Listener comments!

♥ 9:00am
: “They were immediately and absolutely recognizable as adventurers; rogues who wandered the Ragamoll and the Cymek and Fellid and probably the whole of Bas-Lag. They were hardy and dangerous, lawless, stripped of allegiance or morality, living off their wits, stealing and killing, hiring themselves out to whoever and whatever came. They were inspired by dubious virtues.

“A few performed useful services, research cartography and the like. Most were nothing but tomb raiders. They were scum who died violent deaths, hanging on to a certain cachet among the impressionable through their undeniable bravery and their occasionally impressive exploits.”—Perdido Street Station

Greg! Adventurers!

♥ 9:00am
Listener Bop Monroe: came for the Pidge, staying in The Zone. ♥ 9:01am
Marley P. Dogg: Good morning Greg, Handy and friends! ♥ 9:01am
steveo: GERG ♥ 9:01am
Handy Haversack: What up, Marley! ♥ 9:01am
unpopularfred: Good morning GZ5, adventurers, and Zsa Zsa ♥ 9:01am
luca: roll for initiative mfs   9:02am
listener james from westwood: Morning and happy Thursday, Greg and all iniquitous murder hobos! ♥ 9:02am
Listener Bop Monroe: ...and the Queen of Outer Space is Conrad Hilton! ♥ 9:02am
Ken From Hyde Park: Terrifying danger? Sign me up! ♥ 9:02am
Krys O.: Howdy! Ooh, cauldrons. ♥ 9:02am
David The Splatter: DONNA REED AS SACAGAWEA (sp?)!!! ♥ 9:03am
Handy Haversack: The Chamber of Orgies never got a fair break in this town. ♥ 9:03am
common: greg, all ♥ 9:03am
Marley P. Dogg:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:01

What’s good Handy!?   9:03am
branded: Kid koala b2b madlib guest mix this AM? ♥ 9:04am
David The Splatter:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:03

It was too close to the blood-soaked arena. Like putting 2 Starbucks on the same block. ♥ 9:04am
steveo: Ben Vereen as John the Baptist! ♥ 9:04am
unpopularfred: ever seen that movie where Jack Pallance plays Castro? It's quite something ♥ 9:04am
luca:

↳ David The Splatter @9:02

close enough ♥ 9:04am
Mephistopheles: Good morning, Greg! ♥ 9:05am
steveo:

↳ steveo @9:04

Ben Vereen is widely associated with the story of John the Baptist, though he is best known for portraying Judas Iscariot in the original 1971 Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Damn that's weird!   9:06am
Hi from Holland:

↳ David The Splatter @9:02

Movie: The Far Horizons - not to be mistaken with the completely unrelated sci-fi horror movie Event Horizon from the 90s. ♥ 9:07am
Sean Bikes:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:00

Love this!
Matching the energy of Greg's intro

Happy Thursday, Handy

♥ 9:07am
Mephistopheles:

↳ unpopularfred @9:04

"Che!" was the movie, apparently. 9:07am
beedee:

↳ Song: "Summertime" by "Girls"

Great start! If you have any request room, "Bang" by The Raveonettes fits right in this vein. ♥ 9:07am
steveo:

↳ steveo @9:05

That's either an incredible coincidence or my brain knew something that I didn't know it knew! ♥ 9:08am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Sean Bikes @9:07

And you, Sean! ♥ 9:08am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Summertime" by "Girls"

NB: NOT *the* Girls. ♥ 9:09am
David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Ibiza Bar" by "Pink Floyd"

"More" was a bore. ♥ 9:09am
steveo: I also have Pizza Mind ♥ 9:10am
chresti: I have pizza mind when Greg is here! 9:10am
beedee: "MORE" SOUNDTRACK!!! Great lp. Good headphone material. Floyd rocked out on the soundtracks. And experimented a bit with some sound effects (cool backward cymbals on this lp). ♥ 9:11am
Krys O.:

↳ unpopularfred @9:04

And Omar Sharif was Che. 9:12am
beedee: Homer the Sheriff ♥ 9:12am
steveo: Turning up the bass and setting the controls to the heart of the sun ♥ 9:12am
Krys O.: Jack Palance was a great Count Dracula, although not as sexy as Louis Jourdan. ♥ 9:13am
Barney Grubbs: sleng teng detectors going off over here ♥ 9:14am
steveo: *for

(Ok I'll stop commenting for a while)

9:14am
beedee: Hi this is a computer hired by Paramount Pictures. We're excited to premiere a new film entitled HIJINX! Starring Shelley Long, Robert DuVall and .. Bette Midler as..... THE RINGMASTER! Quite possibly the performance of her life. ♥ 9:14am
Krys O.:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:08

Also not The Girls

www.discogs.com...

♥ 9:15am
David Shortell:

↳ steveo @9:05

"Best known for"? I had no idea he was in that. I knew he had played Hud in "Hair". ♥ 9:15am
Barney Grubbs:

↳ Barney Grubbs @9:13

but could be ringing a false alarm   9:15am
Philip: weird. I'm pretty sure this isn't pink floyd ♥ 9:16am
Krys O.:

↳ steveo @9:05

He's still around. He was in the original cast of Pippin too. ♥ 9:16am
Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang!   9:16am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Krys O. @9:14

Hi Krys! ♥ 9:16am
David The Splatter:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @9:16

Morning, Greg!   9:16am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @9:16

Hi Greg! 9:17am
beedee:

↳ Song: "Sleng Teng Finish Already" by "Tippa Irie"

Hiroku Okuda ! The creator of the Sleng Teng riddim... apnews.com...   9:17am
Alice: What was the song that played before this one?   9:17am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chresti @9:10

Hi chrestikins! ♥ 9:19am
Barney Grubbs:

↳ Barney Grubbs @9:15

sources say it’s the Tempo riddim www.riddimguide.com... ♥ 9:20am
Ski:

↳ Song: "Sforzando!" by "Sebadoh"

🔥🌶🔥🌶🔥 ♥ 9:20am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Krys O. @9:14

That's whom I meant! ♥ 9:20am
Krys O.:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @9:16

Hello, Andrew!   9:21am
goes211: Anyone ever been to The Barlow Family General Store? ♥ 9:25am
chresti: Hi Andrew in TOkins! ♥ 9:26am
steveo: MONGOOOOOOO ♥ 9:26am
steveo:

↳ Krys O. @9:16

Nice! ♥ 9:27am
Mephistopheles:

↳ Song: "Macunsere" by "Mongo Santamaria Y Sus Ritmos Afro...

Reminds me of Blazing Saddles! "Mongo? Santamaria!" ♥ 9:28am
Mephistopheles: Ugh, who schedules a meeting at 9:30AM on a Thursday? ♥ 9:28am
Krys O.:

↳ Song: "Macunsere" by "Mongo Santamaria Y Sus Ritmos Afro...

IIRC Mongo Santamaria came down as a guest to WFMU in East Orange on the Montego Joe program. Montego Joe worked as a sideman with many great musicians.

en.wikipedia.org...

  9:28am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ steveo @9:26

Hi steveo! ♥ 9:29am
steveo:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @9:28

Yo! ♥ 9:29am
Krys O.:

↳ Krys O. @9:28

Doug Schulkind would be the one to confirm this. 9:30am
beedee: Mongo was one o the greats. Afro Blue composer. Loved his take on Herbie's Watermelon Man too. ♥ 9:30am
chresti:

↳ beedee @9:17

Right on! ♥ 9:30am
Mark91:

↳ Song: "Small Horsewoman" by "Shelly Thunder"

Lit!   9:32am
G: Wow, bangin' today!   9:32am
Hi from Holland:

↳ Song: "Small Horsewoman" by "Shelly Thunder"

Sounds like Shaggy's Mom! ♥ 9:33am
Sean Bikes:

↳ Song: "My Favorite Ladies" by "MF DOOM"

Nothing sounds like DOOM ♥ 9:34am
Greg from ZONE 5: Dance, New Jersey. Dance NOW. 9:35am
beedee: Happy 83 to Joe Chambers! What a resume... both solo and session/touring musician. ♥ 9:35am
Yes: <33 ♥ 9:36am
Barney Grubbs:

↳ Song: "Small Horsewoman" by "Shelly Thunder"

now we’ve got sleng teng 9:37am
beedee:

↳ Song: "Slip N Slide" by "Big Pimp Jones"

toyt ♥ 9:38am
adampsyche: great set ♥ 9:39am
David Shortell:

↳ Hi from Holland @9:32

Shaggy will be at See Hear Now in September. There are still tickets selling for $319.
seahearnow.frontgatetickets.com ♥ 9:40am
steveo:

↳ Song: "Slip N Slide" by "Big Pimp Jones"

Good gawd ♥ 9:42am
mrs.bucci: Hiii Gregggg! ♥ 9:42am
Deano de los Muertos: Lunch at 9:42 is a glorious thing ♥ 9:43am
Deano de los Muertos: Morning G25 ♥ 9:43am
Deano de los Muertos: z* ♥ 9:43am
steveo: Your sounded kinda like Sally Struthers saying gun repair there for a second ♥ 9:44am
steveo: Nice ceceo ♥ 9:45am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @9:42

Deanoreno! ♥ 9:45am
steveok: Oh gawd I'm poasting again ♥ 9:46am
slocker: I love those Breeders. I will use any opportunity I get to tell people I have the same birthday and Kim and Kelly. ♥ 9:46am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Song: "Iris" by "The Breeders"

Kim absolutely BELTED this sucker out. ♥ 9:46am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Iris" by "The Breeders"

Best Breeders album. ♥ 9:48am
slocker:

↳ mrs.bucci @9:42

OMG I love your design show. What a mitzvah to the artistic labor community. ♥ 9:49am
evancuts: I just had a deja vu moment of seeing the Breeders open for Sonic Youth. Maybe 1993 at the Academy? Was it a WFMU fundraiser? Or did I dream this? ♥ 9:50am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ mrs.bucci @9:42

Morning, Jackie Bucci! ♥ 9:51am
slocker:

↳ evancuts @9:49

I think it was real ♥ 9:51am
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:45

Handerific!   9:52am
milknpie:

↳ Song: "Strange Valley" by "Pierre Dutour et son Orchestre"

rad song   9:53am
Philip: Right on! Procol Harum!! ♥ 9:53am
luca:

↳ Song: "She Wandered Through The Garden Fence" by "Procol...

yes   9:53am
ElMonteSlim: My fav from Procol Harum!   9:54am
FleetwoodMacbeth: Procol Harum ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ♥ 9:55am
steveo:

↳ ElMonteSlim @9:53

Really great ♥ 9:55am
Garrity:

↳ Song: "She Wandered Through The Garden Fence" by "Procol...

G'mornin, Greg FZ5 and all!
Of course it is, PH! 9:56am
beedee: keep tryna think by nuttin happens - curly 9:56am
beedee: *but ♥ 9:56am
slocker:

↳ evancuts @9:49

www.concertarchives.org...   9:57am
PhiladelphiANNE: Hey Greg! It’s Anne from your Purple Reign trivia team! Checking out your show today. Sounds good! Thanks again for being such an awesome teammate. ♥ 9:57am
slocker:

↳ evancuts @9:49

It was only 33 years ago.   9:58am
Tedious Myth: Sinister Porpoise! Love it Greg! ♥ 9:58am
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Garrity @9:55

Yo Garrity ♥ 9:58am
steveo:

↳ slocker @9:57

A blink of the eye ♥ 10:00am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Tedious Myth @9:58

Morning, TM! ♥ 10:00am
McGroovey:

↳ Song: "She Wandered Through The Garden Fence" by "Procol...

I want to be in a band that plays this song for 3 hours straight. ♥ 10:00am
Garrity:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @9:58

Hiyoo, Deano!! ♥ 10:00am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ PhiladelphiANNE @9:57

Morning Anne- likewise I'm sure! ♥ 10:02am
Deano de los Muertos: I was playing with Legos in 1993. I was, in 2023, too.   10:02am
?: MP is my absolute favorite!!! ♥ 10:02am
Mephistopheles: Is there a trivia question this morning? Did I miss it? ♥ 10:02am
cricket:

↳ Song: "Gunman" by "Michael Prophet"

one of my all-time favs! listen to this bass!!! 10:03am
NicoLovesYou:

↳ McGroovey @10:00

Nobody is stopping you ♥ 10:03am
cricket: so glad to have you on a full-time schedule! ♥ 10:04am
evancuts:

↳ slocker @9:57

Thx...that was a good venue while it lasted. Just down the block from the New York Times old offices. ♥ 10:05am
steveo:

↳ NicoLovesYou @10:03

I don't know if you can assume that. Maybe he's in one of those Superman sky prism prisons, for instance   10:06am
Roll Fizzlebeef: This is too funky for a Thursday morning! ♥ 10:07am
Deano de los Muertos: ah, Yasiin Bey ♥ 10:10am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Roll Fizzlebeef @10:06

Thursday morning is arguably the funkiest time in the whole week! ♥ 10:11am
Deano de los Muertos: back to work, thanks Greg ♥ 10:12am
McGroovey:

↳ NicoLovesYou @10:03

The guys I play with might stop me 🤣   10:15am
Roll Fizzlebeef: @Greg Well it certainly is NOW! ♥ 10:16am
steveo: pineapple punch mentioned 🥰 ♥ 10:17am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Roll Fizzlebeef @10:15

#keepthursdayfunky ♥ 10:18am
thedunkel: ¡KITGZ5¡

{K-illing I-t T-oday GZ5}

♥ 10:18am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ thedunkel @10:18

Thanks AD! ♥ 10:22am
PoL in Berlin:

↳ Song: "In My Room" by "Yazoo"

Great song, great album. ♥ 10:22am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "In My Room" by "Yazoo"

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Just gonna settle back into this. ♥ 10:23am
Handy Haversack:

↳ PoL in Berlin @10:22

Someone put this song on a mix tape for me in HS, and I loved it SO MUCH, and somehow I never got this album until this year while record shopping in Glasgow. Been wearing it out ever since! ♥ 10:24am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:23

So good! ♥ 10:27am
Steeley Chris: “Chocolate War” is a great film.   10:30am
estebangrande: I eat with gusto DAmN you bet!
I’ve heard this before ♥ 10:30am
James: *beatnik snapping applause* throughout this reading 10:32am
LastWhiteRhino:

↳ Song: "I Eat With Gusto, Damn, You Bet!" by "Jonathan Ri...

Hi Greg. Who knew that was Tom Mix in the cowboy hat on the Sgt. Peppers cover !!!!!
"Purple Reign" performed respectably thanks to you and Chinn.
Mucho Gusto !!! ♥ 10:33am
Gregosaurus: I'm drinking coffee with gusto...Damn! ...does that count?   10:33am
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:23

Hi Handy! 10:33am
p twishus:

↳ Song: "Good Morning Explosion" by "Stepford Wives"

<3 ♥ 10:34am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ p twishus @10:33

p twish! 10:35am
p twishus: Hello! ♥ 10:35am
Barney Grubbs: nice one—now I’ll be eating with gusto all day 10:36am
p twishus:

↳ Song: "Good Morning Explosion" by "Stepford Wives"

Ok these guys sound pretty good with drums I GUESS ♥ 10:38am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ p twishus @10:36

Right? I asked Ben about the last song they played and he said "It's on our album, but it's 9 minutes long..." And I was like "GREAT!" ♥ 10:40am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Good Morning Explosion" by "Stepford Wives"

Real good work here. ♥ 10:40am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @10:33

Yo, Andrew! 10:40am
p twishus:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @10:38

Lol nooo not 9 minutes of this.... ♥ 10:41am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ p twishus @10:40

Shoulda been 20 mins longer. 10:43am
Joe B: If you hear any noise it's just Greg from Zone 5 boppin ♥ 10:43am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @10:41

Any idea if they're planning a physical release? 10:43am
p twishus: "radio friendly" and "WFMU friendly" being two entirely different concepts ♥ 10:44am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:43

Don't know, but they sure should! ♥ 10:47am
Krys O.:

↳ Song: "Ahwak" by "Assad Khoury"

Terrific! ♥ 10:49am
The Oscar:

↳ Song: "Ahwak" by "Assad Khoury"

I've heard this a few times this week, and every single time my brain wants to turn it into a cover of "Creep." ♥ 10:55am
PoL in Berlin:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:23

I love that the whole second side is rather experimental. ♥ 10:57am
The Oscar:

↳ Song: "As Time Goes By" by "Magnificent Malochi"

"Play it, The Magnificent Malochi. Play 'As Time Goes By.'" ♥ 11:02am
efd:

↳ Song: "Bali Girl" by "Nino Nardini & Roger Roger"

who used to use this as their bed music on WFMU? It’s driving me crazy. (Maybe just a loop of the opening section?) ♥ 11:02am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ The Oscar @10:57

😂 ♥ 11:10am
Barney Grubbs:

↳ efd @11:02

maybe Little Danny? ♥ 11:17am
chresti:

↳ efd @11:02

Flash Strap?   11:18am
alex: Will Smith is really corny to me but that song is a vibe, feels like driving with the windows downnnn ♥ 11:18am
pgalub: Hey Greg and everyone. ♥ 11:18am
HHVICTOR:

↳ Song: "The Horror Of Party Beach (Trailer)" by "N/A"

Many times the trailers are more entertaining than the movie itself. ♥ 11:19am
chresti:

↳ HHVICTOR @11:18

Yes ♥ 11:20am
Gregosaurus:

