Doyle Armbrust
@doylearmbrust.bsky.social
The Society of Disobedient Listeners || Grossman Ensemble || Spektral Quartet || Local 10-208 AFM || music writer || TTRPGs || YNWA || Midwesterner
If anyone is going to get my 11yo over the hump into TTRPGs it’s @jimzub.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If anyone is going to get my 11yo over the hump into TTRPGs it’s @jimzub.bsky.social
The Stranger Things / Happy Death Day mashup you didn’t know you needed, compliments of my 11yo and I.
#HappyHalloween
#HappyHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Stranger Things / Happy Death Day mashup you didn’t know you needed, compliments of my 11yo and I.
#HappyHalloween
#HappyHalloween
Richard valued brevity above everything. Literally everything.
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Richard valued brevity above everything. Literally everything.
My homegirl Ayane (Kronos Quartet, Aizuri Quartet) after a spirit-elevating Owls show last night at Guarneri Hall.
Hosting pre-concert talks when the artists are friends is one of life’s great felicities.
Hosting pre-concert talks when the artists are friends is one of life’s great felicities.
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My homegirl Ayane (Kronos Quartet, Aizuri Quartet) after a spirit-elevating Owls show last night at Guarneri Hall.
Hosting pre-concert talks when the artists are friends is one of life’s great felicities.
Hosting pre-concert talks when the artists are friends is one of life’s great felicities.
Just getting my innards reorganized by Yob at @thaliahallchicago.bsky.social last night with my arm candy, artist Doug Kovacs.
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Just getting my innards reorganized by Yob at @thaliahallchicago.bsky.social last night with my arm candy, artist Doug Kovacs.
We gave our 11yo some cash to spend at #SpiritHalloween and, in the immortal words of Arrested Development, “We’ve made a huge mistake.”
October 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We gave our 11yo some cash to spend at #SpiritHalloween and, in the immortal words of Arrested Development, “We’ve made a huge mistake.”
#GameholeCon Day 3: Believe the hype. @jimzub.bsky.social (D&D Young Adventurer’s Guide, Conan) is one of the most generous, kind-hearted folks in the industry. Even—and especially—when your cleric fails every roll in his #Shadowdark tournament!
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#GameholeCon Day 3: Believe the hype. @jimzub.bsky.social (D&D Young Adventurer’s Guide, Conan) is one of the most generous, kind-hearted folks in the industry. Even—and especially—when your cleric fails every roll in his #Shadowdark tournament!
#GameholeCon Day 3: Can’t march today, but can wear my “I wish a motherfucker would” shirt to the con.
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#GameholeCon Day 3: Can’t march today, but can wear my “I wish a motherfucker would” shirt to the con.
#GameholeCon Day 2: An off-the-books 10 Candles in our cottage by the lake. I’m not sure I’ve ever been so emotionally invested in a game…
October 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#GameholeCon Day 2: An off-the-books 10 Candles in our cottage by the lake. I’m not sure I’ve ever been so emotionally invested in a game…
#GameholeCon Day 2: No big whoop…just playing Traveller with the man himself, Marc Miller!
October 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#GameholeCon Day 2: No big whoop…just playing Traveller with the man himself, Marc Miller!
#GameholeCon Day 2: Finally popped my Call of Cthulhu cherry with a feverish, Houdini-themed adventure led by @chaosium.bsky.social ‘s exceptional Bob Weis. Consider me a convert!
October 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#GameholeCon Day 2: Finally popped my Call of Cthulhu cherry with a feverish, Houdini-themed adventure led by @chaosium.bsky.social ‘s exceptional Bob Weis. Consider me a convert!
#GameholeCon Day 1: I may have peaked too early by gaming with the One GM To Rule Them All, @goodmangames.bsky.social ‘s Brendan Lasalle…the most “Yes, and” judge I’ve ever encountered.
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#GameholeCon Day 1: I may have peaked too early by gaming with the One GM To Rule Them All, @goodmangames.bsky.social ‘s Brendan Lasalle…the most “Yes, and” judge I’ve ever encountered.
Why you come at me, Neon Genesis Evangelion?
