DRB Feel-Good Issue #19

"FEEL-GOOD SHOT" #19 Link - by Avi Abrams Some joyful stuff to brighten up your day Mixed images flow: cars, girls, etc. With all this glorious summer going on all around us, here is a reminder to check your friends' status updates on Facebook from time to time: (Greek marble relief, about 100 B.C. - more info) ------------ STUNNING ART One of the most enchanting works by Michael Whelan, and possibly the most romantic science fiction painting ever: (image credit: Michael Whelan) One of the better works by Thomas Kinkade, with a distinct vintage American feel: (image credit: Thomas Kinkade) Epic art from "Five Star Stories" by Mamoru Nagano - these are huge robot machines standing on guard, not just knight figures (click to enlarge): Beautiful sci-fi art from the 1930s Age of Wonder pulp magazine, by Frank R. Paul: ------------ Mixed fresh links for today: Star Wars Equipment Arrives for the Shooting of a New Film - [leaked footage] Weird Japanese Candy - [interesting, Japan] "At Home With Hitler" feature from "Homes & Gardens" - [wow history] Inside a Toothpaste Tube Factory - [photography, scroll right] Greatest Maritime Explorers in History - [cool info] Bizarre Cryptic Time Watch from Japan - [cool video] Get to know these animals before they's GONE - [cool info] Music Vault Unleashed the Huge Selection of Live Rock Videos - [great find] We did not have kittens here for a while - [fun video] Very endearing puppet in Manhattan - [wow video] Strobe Motion: Pretty Neat Installation - [wow video ad] Eastbound & Down: Watch the Bandit Run! - [cool music video] Race up the mountain on extreme electrical vehicle - [wow video] Which pulp fiction author had 15 pennames? - [find out here] ------------ FEEL-GOOD MUSIC Currently listening to: Fool's Garden (Germany) - "Cook It A While" 2005 - power pop, sunshine Peter London - "Bless You" 1964 - British beat, romantic The Sandpipers - "Come Saturday Morning" 1967 - baroque beat, sunshine Alexey Rybnikov (Russia) - Guitar Theme from the movie "Zvezda (The Star)" - romantic, melodic, instrumental Tinkerbells Fairydust - "Never My Love" 1969 - 1960s beat, baroque pop Rondo Veneziano (Italy) - "Mare Tranquillo" 1993 - ambient instrumental Peter Thomas Orchestra (Germany) - "The Last of the Mohicans - Der Letzte Mohikan" 1968 - western theme Tinariwen (Morocco) - "Amassakoul 'N' Tenere" 2009 - world, Moroccan music Danny Janssen & The Scooby-Doo - "Recipe For My Love" 1968 - upbeat, sunshine The Flee Rekkers - "Sunday Date" 1963 - guitar beat instrumental The Arbors - "Just Let It Happen" 1967 - 1960s beat, romantic Paul Mauriat Orchestra (France) - "She's A Little Bit Sweeter" 1970 - upbeat instrumental The Reivers - "Constantly" 1967 - bubblegum, beat Johnny Young & Kompany (The Easybeats) - "Good Evening Girl" 1965 - garage, upbeat Armando Trovaioli (Italy) - "The Getaway" from the movie "Sette Volte Sette" 1967 - happy, vocal group Autechre - "Augmatic Disport" 2008 - techno, electronic, ambient Riccardo Fogli (Italy) - "Tu cosa fai stasera" 1982 - vocal, melodic Francesco De Masi (Italy) - "Ringo's Long Ride" from "Ringo, il volto della vendetta" 1968 - western theme Ian & The Zodiacs - "This Empty Place" 1964 - Merseybeat Duncan Browne - "Give Me, Take You" 1968 - singer-songwriter Pendragon - "Desert Of Time" 1969 - psychedelic, freak-out Georges Delerue (France) - Theme from the movie "L'Oiseau Bleu" 1981 - instrumental Moby - "Porcelain" 2000 - electronic, ambient The Money Jungle - "Away, Away" 1971 - baroque pop Ennio Morricone (Italy) - "Invito All'Amore (Silent Love)" from "Il Grande Silenzio" 1968 - absolutely epic instrumental Roger Whittaker - "Don't Let Them Change" 1971 - happy, western-style Brian Wilson - "In My Moon Dreams" 1988 - unreleased surf instrumental (American singer Linda Ronstadt) ------------ FEEL-GOOD CARS 1937 Horch 853 A - more info: (images via) This is a 3D model by TigerFather (Alexander Novitski) from Kiev, Ukraine - see more of his work here. For example, here is another of his renderings, the glamorous in a very special Communist way "GAZ-13 Chaika" (Seagull): (image via) Porsche 917 KH Coupe, 1970 - (image via) The Jet Age in 1950s car advertising: 1967 Ferrari Dino 206 Competizione Prototipo: (images via) This awesome double-decker bus was spotted in Osaka Station, Japan - Neoplan "Megaliner": (image via) ------------ FEEL-GOOD GIRLS BEAUTIFUL ACTRESSES: Sylva Koscina, Raffaella Carra, Sandra Milo, Leslie Caron, Jennifer Jones, Colleen Corby, Barbara Lass, Natalie Wood, Terry Moore, Shirley Jones, Sally Field, Christine Carere: (Candice Bergen (left image); on the right: art by Donato Giancola) Hayley Mills in the "The Truth About Spring", 1965: Jean Peters in a good old western: German actress and singer Brigitt Petry; and Norwegian / German singer Wencke Myhre - RUSSIAN ACTRESSES: Irina Kupchenko, Galina Belyaeva - Zhanna Prokhorenko and Lyudmila Savelyeva: Russian teen actress Mila Berlinskaya, circa 1974: Very cool manga-style ladies by Meago (Magda from Poland): (image credit: http://meago.deviantart.com/art/Tea-time-211291494) ------------ Until next time! Keep the sunshine, folks... have a nice vacation somewhere - ... and stay away from any monsters (especially from the "Ghost in the Invisible Bikini")! - READ THE PREVIOUS ISSUE HERE ->