{"id":2471,"date":"2012-04-01T19:30:52","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T23:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2014-08-09T08:37:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T12:37:18","slug":"goodbye-to-all-pennies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2471","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye To All Pennies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/canadian-penny.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2472\" title=\"canadian penny\" src=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/canadian-penny.jpg?resize=584%2C320\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>This week, the Canadian Government announced it will discontinue the penny and the US is now considering axing their penny as well (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/local\/us-debates-end-to-penny-after-canada-cashes-in-145318505.html\" target=\"_blank\">read about it here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In honour of the penny&#8217;s demise in Canada this fall, we take this time to remember another penny, this time it is Pennie from The Automatic who also saw his demise since his band moved in a different direction and left him behind. The keyboard player and backing singer announced his departure from the band on September 18, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Watch The Automatic &#8211; Recover below.<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ICr7Id6c_W4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This week, the Canadian Government announced it will discontinue the penny and the US is now considering axing their penny as well (read about it <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2471\" title=\"Goodbye To All Pennies\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[206],"tags":[211,351,893,1158],"class_list":["post-2471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","tag-canadian-penny","tag-demise","tag-pennie","tag-the-automatic-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-DR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42343,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=42343","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":0},"title":"Penny &amp; The Pits announce debut album\u00a0\u2018Liquid Compactor\u2019 + share \u2018Pool Party\u2019 video","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"May 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Penelope Stevens, best known for holding down the bass, keys, and occasional vocals in Canadian avant-rock trio\u00a0Motherhood, is stepping into the spotlight with a brand new project:\u00a0Penny & The Pits. 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