Thursday, October 30, 2008

John Penley taking a break from Slacktivating


From Scoopy's Notebook in this week's issue of The Villager:

John Penley tells us he has had it, is “burned out” and is leaving and “going somewhere else,” to “parts unknown.” He wouldn’t be more specific. “I’m really busy, I’m moving my photo archives right now,” Penley said when we called on Tuesday afternoon. “I’m tired — no one had to walk in my shoes this summer.” It just won’t be the same without Penley leading the L.E.S. Slacktivists in chants of “Die Yuppie Scum” and feeding us items about…well, about everything and everyone under the sun in the East Village and Lower East Side. But apparently a summer spent tilting at Bruce Willis, the Economakises and the Christodora House has worn him out — but only temporarily, we hope.


Penley in action during the "Let them eat cake" protest last July:



Previously on EV Grieve:
The John Penley collection
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3 comments:

  1. Jeremiah MossOctober 30, 2008 at 8:52 AM

    yikes. hopefully, this is just for the winter and he'll return in the spring with more donuts.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 at 9:54 AM

    I hope so too-

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  3. AnonymousOctober 30, 2008 at 10:27 AM

    Agreed...We need folks like John Penley during times like these...(Well, in other times too.)

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