↳ HHVICTOR @11:18

Ultimately, Eulabelle, the housekeeper figured out how to kill the beasties.   11:21am
Andres: Never heard a crowd singalong so high in the mix! ♥ 11:21am
∫ydniuß:

↳ Song: "Disco 2000 (Live)" by "Pulp"

❤️   11:21am
listener james from westwood: EFD: The instrumental was Liz Berg’s bed music IIRC. ♥ 11:22am
Gregosaurus:

↳ Andres @11:21

Right up there with Rush in Rio. ♥ 11:22am
efd:

↳ chresti @11:17

in my mind I’m thinking it was a mothership DJ from a while ago, but who knows if that’s a reliable memory. But neither Flash Strap nor Little Danny is clicking the recognition box in my head. ♥ 11:23am
efd:

↳ listener james from westwood @11:21

AHA!! That sounds right, I was thinking it was a female DJ. And I just ran into Liz last night, coincidentally/eerily! ♥ 11:24am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Disco 2000 (Live)" by "Pulp"

Oh man, perfect timing. I was just finishing my shower and could really belt it out!

Gods, the crowd on that track. Absolute ecstatics. Having seen Pulp finally and having never stopped screaming along or crying pretty much the entire time, I fully understand.

♥ 11:25am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:24

Same! When Jarvis walked out on stage I almost fainted like one of those screaming Beatles girls. ♥ 11:25am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:24

That Live! record was an instabuy. Why won't it be August 28 already?! ♥ 11:27am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:25

There were two women behind me who were in the exact same state. We understood each other. ♥ 11:29am
sydneysalk: greg time! ♥ 11:30am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ sydneysalk @11:29

Dance sydney! Dance now! ♥ 11:31am
∫ydniuß:

↳ Song: "Hot This Year" by "Dirtsman"

💯 ♥ 11:31am
Hoboken Jack: Hello Greg, EFD, Joe, Handy, Andrew, Dunky, McGroove, Slocker, David, Krys, everybody! ♥ 11:32am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Hoboken Jack @11:31

Mo' Jack, mo' better! ♥ 11:32am
Hoboken Jack:

↳ sydneysalk @11:29

Hi Sydney! Great show last night! ♥ 11:35am
The Oscar:

↳ Song: "The Enchanting Melody" by "Artie Barsamian"

This set is one of my favorite things Numero has ever put out. Every time my wife and I go on vacation we always keep it on loop in the car (even though we're usually in the quite un-tropical Maine!) ♥ 11:35am
Krys O.:

↳ Hoboken Jack @11:31

Hidey-ho! ♥ 11:38am
Handy Haversack: Gotta go do dog stuff with the dog. Thanks, Greg!

Another adventure completed. Now to divide the treasure and watch the experience points roll in!

♥ 11:39am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ The Oscar @11:35

Same! We play it down the shore every summer. ♥ 11:39am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:38

Thanks for hanging, HH! ♥ 11:41am
Listener Bop Monroe: jumping back on to say hi and bye.
great show today DJGfZ5
the party of horror beach   11:43am
Andres:

↳ Song: "Watussi Dance" by "Pop Workshop"

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'… ♥ 11:43am
Listener Bop Monroe: seems this Pterodactyl rides a little lower...
:-) ♥ 11:43am
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Listener Bop Monroe @11:41

Godspeed, Big Bopper! ♥ 11:44am
Listener Bop Monroe: why thank you, sir! ♥ 11:48am
sydneysalk:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @11:30

♩¨̮(ง ˙˘˙ )ว♩¨̮ ♥ 11:52am
luca:

↳ Song: "Coppers" by "Rancid"

hell yeah ♥ 11:54am
Krys O.: Thanks, Greg! ♥ 11:55am
∫ydniuß: Merci greg de la zone cinq ♥ 11:55am
radioronan: Thanks Greg..cheers y'all ! ♥ 11:56am
Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks y'all- same time next week! ♥ 11:56am
Mephistopheles: Thanks for the adventure, Greg! 11:57am
LastWhiteRhino: Fine show Greg, Thanks.   11:58am
J&E in Ithaca NY: So good to hear, x-ray Burns on the airwaves!   11:58am
listener James from Westwood: Many thanks, Greg! ♥ 11:59am
DaveMiß: On to Zone 6 ♥ 11:59am
Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Greg. Zone 5 rules! ♥ 12:00pm
unpopularfred:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:59

what Ken said ♥ 12:04pm
chresti: Thanks GFZ!