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os! has this fantastic photo of the Augor redo of the There Will Be Blood billboard in L.A. Click on the image above to see it large, or better yet, see some of his close-ups here and here. (Via LAist.)

• Start the day with some Serbian tunage.
• A list of the most steal-worthy artists around.
• Speaking of stealing: All those Thai artifacts from Ban Chiang currently residing in a panoply of prestigious U.S. museums? Probably looted.
• Spiral Jetty comment period ends today.
• The Writer’s Strike: Finally over. Not that it will in any way put an end to my YouTube addiction.
• Paying those starchitect bills: Contractors on the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver claim that they’re still waiting to get paid.
• Priceless paintings stolen from Swiss museum were put in the trunk of a car. At least the thieves didn’t bungee cord them to the roof.
• In related news: Now you can make a dookie inside a masterpiece.
• Marshall Astor on the Dogpile: on latimes.com’s resplendent web suckitude.
• Blogs help sell art. See how constructive this all is?
• The other day I linked to this video of old-school footage of NYC. Now my friend Alex over at Flaming Pablum has one-upped me by adding two more NYC-themed videos that show what the city was like before the Olive Garden moved in. Most importantly, he describes me as “the great C-Monster,” a habit I like to encourage whenever I can.
• The Westminster Dog Show.
• For when you want some fuselage in your living room: MotoArt.
• “It was like Guantanamo for sexual deviants.”
• Headline of the Day: “A Green Guide to Sustainable Skivvies.” (Via Eyebeam reBlog.)
• From the Department of Belated Apologies: Australia officially apologises to aborigines for its historically genocidal policies. Noel Pearson, an aborigine leader from Queensland had this to say about the proceedings: “Blackfellas will get the words, the whitefellas keep the money.”
• The quandary of traveling to Burma.
• This is what I look like after putting the Digest together.
• Tim Gunn on the Daily Show.
• The reviews are in for Paris Hilton’s latest oeuvre. (Via ackackack.)
• Architecture of the Day: Court Building at Sant Boi in Barcelona by BAAS Architects.
• Your moment of Old Spice.