This coming Tuesday evening, I will have the great pleasure of giving an academic lecture on the meaning of progressive music as best expressed in the work of Big Big Train. Unfortunately, this lecture will not be open to the public. I will, however, make an audio recording–should any progarchists be interested.
For the same event, I’ll also be giving two lectures on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and one on the same of G.K. Chesterton.
So excited about this!
Progarchy 
What a great life you lead as a professor lecturing on your passions! Good luck, look forward to hearing the lecture.
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would love to hear the JRRT one
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Thanks, Frank. Believe me. I never, ever take it for granted. Pretty crappy and disturbing childhood. Wonderful adulthood.
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Would also love to hear the Tolkien one as well as BBT
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Would love to hear especially the BBT lecture, Prof. Birzer! Speakers’ Corner in August perchance? 😉
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I’m speaking up for Chesterton – I’d love to hear what you have to say about him.
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Anytime Dr. Birzer speaks…Jay listens 🙂 The Bluegrass state becomes the State of Prog!
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Would love to hear the lecture on Big Big Train. There isn’t much academic material of recent progressive rock.
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Selfishly speaking, I think you need to do a similar lecture at the University of Texas sometime. 🙂
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That would be wonderful, Erik. We need to find a closet progger there!
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