Stephen Elliott, a writer who I don’t believe will ever appear on the Bat Segundo Show, has been ably interviewed over at Pinky’s Paperhaus. One interesting revelation from the interview: Paul Auster Billy Corgan* doesn’t believe in voting.

* — That’s what I get for paying continuous partial attention. Apologies to Mr. Auster for the error.

Stuff: “The Te Uku-bred Barnevelder chick – hatched at Marlene Dickey’s property at the start of last month – has died. But it wasn’t the extra legs that led to its death, more likely an extra anus, Mrs Dickey believes.”

Sun: “David Hasselhoff is so protective over his teenage daughter, he has threatened to chop her boyfriend’s penis off if he hurts her….’To him I said: “If you hurt my daughter in any way, I will take you outside and I will cut your thing off. I have no problem spending the rest of my life in prison.”‘”

BBC: “There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study. Stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of sea fisheries, and the rate of decline is accelerating.”