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas to catch live blues shows. That kid grew up, but the obsession never loosened its grip. On Oct. 30, that love arrives fully formed as the self-titled debut from Michael Lee & The Wartime Limousine, a Fort Worth soul and blues band that sounds like it wandered in from a warmer, richer decade and
Texas Ranger: ‘Legend of the White Dragon’ brings Jason David Frank's final role home (opens the original)
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Ask any kid who grew up in the ’90s to hum the six notes of “Go Go Power Rangers,” and they’ll be able to do it without much thought. For a generation, the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” were required viewing, and the Green Ranger (who later became the White Ranger), Tommy Oliver was the coolest teenager with attitude in the whole Command Center. The man behind the mask, Jason David Frank, became a franchise cornerstone. And here’s a plot twist rivaling the work of Rita Repulsa: he was practical
Six Flags’ Fright Fest returns, and this year it gets oddly horny (opens the original)
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Photo by Preston Barta for Dallas Observer We don’t cover Fright Fest every year. We said what we said last year, and we like to let the fog machine clear between visits. But Six Flags Over Texas had other plans. This year’s edition took a hard left turn into territory that made us do a double take: haunts so gross you’ll want a tetanus shot, a murder mystery musical that operates at a frequency Cinemax would recognize and a reptilian carnival that has absolutely no business pitching a tent (fig
Life is Hard, again: Jeffrey Liles returns to the same radio airwaves 40 years later (opens the original)
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It’s a little before 10 p.m. on a Wednesday, and Jeffrey Liles is perched in a studio high above Coit Road, watching headlights streak by in the dark below. Down there, somewhere, is a late-knight KNON listener who has no idea that the next two hours of their life are about to be quietly, deliberately curated by one of the most storied figures in Dallas music. That’s the romance of it. Nearly 40 years ago, in 1986, Liles started a radio show on KNON — then broadcasting at 90.9 FM, before the sta
Giant snakes and wicker DILFs: 10 fall movies to see before Thanksgiving (opens the original)
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The leaves haven’t quite turned yet in Texas, but pumpkin spice is here regardless. Fall enough, right? So, while summer sticks around like a bad houseguest, the Oscar campaigns are firing up and Hollywood is dumping its weirdest, most wonderful stuff into theaters before we cut into some turkey. Some of these films come loaded with pedigree. Others come loaded with a shirtless man made entirely of twine. We’re not here to judge. We’re here to help you spend your money wisely. Here are 10 movies
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