October 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Why you come at me, Neon Genesis Evangelion?
Generally ambivalent about conducting/conductors…unless they’re unassailably exceptional like my new friend, Micah Gleason. Here we are (looking fresher than we ought to after 7hrs of rehearsal) kicking off the Grossman Ensemble 25/26 season!
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Generally ambivalent about conducting/conductors…unless they’re unassailably exceptional like my new friend, Micah Gleason. Here we are (looking fresher than we ought to after 7hrs of rehearsal) kicking off the Grossman Ensemble 25/26 season!
Well this is awkward…
October 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Well this is awkward…
Sometimes you just need to bliss out to Godspeed! You Black Emperor playing in a cemetery to stave off the impending darkness…
Not even a bafflingly sophomoric set from Dry Cleaning could detract from such a lovely evening.
Not even a bafflingly sophomoric set from Dry Cleaning could detract from such a lovely evening.
September 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sometimes you just need to bliss out to Godspeed! You Black Emperor playing in a cemetery to stave off the impending darkness…
Not even a bafflingly sophomoric set from Dry Cleaning could detract from such a lovely evening.
Not even a bafflingly sophomoric set from Dry Cleaning could detract from such a lovely evening.
Performing at Chicago’s newest venue The Check Out tonight for a Studs Terkel-themed concert featuring @marklarson.bsky.social and Bill Healy.
I can only imagine what Studs would have thought of our current national predicament…
I can only imagine what Studs would have thought of our current national predicament…
September 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Performing at Chicago’s newest venue The Check Out tonight for a Studs Terkel-themed concert featuring @marklarson.bsky.social and Bill Healy.
I can only imagine what Studs would have thought of our current national predicament…
I can only imagine what Studs would have thought of our current national predicament…
Morning vibes…
September 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Morning vibes…
Literally every element of the Plantasia Festival @gpconservatory.bsky.social is delightful…and I finally got to cross seeing my synth hero Suzanne Ciani off my bucket list!
For my money, @theemptybottle.bsky.social has hereby set a new standard for summer music festivals
For my money, @theemptybottle.bsky.social has hereby set a new standard for summer music festivals
September 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Literally every element of the Plantasia Festival @gpconservatory.bsky.social is delightful…and I finally got to cross seeing my synth hero Suzanne Ciani off my bucket list!
For my money, @theemptybottle.bsky.social has hereby set a new standard for summer music festivals
For my money, @theemptybottle.bsky.social has hereby set a new standard for summer music festivals
At the grand opening of Theaster Gates’ The Land School on Chicago’s South Side to support my favorite Chicago ensemble, d-composed…
Good things still possible in this waking nightmare known as present-day America.
Good things still possible in this waking nightmare known as present-day America.
September 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
At the grand opening of Theaster Gates’ The Land School on Chicago’s South Side to support my favorite Chicago ensemble, d-composed…
Good things still possible in this waking nightmare known as present-day America.
Good things still possible in this waking nightmare known as present-day America.
Got my organs rearranged permanently by Bongripper last night at the Empty Bottle…
HAIL SATAN WORSHIP DOOM!
HAIL SATAN WORSHIP DOOM!
August 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Got my organs rearranged permanently by Bongripper last night at the Empty Bottle…
HAIL SATAN WORSHIP DOOM!
HAIL SATAN WORSHIP DOOM!
Chürch: doing whatever the fuck you want on a Sunday…like hanging with bloodthirsty man-eaters
August 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Chürch: doing whatever the fuck you want on a Sunday…like hanging with bloodthirsty man-eaters
If these are in fact the death throes of democracy WE MUST HAVE BLOOD! Last night in Chicago the Dwarves truly were the last real punk band on earth…
August 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
If these are in fact the death throes of democracy WE MUST HAVE BLOOD! Last night in Chicago the Dwarves truly were the last real punk band on earth…
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Wrapping the first half of my Wicker Man tattoo! Heartfelt admiration to Caroline Moody (Copperplate Tattoo, Chicago)…
August 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Wrapping the first half of my Wicker Man tattoo! Heartfelt admiration to Caroline Moody (Copperplate Tattoo, Chicago)…