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Happy Holidays from DRB! - 2014 Feel-Good Issue


"FEEL-GOOD SHOT" #14, Part 2
Link - by Avi Abrams



Weird & wonderful - to infinity and beyond!

Welcome to our end-of-the-year collection of sheer "eye-candy", strange and funny images as we celebrate the Holidays and the New Year: have a good helping of joy and cheer for the year ahead!

Check out this fantastic image of the "Kingdom Tower" in Saudi Arabia - with architectural height over 1 kilometer, it will definitely be the tallest building in the world when completed. It is currently under construction and slated to open in 2015 - more info:




Great 1950s sci-fi movie poster - see a lot more in our popular article Thrilling Vintage Movie Posters:


(image via, read the review of it there, too)

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STUNNING ART

Little known exquisite angel painting by Michael Whelan:


(image credit: Michael Whelan)


Burlington Route train caught in a snow storm (a vintage Chicago Union Station poster):


(image via)


Very neat Space Station art from the great 1980s Japanese animated space adventure "Crusher Joe":




Great vintage special effects from the cult Japanese movie "The War in Space" (more info):




Absolutely fantastic work by Gez Fry


(image credit: Gez Fry)


And here is something random: a blob monster overwhelms a rollercoaster! -



This is an illustration to the story by Robert Arthur "Indestructible" from Thrilling Wonder Stories, March 1941.

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Mixed fresh links for today:

Fascinating Video of Human Development in a Womb - [wow video]
Mysterious Crazy Insect Structure - [wow nature]
One of the Kind: Illuminated "Silmarillion" masterpiece - [book art]
List of Unpublished(!) Works by J. R. R. Tolkien - [geek info]
Pretty Awesome Cyberpunk Tumblr Site - [could be nsfw]
Coolest Cat Cafes, Most Colorful Kid Clinics - [weird, design]
Jetman flies over Mount Fuji - [wow video]
Here is how to conquer an escalator - [fun video]
Somebody catch that boat! - [fun video]
Canadian Tire' Ice Truck - [wow video, pics]
Unexpected Ice Avalanche from the roof - [wow video]
Incredible Latte Art "Coffee Printing" Machine - [wow video]
Why do you need Quality Schnallity? - [promotion, cute]
Super Cool Ideas for Christmas Decorations - [design]

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FEEL-GOOD CARS

The highly-sensuous shapes by 1938 Talbot-Lago:




2008 Italdesign Giugiaro Quaranta concept (more info) is stunningly similar to the futuristic car envisioned by legendary Syd Mead (shown below it):


(images via 1, 2)


2007 Ford Airstream concept: more info -


(image via)

The McLaren P1 at the 2012 Paris Show:


(image via)


The 1969 Imperial at the Golden Gate Bridge (great combination):




1969 Chevrolet Astro III Concept:




Japanese cars were kinda cute in the 1970-1980s:




Monster bike / tractor combination (this idea is getting quite popular, see another one here):


(image via)


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FEEL-GOOD GIRLS




actress Liliana Tomescu




BEAUTIFUL ACTRESSES: Wenche Myhre, Deborah Walley, Hayley Mills, Christine Carere, Pascale Petit, France Anglade, Giorgia Moll, Natalie Wood, Gloria Paul, Shirley Jones, June Palmer, Claudia Cardinale, Britt Ekland:























Gabrielle Drake in the "UFO":




British actress Judi Bowker, of the "Clash of the Titans" (1981) fame:



Terry Moore in "Black Spurs" (1965):





Sarah Hyland in "Geek Charming":


(image via)


Russian singer Natasha Koroleva in the 1990s:




German singer Sandra (Sandra Ann Lauer) of the 1980s "Arabesque" fame:




Vintage romantic couples: Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad -




Agnetta Faltskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus:




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GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY

Beautiful clouds over Tyrol, Austria:


(image credit: traumlichtfabrik)


A very charming girl portrait by Irella Konof from Ukraine:




Snowed over... in Russia... -


(original unknown)

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Happy New 2014 Year to you - and Best Wishes from DRB! -




READ PART ONE HERE ->


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Anonymous Rose from Good Morning messages said...

All these pictures look lovely. I like them all especially the woman in red.

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