Life Out of Tunes

10/03/2025

This evening's Life Out of Tunes will be covered by Buffalo Mike, host of Asheville FM's Brews & Blues. Tune in at 7 pm eastern time for two hours of psych, prog, and blues! You know where to find us on 103.3 Asheville FM!
Joey returns next week.

09/27/2025

Did we leave you stranded? Life Out of Tunes aired on Friday, September 26th but I neglected to remind you about it ahead of time. Shame on me. 🫢 it was awesome, according to some. But don't worry! You can always listen to the archive! It's available here for two weeks: https://ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/
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09/19/2025

Several people told me they enjoyed show. You can enjoy it too: https://ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/

This week on Life Out of Tunes we'll hear fresh tracks from Pigs On Corn, Yasmine Hamdan, and Gwenifer Raymond, plus a little trip through the cosmos with The Chameleons, Population II, and Stephan Thelen & Markus Reuter. We’ve got a new live track from David Gilmour and his daughter Romany Gilmour, recorded on the 2024 Luck and Strange tour. We’ll revisit a reissue from Funkadelic, originally dropped back in 1970. Throw in some Legendary Pink Dots, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, MIEN, The Corporation, and much more. It'll be a show as colorful as a swirling kaleidoscope. Friday at 7 pm eastern time on 103.3 Asheville FM, on the web, and on our smartphone app.

09/15/2025

Six years ago I was invited to present an audio/visual lecture on the influence of Wisconsin musicians in popular culture. Of all the sources I used in researching the topic, these two books by Wisconsin musicologist Gary Myers were pure gold. Gary and I had been corresponding by email regularly for quite some time as he was a fount of knowledge about artists from my home state. Today I learned that Gary left our earthly stage early this morning. Goodbye old friend. May you rest in peace and rock 'n roll forever. 🎶
Here you can find a description of my 2019 presentation:
https://fb.me/e/5ZrwjOKKg

09/12/2025

Is it real or is it Joey? Show archive here:
https://ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/

You won’t hear ANY of the artists or songs named on this 1966 “Song Hits Magazine" cover on Life Out of Tunes with Joey Books. Listen for yourself... Friday, 9/12… 7 pm EDT. Only on 103.3 Asheville FM. (Well, you might hear the band to which that bent arrow is pointing… probably.)

09/04/2025

Dear Joey,
Where can I find an archive of your most recent radio show?
Signed,
Craving Music
Dear Craving,
Click here: https://ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/

Familiar and obscure, far and near, old and new. Life Out of Tunes is music with a psychedelic hue. Hosted by Joey Books on 103.3 Asheville FM, Friday evenings at 7 pm eastern. Stream it on ashevillefm.org or from our smartphone app.
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08/28/2025

Described as among my top 5 shows by an anonymous spouse, you can catch the archive here for a couple of weeks:
https://ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/

On Life Out of Tunes we aviate through new, out-of-the-mainstream music from Syrinx, Marianne Nowottny, Push Puppets, Anand Wilder, and Mere Fever among others. Surprising covers of familiar tunes. And we celebrate the anniversary of a couple of tracks that helped define the spirit of the 60s and 70s. Plus Vanishing Kids, Sanguine Hum, Mary Halvorson and more! Joey Books will be your pilot this evening beginning at 7 pm eastern time, on 103.3 Asheville FM. Streaming on the Web and also from our smartphone app!

08/20/2025

Later on, dim the lights, slip on your headphones, and listen to this archive: https://ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/

Join host Joey Books on Life Out of Tunes, Friday evening at 7 pm eastern time to hear contemporary, obscure, and legacy music, mostly with a psychedelic hue. This week featuring midwest rockers Pop Fletcher & The Hucksters, emerging local band Margot Texas, posthumously released Jeffrey Runnings, Toronto’s Avi C. Engel, classics from Children of the Mushroom, Egg, Jimi Hendrix, East Forest, plus ‘80s Brazilian psych from Violeta De Outono and more! Only on 103.3 Asheville FM, your award-winning community radio station streaming everywhere at ashevillefm.org and on our app!

08/14/2025

With all the lousy news in the world, escape for a couple hours and listen to the archive of my show: https://ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/

While out on assignment last week, I attended The Bright Light Social Hour show. You’ll hear them as well as new music from The Warlocks, Deep Energy Orchestra, Nick Haeffner, Brian Jackson, Whitney Tai and Asheville’s own Bask. All this and more on Life Out of Tunes with Joey Books, Friday August 15th, 7-9 pm eastern time, on 103.3 Asheville FM. Streaming everywhere on our app!

08/07/2025

Hey! JD, the professor of prog and host of Closer to the Edge, will be filling in for me on Life Out of Tunes this Friday, August 8th on Asheville FM. I'll let him tell you all about it...

Taken from A Sunday Night Above The Rain. A live concert film featuring all of the tracks from Marillion's widely acclaimed studio album 'Sounds That Can't B...

08/01/2025

BREAKING NEWS! Archive (including the opening you thought you missed): https://ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/

Tonight on Life Out of Tunes with Joey Books... new music from guitar virtuoso Yasmin Williams (pictured here), King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Jonathan Personne, Bridget St. John, and Beauty In Chaos. Plus new reissues and a couple old favorites, including one in honor of what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 83rd birthday. Contemporary, obscure, and legacy music - mostly with a psychedelic hue. 7-9 pm Eastern time on 103.3 Asheville FM. It sounds great on our smartphone app!

07/24/2025

Archival matter: https://ashevillefm.org/show/life-out-of-tunes/

This week’s Life Out of Tunes will introduce new sounds by Ute Lemper, C.C.C.P., Pierpont & Helgeson, Tian Qiyi, Andrew Staniland, Nosound, and Stick Men. New reissues from The Kinks, Bill Holt’s Dreamies, and a killer trumpet solo from Cynthia Robinson off of Sly & The Family Stone’s previously unreleased album “The First Family: Live at the Wi******er Cathedral 1967.” Plus tasty goodies from Soup, The Green Children, Neil Young… and a couple of surprises! Tune in Friday, July 25th at 7 pm Eastern time, on 103.3 Asheville FM, and streaming everywhere you take us on our app.