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As many an art theory professor will tell you, painting is dead. Everything that one can do with paint on canvas or a wall, arguably, has been done. But maybe that's not so with the glorious art of sidewalk tagging. Freshly dumped and smoothed concrete has the power to release creative juices in the unlikeliest of passersby. See, you can't just approach the sidewalk with a sharpie with your teen buddies in the wee hours of the night and start going at it. No, with cement engravinig, if you will, being nimble and cunning is a must -- qualities most modern graffiti artists don't possess.

Oh wow. We are starting to enjoy the angry missives written in response artistic license of taggers. Take, for example, the owner of Kezar Pub in the Haight. (Which is a fantastic sports bar, by the way.) It seems a Lakers fan went into the can and tagged the bar's mirror, presumably with pro-Lakers propaganda.

As Tangobaby put it, "What?! Ewww. And cool."

by Lisa Hix

For those of you who don't think smiley face tagging is positively whimsical, be sure to use 311's Graffiti Reporter. You can help erase mischievous displays of graffiti you find in public parks (Golden Gate Park, John McLaren Park, and other playgrounds and park property), on private property (personal residences, homes, office buildings), on public property (bike racks, trans cans, newsracks, mailboxs, public toilets, parking meters, fire hydrants, etc.), or any other location that affects your sacred quality of life (MUNI buses/trains/cable cars, billboards, bus shelters, BART, Caltrains, schools).

God, sometimes we love Orange County. It's such a parody of itself at times, which we admire. Especially when it comes to brilliance like the following found over at Laughing Squid. You see, the city of Santa Ana (oy) wants to help parents determine, via the graphic above, whether or not their child is a rat bastard tagger. The city of Santa Ana's site explains their accusatory and unfair image, along with the final word as to what is and is not art, thusly: