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Nabil Ayers

@nabilayers.bsky.social

Host, Identified podcast / memoir, “My Life in the Sunshine” / Beggars Group / nabilayers.com

155 Followers  |  9 Following  |  88 Posts  |  Joined: 06.10.2023  |  1.6932

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New episode of Identified up now.

Me: “Yeah”

Laura Lee from Khruangbin:

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07.08.2025 12:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bow Wow Wow appreciation post

I got to see them at the University of Utah when I was 11 and Annabella was only 16, with a mohawk, on MTV. It didn’t feel like either kind of music I liked: rock or new wave. Shamefully overlooked.

02.08.2025 12:53 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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New episode of Identified w Laura Lee from Khruangbin
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01.08.2025 12:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tomorrow on the Identified podcast: Laura Lee from the Grammy nominated band Khruangbin

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29.07.2025 20:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Some amazing Billboard magazine ads, headlines, and articles in Feb 1971

27.07.2025 11:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Meat Is Murder How I miraculously ended up at a Smiths show in 1985

Meat Is Murder: How I Miraculously Ended Up at a Smiths Show in 1985.

A strange series of events led to me standing right in front of one of my favorite bands as they walked onstage. Still hard to believe it happened. New Substack post up now.

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26.07.2025 12:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Another podcast recommendation.

When Tunde said Gerard Smith was too good for TV On The Radio… 💔

25.07.2025 09:54 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Loved having my old friend @chasejarvis.bsky.social on Identified! This is a great episode…

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17.07.2025 19:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a Drummer Four of the world’s biggest rock bands just lost their drummers

It’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a Drummer

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12.07.2025 12:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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With Tunde from TV on the Radio

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#podcast #family #identified #musicpodcast #tvontheradio #tundeadebimpe #father

06.07.2025 12:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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What are your 2025 favorites?

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05.07.2025 11:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tomorrow!

Tunde from TV on the Radio on the Identified podcast

www.identifiedpod.com

#tundeadebimpe #tvontheradio #identified #nabilayers #podcast

01.07.2025 14:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Deerhoof: always the best band.

29.06.2025 12:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Spinning records at Union Pool (Brooklyn) tonight 7pm before the William Hooker / Alan Braufman / James Brandon Lewis show

25.06.2025 12:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Loved my conversation with Neko Case on my podcast, Identified. S2 is rolling now

www.identifiedpod.com

21.06.2025 11:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We don’t talk enough about what it means to grow up unparented. Neko Case and I do on the new episode of my podcast, Identified.

www.identifiedpod.com

18.06.2025 17:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | It Took Me 49 Years to Ask the Right Question About My Father (Published 2022)

Today is Father's Day, a holiday that was never really on my radar until I wrote this op-ed for The New York Times back in 2022.

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15.06.2025 10:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy #LovingDay !!

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14.06.2025 12:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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coming September 5 : 

David Byrne - ‘Who is the Sky?’



presave / preorder : davidbyrne.mat-r.co/whoisthesky

fig 1 photo : Shervin Lainez

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Tom Morello Opens Up About Family, Fame and Fighting Racism
YouTube video by Palm Tree Island Tom Morello Opens Up About Family, Fame and Fighting Racism

Identified season 2 is out! Watch this exclusive interview with Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello—we discuss family, music, and how it shapes who we are.

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#family #identity #race #podcast #identified #music #rageagainstthemachine #tommorello

04.06.2025 12:32 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Coming soon! 👀

www.identifiedpod.com

28.05.2025 19:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On Gently Crashing My Father’s Memorial I never expected to be invited to Roy Ayers’ memorial.

Wrote a Memorial Day piece about a memorial #RoyAyers

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26.05.2025 14:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On Gently Crashing My Father’s Memorial I never expected to be invited to Roy Ayers’ memorial.

New Substack post about a stressful, cathartic, and ultimately fun night last week

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24.05.2025 13:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Spending 1 of my 24 hours in Atlanta on a panel at Music Biz this weds #MusicBiz2025

12.05.2025 19:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Talking biz at SPOT Festival in Aarhus, Denmark this Friday.

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29.04.2025 12:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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nabilayers.substack.com

27.04.2025 14:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s Ice Cream Season Ice cream and I go way back.

Wrote about ice cream

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26.04.2025 13:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One year old already! Endlessly fascinated by what I learned about the 1979 Fela Kuti & Roy Ayers Nigerian tour…

www.theguardian.com/music/2024/a...

19.04.2025 13:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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