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"FEEL-GOOD SHOT" #2
Link - by Avi Abrams
      

      Some joyful stuff to brighten up your day

      Welcome to the second issue of Dark Roasted Blend's
      "Feel-Good" series: mostly bright and sweet collection of images
      designed to propel you along your day with a smile on your face and a
      spring in your gait.
 
      Consider it as a Tumbler-substitute for the caffeinated, busy crowd with
      deeply-felt and sophisticated sensibilities.... plus some link love,
      mmmmmm-mm, yes.

      Did you ring in the New 2011 Year in style? Here are some antique German
      postcards:

      

      
      (images
        via)

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      FEEL-GOOD CARS

      1948 Norman E. Timbs Buick Streamliner:

      
      
      (images
        via)

      "Mechanical engineer Norman E. Timbs created this dramatic streamliner in
      the 1940s. He designed the project himself which included a custom
      aluminum body and steel chassis. It took him over two years to finish the
      streamliner which in many ways was the ultimate American hot rod..." 
      
      Ford Cougar Concept Car 1962:

      
      (image via)

      1958 Chevrolet XP-700 Corvette Concept - and Cadillac Cyclone 1959:

      

      1961 Chrysler "Turboflite" Concept:

      
      (image via)

      Another Chrysler concept from the 1960s with sliding doors! -

      
      (images
        via)

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      FEEL-GOOD GIRLS

      American actress Natalie Wood:

      
      (images via)

      Russian actress Natalia Selezneva:

      
      
      (images via)

      Italian actress
      Giorgia Moll:

      
      (image via)

      American model Colleen Corby:

      

      "Die Fluss Piraten vie Mississippi":

      
      (image via)

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      PICTURE/MUSIC MIX

      "Now You're Gone", by Jeff Lynne (ex-ELO) - listen
      here.

      
      (original unknown)

      Spaghetti Western Soundtrack of the Day:
      "A Stranger in Paso Bravo", by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - from "Uno
      Straniero A Paso Bravo" (1967) -
      listen

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      FEEL-GOOD ART

      John Berkey's sophisticated and huge spaceships:

      
      (art by
        John Berkey)

      Another great mechanism - distributing Smarties? -

      
      (original unknown)

      Great pulp art covers from Planet Stories in 1940s:

      
      
      

      Interplanetary Ruckus! (and subsequent Chaos) -

      

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      Dark Roasted Blend T-Shirts are here!

      

      Buy them
      here!

      This is a joint project between
      Neatoshop and DRB
      - this way we ensure the best shopping experience, and will continue to
      come up with cool Dark Roasted Blend designs throughout the year. 
      
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      Until next time! Keep the sunshine, folks.

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3 Comments:

Blogger veinglory said...

Where are the feel good boys?

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Anonymous klaatu said...

Nice shirt. Nice model too. :D

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Anonymous Eric said...

DRB has a feel good shirt model! I feel good. I might just buy a shirt!

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