Texas!Heavy Metal!!!

And I have a pet pig named Ozzy!

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MPFL Mini Pig Rescue

Where Hearts and Hooves Matter

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The Warning - Ritual (Official Video)

# The Warning

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Deeper Purple - Child in Time - Live!

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Smoking Snakes - "Trick or Treat" - Official Music Video

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Dogs Like Socks - Psychostick Puppet Video

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The Offspring - Gone Away | Live at BeachLife Festival 2026

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Amarax - Rescue (Official Music Video)

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Brilliant, lock it in the basement

Brilliant, lock it in the basement - Video

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Friday, May 29: Dio, "Here's to You"

R.I.P. Ronald James “Dio” Padavona (1942-2010)

Strange Highways was a dark, heavy and difficult album, which made “Here’s to You” with its hollering and cheering both feel like a welcome respite from the borderline oppressive heft and also a little awkward.  Presumably it was meant as another Dio anthem along the lines of “Stand Up and Shout” and “We Rock”, and there was something of a hook in Tracy G’s riffing as well as the pre-chorus.  But Ronnie’s growling had the same belligerence that made “Jesus, Mary & the Holy Ghost” and “Evilution” total monsters and this iteration of Dio was all about beatdowns, so “Here’s to You” felt a bit stuffy and claustrophobic even as the lyrics offered a rallying cry.  Ronnie was aiming for something very deliberate on Strange Highways and for the most part he achieved his goal of crafting a more modern metal record more rooted in the real world, but that created a weird dichotomy on “Here’s to You” that he couldn’t fully reconcile.

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Grace Figueroa performing with Sully Erna & Godsmack_5-27-26

This is the amazing Grace Figueroa, From North Texas..And Her Sister Jennifer

Plays a damn good Guitar.. They have a cover band called Little Queen..A highly follow on YouTube and Socials...

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Wednesday, May 27: Bruce Dickinson, "Soul Intruders"

Bruce Dickinson had built up so much goodwill from both his last two solo records as well as his enthusiastic return to Iron Maiden that the announcement of Tyranny of Souls generated far more excitement than anything he had ever done outside Maiden.  And tracks like “Soul Intruders” demonstrated that he and Roy Z. had a very clear grasp on their sound, as the guitarist’s riffing and production were heavy but also smooth while Dickinson went for a slightly different kind of theatrical grandeur in his bellowing.  These nuances did make Bruce’s solo output fully distinct from Maiden even if both were working off the same foundation, and in the case of “Soul Intruders” there was a lurching quality in the chorus that Steve Harris would never consider.  That the track was actually a bit lightweight didn’t feel like such a big deal since everyone was firmly in their zone, and the primary riff just slammed.