Milton Mermikides @miltonline.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Zooniverse is the baby of the splendid @chrislintott.bsky.social - whom I hope you know! 000
Milton Mermikides @miltonline.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I am thank you. Just heard about it myself. Unbelievable. 010
Reposted by Milton MermikidesChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I cannot recommend more strongly what should be an amazing @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture this evening from m’colleague @miltonline.bsky.social : Music and Space. 6pm GMT. Online via www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/mus...gresham.ac.ukMusic of Earth and SpaceSince Pythagoras, we have imagined the universe as a vast, resonant instrument—a cosmic harmony waiting to be heard. From Holst’s orchestral visions of the planets to Tuvan throat singing echoing the ... 1296
Milton Mermikides @miltonline.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Excellent essay, Chris. “The money does not go into space”. 020
Milton Mermikides @miltonline.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Notes have been in the (broadly) Western canon counted inclusively - the 1st is the root. In diatonic systems the eighth note completes the cycle and is both the last and first notes. Not the best term. Ancient Greeks called it a diapason, which is way cooler but I haven’t managed to revive it. 100
Reposted by Milton MermikidesGresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Happy birthday #JimiHendrix! 🎶 Have you ever wondered... why did he play his guitar upside-down? 🎸✨ In his lecture, 'Just Ask The Axis: Jimi Hendrix Unpicked', Prof Milton Mermikides demystifies Hendrix's music, revealing the range of his extraordinary invention... 👉 gres.hm/jimi-hendrix 051
Reposted by Milton MermikidesThe Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 21/11/2025From ancient Chinese zithers mimicking geese and butterflies to blues rhythms shaped by horses' gaits, this lecture details how music has long been inspired by the movements, calls, and characters of animals. Feat. @miltonline.bsky.social at @greshamcollege.bsky.social buff.ly/FWxfbUabuff.lyMusic of Animals - Milton Mermikides播客单集 · Gresham College Lectures · 2025/11/14 · 52 分钟 142
Reposted by Milton MermikidesGresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 29/09/2025🎟️ Free in-person tickets now open! 👉 gres.hm/music-animals Do animals make music? From whale songs and birdsong to horse rhythms echoing the blues, @miltonline.bsky.social asks if music is uniquely human - or shared with our animal cousins. 📍 Held at LSO St Luke's @uniofsurrey.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Milton MermikidesGresham College @greshamcollege.bsky.social · 25/06/2025We've come to the end of this academic programme and we'd love to know... what was your favourite lecture this year? 🎓 💬 Share your thoughts here or via: gres.hm/survey We really appreciate your feedback! 🙌 011
Milton Mermikides @miltonline.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Is this when we go full tilt? (Doesn’t really work). 100
Reposted by Milton MermikidesChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Happy solstice everyone. The journey to the long nights of winter starts here… 9769
Milton Mermikides @miltonline.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Friday June 13th 4pm I'm giving a free 30min talk at the #londonfestivalofarchitecture at the NLA Centre, London. ‘Liquid Skylines’ explores the history and technological potential of translating architecture into music. www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/event/liquid... 021
Milton Mermikides @miltonline.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Hidden Music - The Composer’s Guide to Sonification The craft of turning data to music. Free to read and download until Feb 13 www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgHidden MusicCambridge Core - Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Music - Hidden Music 030
Reposted by Milton MermikidesChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Happy publication day to me! Gorgeous paperback copies of ‘Our Accidental Universe’ are now available so you can read about how astronomers stumble upon the truth but in softer covers! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... (also the annoying mistake on p174 is corrected). Please buy! Tell your friends! 916023
Reposted by Milton MermikidesChris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Free tickets still available for next Wednesday's @greshamcollege.bsky.social lecture, 'Touching the Sun': sign up here for tickets to be there in person or online: www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/tou...gresham.ac.ukTouching the SunDespite its familiarity, the Sun is a very different presence from the friendly yellow circle in children's paintings. Our star is a broiling mass of plasma, with its powerful magnetic fields, twisted... 14610
Milton Mermikides @miltonline.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Hello Blue Sky. Next free public lecture. How sound and music transform the cinematic experience. Jan 16, Rich Mix cinema and online. www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/sce...gresham.ac.ukBreaking the Fourth Wall of Sound: The Paradox of Screen MusicSound and music hold a strange and powerful role in film, TV and video games, aiding narrative and emotional impact. They can even exist in the world of ‘the film’ – heard by the characters – or in th... 072