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Sound off: 'V/H/S/Mixtape' directors turn up the volume on terror

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By Preston Barta Verified
| Denton Record-Chronicle Verified
The found-footage horror anthology V/H/S has become one of the season’s favorite rituals. It shows up each year like a mysterious tape on the doorstep, unlabeled and slightly sticky. We have followed it from haunted houses to hell and back, and the franchise rarely ejects on its own weirdness. At the center of this sonic séance are three directors with very different instruments.
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Dallas R&B artist dove rd finds his voice on the heartbreaking ‘Fantasy’

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By Preston Barta Verified
| Dallas Observer Verified
dove rd, waiting on a sign from above. Or at least a text back. Most artists likely find their stage name on a whiteboard, in a group chat or after one too many late-night brainstorms. Jordy found his on a street sign. He was driving home late one night, down a road near his house, when the name hit him: Dove Road. A few days later, he opened his Bible to Matthew 3:16, the verse where the Spirit of God descends “like a dove,” and the coincidence started feeling more like intention.
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Jack White turns the Bomb Factory into a phone-free rock opera

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By Preston Barta Verified
| Dallas Observer Verified
There was no hardest button to button at the Bomb Factory on Wednesday night; Jack White pushed every one of them anyway. By the time the house lights dropped, the line for the venue had already wrapped around the building like a fuzz pedal cable on a crowded stage. Inside, the room was packed shoulder to shoulder. Not one of those shoulders held up a glowing rectangle. White’s tour runs on a strict no-phone policy. Once your ticket’s scanned, it goes into a locked Yondr pouch.
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