Recent content by Trufflehound

Whatever, I stand by my own observations. A few (even a few million) coastal fishermen are not going to turn a traditionally Hindu vegetarian state like Tamil Nadu into 97.7% flesh eaters, as that map claims. (Or Muslim dominated northern areas into veggies come to that.) It simply does not...

Probably no worse than the lamburgers the Wimpys there used to sell...

Yes. 100% sure. Doesn't look like that article writer bothered researching in the south. Although it is true Gujarat has a strong vegetarian reputation. But Punjab is more tandoori based. I spent 5 months backpacking in India. Outside of the tourist restaurants I only saw meat on the menu once...

That map is completely arse upwards. Those figures must be "%age of people who are NOT vegetarian", not vice versa. In the southern states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala, almost everyone is vegetarian. And it's the northern states where there's a much higher proportion of Muslims to Hindus that...

Currently my favourite extant American band (they inherited the title when Mimi Parker's death signalled the end of Low)... And most excellent live

Don't have a picture, but I was always amused by Fulking Hill, by Devil's Dyke

Never seen a hoopoe in the flesh, but I can tell you that in Dutch it is called a hop. As a result it is oft seen on craft beer labels over here...

Not a gig per se, but does a music movie count? I flew from Europe to New York specifically to see the Ramones documentary End of the Century at the cinema. My old school friend with whom I went to see the band several times in the 70s was living in NYC, and he asked me to come over as no one...

"What knockers!" "Oh, thank you doctor." And thank you Teri. RIP

RIP Paul, but hardly a surprise. Saw Iron Maiden 5 times in 1980/81 with Di'Anno. His rough and ready leather and denim approach was a breath of fresh air compared to all that crap spandex going around most of the NWOBHM scene at the time. Thanks to him I can claim: a) to have appeared on an...

I was there 20 minutes before the doors opened, that's how I got to the front... And The Ship Song is also what Mrs T and I consider "our song". But she wasn't with me on this occasion, so maybe that's why they didn't play it... By chance of tour timing, at 41 years and counting the Bad Seeds...

Used to be good at finding hard-to-find shit on the early internet using rubbish search engines like Alta Vista. Then Google arrived and enabled everyone to find stuff easily, rendering my superpower obsolete, but I've never been arsed to change the name to something more relevant...

They play it as the first song of the encore

I was at the same venue on the Thursday night, down on the barrier slightly to the right of Warren from this angle, so I got to stare close up at the great man's knees a few times when he was up on the 'catwalk'. I love Dry Cleaning and thought they were 'good, not great' this time, as the hall...

If driving on Dutch motorways, keep in mind that the speed limit is a blanket 100 km/h every day between 6am and 7pm, no matter what your satnav might tell you.