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"FEEL-GOOD SHOT" #3
Link - by Avi Abrams
      
      

      Some joyful stuff to brighten up your day

      Welcome to the new 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 a kind of Tumbler-substitute for the caffeinated, busy crowd with
      deeply-felt and sophisticated sensibilities, somewhat nostalgic about more
      glamorous times (you know who you are), or just looking for that extra bit
      of sunshine.

      
      (original unknown)

      Playing hopscotch! 
      
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      FEEL-GOOD CONCEPT ART

      Brightly-painted colossal vehicles crawling the wasteland (space art by
      Chris Foss):

      


      Buy "Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss" here.

      Crimson Tide graphics, via Concept Ships:

      
      (image via)


      Egyptian Spiderman, art by Jason Wellborn:

      
      (image via)

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      FEEL-GOOD CARS

      Lamborghini Espada 400, 1968:

      
      (image via)

      1934 Pontiac Straight Eight 2-Door Touring Sedan:

      
      (image via)

      Chrysler Thunderbolt 1941 concept - more
      info:

      
      (images via)

      1956 Chrysler Imperial:

      
      (image via)

      1961 Cadillac Sixty-Two Convertible and 1961 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight
      Holiday Coupe (Body by Fisher):

      
      (images via 1, 2)

      Chevrolet art by Gordon Brusstar:

      
      (image via)

      1961 Ford Fairlane:

      
      (image via)

      No need of a horse (De Soto, 1959):

      

      1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket concept:

      
      (image via)

      Chevron Paradise:

      

      Cool old trucks (with a little bit of Hayley Mills there):

      

      See more Coca-Cola delivery trucks on this great page:

      
      (image via)

      Soviet-era car happiness:

      

      More of the Stalin's 1949 ZIS-110 limo:

      

      Looking forward to some crisp winter days (GM 1959 ad by Hansen):

      
      (image via)

      1967 Chevy Camaro Convertible:

      
      (image  via)

      Interesting collage: 1970s fashion and big cars (art by Mary Beth Acosta,
      part of "Romancing the Automobile / Feral Housewives" series):

      
      (see more here)

      Modern times: 2001 Toyota FXS concept:

      
      (image via)

      The call of the open road (Ferrari 458 Italia):

      
      (image via)

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      FEEL-GOOD GIRLS

      Victorian lady at breakfast ("Room Overlooking the Harbour" painting by
      James Tissot):

      
      (image  via)

      1921, 1933 art by Rolf Armstrong (see more
      here, some nsfw):

      
      (images via 1, 2)

      Norwegian actress and singer Wenche Myhre in 1967:

      
      

      French actress Pascale Petit:

      

      French singer France Gall:

      

      Romina Power and Agnes Laurent:

      

      Susan Dey, 1970:

      

      Not everything is bright and cheerful... this is Russian actress Alisa
      Freindlich:

      

      More Russian actresses: Tamara Semina and Ekaterina Gradova:

      

      Assorted 1960s French vinyl covers:

      

      Young Elizabeth Taylor and young Terry Moore:

      
      (images via)

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      GOOD KIDS

      Chia Hat! Buy it from Etsy
      here:

      
      (image via)

      You know what happened here ("troll" in training?):

      
      (original unknown)

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      FEEL-GOOD MUSIC

      John Lennon in one of his sunnier moods (1965, left) - and "The Seekers"!

      
      (image via)

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      FEEL-GOOD ART

      "Umbrella Sky" by Marta Dahlig, Poland:

      
      (image via)

      "You Are Waiting for the Sun" and "Home", by LincoChuan, China:

      
      (image via)

      "The Girl Who Lept Through Time", Japanese animation (info), fragment:

      
      (image via, see bigger)

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      FEEL-GOOD DRINK

      Not sure, if we included this image before, but it's good to see it again:

      
      (Smirnoff Vodka ad from the 1960s)

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      Until next time! Keep the Sunshine, folks.

      READ THE PREVIOUS ISSUE HERE ->




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6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wenche Myhre is Norwegian, not German. She's a big star in Germany though, so I can understand why you thought she was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenche_Myhre

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Blogger AlfSimen said...

Second that, Wenche Myhre is most certainly a Norwegian singer.

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Anonymous Andyman said...

Thanks for the sunshine. I needed that.

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Blogger Phoebe Dancing Cat said...

Must visit Poland and Marta Dahlig.

Catching goldfish in the sky sounds much more dignified than tipping over the goldfish bowl or, worse, slipping into the koi pond.

http://phoebedancingcat.blogspot.com/

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Anonymous Gregoryno6 said...

The Seekers! I recognised them straight away. Nice to know someone else remembers them too.

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Blogger JJD said...

Thanks a LOT, my dear friend. You don't know how much I needed.

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