"Miles Beyond" by The Mahavishnu Orchestra from 1973. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whv_...

The Mahavishnu Orchestra - formed by John McLaughlin who was born on 4 January - performing "The Dance of the Maya" from 1971. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Dn...

John McLaughlin, born 4 January 1942. Here he performs a lovely version of the Bill Evans' standard, "Waltz For Debby." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky4H...

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Happy #WorldBrailleDay2026! The day commemorates the birthday of #LouisBraille on 4 January 1809, whose invention of #Braille has empowered the visually impaired and blind around the globe for generations.

"Three out of four of Moscow's airports shut to air traffic on Sunday after Ukraine launched dozens of drones at the Russian capital, authorities said..." www.ndtv.com/world-news/m...

"Roman Ladies" by Juan Luna (1882).

And then there are other days...

Cover art by Hubert Rogers for "Astounding" from May 1940.

From 1930, "Last Kind Word Blues" from Geeshie Wiley. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAKf...

Sterling Holloway - #BOTD - in a perfect moment from "Remember the Night" from 1940. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F391...

From 4 January 2018. First, the "Weather Advisory" - both silly and accurate - followed by the results. Clearing a path about two-thirds into the storm with my assistant... who, I will grant you, provided moral support but little else.

"Music is nothing separate from me. It is me. I can't retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. You'd have to remove the music from me surgically — like you were taking out my appendix." Ray Charles.

From 1906 by John White Alexander.

Just because: Louise Brooks in a still from "Prix de beauté" on the cover of the May 1930 issue of Cine-Miroir magazine.

Even if you don't think you know him, you do because of his unmistakable voice. Sterling Holloway, born 4 January 1905.

From 1969, "Bad Moon Rising" by Credence Clearwater Revival. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c2_...

Who knows this rather rare song? Also my shoes match the artworks today haha 💚 Thank you Miles Jensen #artsky #musicsky #jazzhistorysky

A national disgrace.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil. Epstein. Venezuela. Oil.

Ray Milland - #BOTD - with Jean Arthur in "Easy Living" (1937).

“I’ve had a bloody good innings. I can’t imagine anyone who’s been luckier than I have with the kind of artists I’ve been able to record.” Producer and arranger George Martin, #BOTD.

Zasu Pitts, born 3 January 1894.

From 1923, "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" by Bessie Smith. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AJw...

"Trouble of the World" by Mahalia Jackson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHOg...

Producer and arrange George Martin, born 3 January 1926.

Françoise Dorléac and François Truffaut (1964).

Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company, 1921.

Singer, actress and activist Miriam Makeba captured by Peter Basch in 1970.

#Caturday By Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1887).

"Why is it that the screen Chinese is nearly always the villain of the piece, and so cruel a villain--murderous, treacherous... We are not like that... We have our rigid code of behavior, of honor. Why do they never show these on the screen?" Anna May Wong, born 3 January 1905.

"The Celtic mind in its lonely moments is a tumbling sea of love and compassion and romanticism and neurotic hates." Ray Milland, born 3 January 1907.

Poster for the French release of "Village of the Damned" from 1960.

From 1944, "Sleep" with Ben Webster on tenor, Marlowe Morris on piano, John Simmons on bass and the great Sid Catlett on drums. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6O3...

Julieta Serrano in "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" - BOTD

Random Early Blues Records. Going back 101 years & featuring a young lad by the name of Louis Armstrong on cornet, here’s the ever-lovely Bessie Smith - Sobbin’ Hearted Blues (10” 79 rpm, 1925). youtu.be/u4RyMIdy7Io?...

Random Early Jazz Records. Wolverine Orchestra- Susie (10” 78 rpm shellac, 1924). Just great fun! youtu.be/hfiKYzoQye0?...

Hotel lobby in DC, 12 years ago. Those holes in the backs of the chairs creeped me out profoundly.

From 1955, "Too Late" by Little Walter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRJT...

From 1961, "Don't Start Crying Now" by Slim Harpo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P01a...

From 1956, "Honey, Don't Let Me Go" by Jimmy Reed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrWg...

A Space Pilot X-Ray Gun from Taiyo, c. 1960.

"Lost Times Square" by Bruce McCall for the 31 May 1999 cover of "The New Yorker."

Released in November 1961, "Let Me In" by Yvonne Baker and The Sensations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-b...

From 1965, John and Paul by David Bailey, #BOTD.

From Bob Dylan's 1966 tour, a date at the New Center Arena in Seattle.