Photo by Veronique de Turenne

Chicken Corner is sad to announce that the identity of the "No Joy" hipster has been revealed. The life force behind those now infamous words "There is no joy in this hipster hell" -- sprayed onto the sidewalk near the Little Joy bar -- was bound to have a human, or dog, face, and this one turns out to be black and furry.

Maisie says she is sorry for what she did, but it is too late to take the words back because she lacks the requisite acids that would scour the paint off the sidewalk.

And what, I asked, happened that night, about a month ago, to make her write such a thing in white spray paint, on public property? Well...Maisie took a deep sigh, and told me what she said was the short version: