Doyle Armbrust

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El-Sayed is going to implement Shalala law, and all will be required to sing Mr. Jones by Counting Crows on repeat while drinking Sierra Nevada at the bar down by the post office and then

@bananachangames.bsky.social makes fantastic games…get in on this! Proud to be the 28th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Sample! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Reporting from Gamehole Con after-hours: convinced three grown-ass men and a teen to wear granny wigs for @jasoncordova.bsky.social’s Murder She Wrote-inspired “Brindlewood Bay.” I love the TTRPG community so very, very much.

Very comfortable with dunking on Metallica’s culture war fence-sitting and any album post …And Justice for All. Less comfortable with opinions here that the band’s stand against mp3 theft was somehow shilling for billionaires. Why, exactly, are we musicians expected to work for free?

Boy is nana in for a thrill when she accidentally double-taps the “t” on this Google search…

“Christopher Columbus discovered DEEZ NUTZ!” —Florence Nightingale #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Got to play the national anthem (with about 200 middle-schoolers) for the @chicagofirefc.bsky.social game at Soldiers Field just now!

SOX!!! LET’S FUCKIN’ GO!!!

@themountaingoats.bsky.social Is there an interview or feature that you feel really got you (and your process) right? Bonus if it includes your lit endeavors…

Hey! We're less than two weeks away from Resonant Soundscapes' improvised live-score performance ft. the silent horror classic "Häxan" (1922) at the Detroit Public Library Main Branch (10/18, 2-4p, FREE, CSJ Friends Auditorium)! www.eventbrite.com/e/haxan-tick...

An impossible feat, but fun to attempt…

THIS JUST IN: Hard music is hard. An absolute delight to be playing a new flute/viola/harp trio by the UK’s Zoë Martlew for Grossman Ensemble!

Reading Pedro Ferreira’s “The Perfect Theory”—his history of General Relativity—and just learned that the Juilliard Quartet once played in Einstein’s home. How fucking cool is that???

Sarah writes provocative music that makes me feel feelings. Get on this, humans.

Risen local star Shawn Okpebholo wrote us a love letter to #Chicago, and I think you’ll love it. Like any efficacious love letter, this one doesn’t shy away from pain (in this case, the omnipresent police as represented by the garish whistles) youtu.be/LU4y6_b8xs4?...

MAIDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you think Richard Gere ever said, “I Gere-untee it!”? Probably like all the time, right?

I’ve seen Patti Smith many times…and every concert is the best Patti Smith concert I’ve ever seen. #RiotFest2026 @riotfest.bsky.social

Double finger guns to the artists making fucking art during the downpour @riotfest.bsky.social Day 3. #RiotFest2026

Kicking off a waterlogged @riotfest.bsky.social Day 3 for me is a band I thought had broken up a while back…but Pretty Girls Make Graves sound fantastic! #RiotFest2026

And of course, TOOL was blisteringly, head-fuckingly brilliant tonight. Closing with Aenema was a gift!!! @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026

Weather has moved all the acts up and cancelled others altogether. Good thing The Descendents are sounding on point at the moment… @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026

ANGINE DE POITRINE IS MY GOD NOW @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026

Was despondent at not getting to @riotfest.bsky.social Day 2 in time to see NOBRO…but tears of sadness turned to tears of joy as Melt Banana reminded me that fun music can be, well, fun. @totalvibration.bsky.social you like these two, right?

And to cap off a totally solid Day 1 @riotfest.bsky.social, the one and only GWAR.

Iggy Pop performing Raw Power! What a legend. @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026

The Pixies still got it, baby. #RiotFest2026 @riotfest.bsky.social

Santigold pulls the crowd on stage for @riotfest.bsky.social …absolutely the most ebullient and uplifting set of the day! #RiotFest2026

I swear to gob I’ve waited my entire adult life to see Tricky live. Nostalgia cascades over me in awesome waves… @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026

Slothrust…is music for vampires. Dig. @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026

Fantastic to finally see Greet Death in the flesh…lush, sweeping songwriting. @riotfest.bsky.social #RiotFest2026

Panic Shack absolutely ripping it rn at @riotfest.bsky.social

It’s Sleater-Kinney at the Salt Shed!

I think I’ve finally mastered the art of making certain I can remember the name of the person in question before I say, “I have a friend who ________” This is as consequential as my masters degree.

@theebikinikill.bsky.social was an absolutely untethered joy canon tonight @saltshedchicago.bsky.social. This was a bucket-list show for me…

I like the evergreen specificity of the first two, but the third one feels like it says the most with the least amount of words

String quartet, percussion, and synths??? Sign me the fuck up! Hailing from Canada, Flore Laurentienne et al was the other unexpected #Plantasia gem for me this year @gpconservatory.bsky.social

You may now consider me a MASSIVE Gwenifer Raymond fan. This Welsh finger-picker left me speechless and is so far the high watermark of #Plantasia at @gpconservatory.bsky.social this year!

Hey @jasoncordova.bsky.social any chance you’ll be at Gamehole this year? I’d like to shake your hand for making one of my all-time favorite games, Brindlewood Bay.

Talk about a phenomenal summer read! Those with a gamer brain will love the visual puzzles within… #uketsu

🎶YOU’VE MADE…the concierge’s…SHITLIST / SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT LIST🎶

Hey fellow #gamers, check out my office today. Any #UNDERTALE heads out there?

Stoked for this year’s Gamehole Con…but absolutely AMPED that I get to play at @jimzub.com ‘s table! Last time I games with him, I failed EVERY. SINGLE. ROLL.

Pretty stoked about this week’s used book haul…especially the Edward Gorey

#DollyParton has her own section in my collection… What an unbelievable loss.