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DRB Feel-Good Issue #28


"FEEL-GOOD SHOT" #28
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 give you plenty of inspiration for the week ahead.

Modern physics research can be truly spectacular: here is a Large Helical Device, a fusion research device in Toki, Gifu, Japan:


(image via)


On a microscopic scale, here is a great example of micromachining and photolithography technologies - a Nano Injector (100 nm, magnification x137) designed to inject cells with DNA - see video for full info:


(image via)

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STUNNING ART

Beautiful Victorian marine art by Montague Dawson. We highly recommend to check out works of this inspired British painter:


(image credit: Montague Dawson)


Enchanting underwater photography by Dmitry Laudin, see more here (some nsfw):


(image credit: Dmitry Laudin, some nsfw)


Great scifi concept art by Scott Robertson, info:


(image credit: Scott Robertson)

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Mixed fresh links for today:

The Eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D.: Reconstruction - [wow video]
Here is how to swim across Pacific Ocean - [extreme]
Weird! Japanese Fire & Violence Festival - [it's all a big bee's fault]
Beijing’s Underground City - [interesting]
Exploring Mars in High Resolution - [wow space]
Weasel Riding a Woodpecker (Full Story) - [wow nature]
Beautiful Swirl Faucet - [cool design]
Very soothing ride on a miniature railroad - [cool video]
Watch this video ad to the end - [fun video]
Trains vs. Heavy Snow Banks - [wow video]
Hilarious! "Naked Gun" Opening - [fun video]
Bullet Stopped by Water Balloons - [wow video]
Impressions of Celebrities Stuck in Traffic - [fun video]
Play this "Frozen" game, if bored! - [gaming]

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FEEL-GOOD MUSIC

Currently listening to:
Feel free to copy-paste this in YouTube, most of entries on this list can be found there:

Johann Sebastian Bach - "Cantata BWV 21, Sinfonia" (sublime, 1724)
Klaatu - "Dear Christine" (beautiful song, 1978)
Stelvio Cipriani - "Anonimo Veneziano" (great soundtrack, 1970)
Ennio Morricone - "Solamente Amore" from "Una Breve Stagione" (beautiful, 1974)
The Carpenters - "Johnny Angel" (little-known pop gem, 1966)
The Ladybug Transistor - "The Places You'll Call Home" (indie pop, 2003)
Raymond LeFevre Orchestra - "The Winter Will Be Long" (instrumental, France 1974)
The Ship - "The Ship" (hard-to-find psych pop gem, 1970)
Ian & Sylvia - "Stories He'd Tell" (classic Canadian folk, 1971)
Bruno Nicolai - "Il maestro di violino" (great 1976 soundtrack, if you can find it)
Gianni Morandi - "Chimera" (great song, Italy 1964)
The Merrymakers - "Coming Home" (great power pop, Sweden 1997)
Robbi Poitevin - "Bubba Dub Bossa" from "A.D.3 Operazione Squalo Bianco" (happy, 1966)
Toto Cutugno - "Faccia Pulita" (great song, Italy 1984)
The Alan Parson's Project - "Ammonia Avenue" (classic sympho pop, 1984)
The Drifters - "Some Kind Of Wonderful" (upbeat stuff, 1960)
Piero Piccioni - Theme from "La Volpe Dalla Coda di Velluto" (Italy, 1971)
Ennio Morricone - "Solo Nostalgia" from "Comandamenti Per Un Gangster" (song, 1968)
Elvis Presley - "Wisdom Of The Ages" (rare, good song 1965)
The Seekers - "The Leaving Of Liverpool" (old English song, 1800s)
The Merry-Go-Round - "Live" (great, happy pop from 1967)
Luis Bacalov - "Questo Nostro Amore" from "Non stuzzicate la Zanzara" (epic, choir version, 1967)
Phillipe Sarde - "La Lettre De Violette" from "Violette Et Francois" (France, 1977)

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FEEL-GOOD CARS

Ford Seattle-ite XXI, from 1962:


(image via)


2012 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Middle East Edition: yellow and blue varieties, each worth about $2.5 million -



(image via)


Hollywood studios Cadillac conversion for camera:



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FEEL-GOOD GIRLS

BEAUTIFUL ACTRESSES: Elke Sommer, Susannah York, Dolores Hart, Michèle Mercier, and more:





Jean Seberg

left: Hayley Mills


Mitzi Gaynor

Natalie Wood


Simone D'Aillencourt (left)

Dolores Hart

Sandra Milo, Deborah Walley

Wenche Myhre

Juliet Prowse

French actress Michèle Mercier


Jenny Agutter


Russian actress Galina Belyaeva

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Naive Soviet-style folk art by Angela Dzerih from Donetsk:






Some evil, evil slippers:




Quite a funny face! -





Until next time! Keep the sunshine, folks.


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