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1.	she cut me in half 02:45	buy track
2.	why 03:04	buy track
3.	clapsical music 00:42	buy track
4.	without a fight 03:09	buy track
5.	going to pick a random record 00:55	buy track
6.	better 03:28	buy track
7.	bach 01:33	buy track
8.	your mass grave of hope 04:28	buy track
9.	cardio workout 01:26	buy track
10.	break 04:51	buy track
11.	is that irritating? 01:00	buy track
12.	living on top of buildings 04:42	buy track
13.	other things you can do 02:38	buy track
14.	girl named friend (fcc edit) 02:10	buy track
15.	introduce the band 03:03	buy track
16.	pulled 03:47	buy track
17.	thank you's 01:23	buy track
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19.	this is the last song 00:49	buy track
20.	drive 04:03	buy track

about

about a month before our 3rd birthday show at the grog, WRUW had us out to their studios to let us do a live on air show.

when we walked in they threw us in a room by ourselves, told us to not swear, not demand people go to our show, and they just let us go. No on air dj asking us questions or anything.

So we played in a room full of records while a few people took photos of us and that was really it.

it was a varied and interesting set looking back on it. We had been on the road for several months at that point. It was nice to be back in cleveland, it was nice to be on home turf.

we ran through songs from our current record "until the next red light" like " better", "without a fight", "break", and "drive"

as well as a few older songs like "girl named hell (retitled for this occasion... thank you janet jacksons breast)" and an old but unreleased song "living on top of buildings"

as well as several new songs we'd been road testing for months at that time "your mass grave of hope", "she cut me in half", "calendar" and "pulled"

the rest of the tracks are us making up banter as we go along. Some of it sinks, some of it swims.

it was a fun show to do, I recall it being a high point for us because at the time there weren't really any good live recordings of us, or at least live recordings of this quality of us.

I hope you enjoy this moment. It really represents us at the peak of our live powers with the wonderfully talented Evan Wilhelms on guitar who basically was with us for all the years between "until the next red light" and the songs that would become "lost levels". He understandably took off after a few rough years on the road, but I'm glad to finally have him and his musical presence represented on a this is exploding recording from start to finish.

thank you so much for listening.

-j

credits

released October 16, 2005

recorded at wruw studios live by ? and ?
joshua jesty: vocals, guitar
evan wilhelms: guitar
brian hill: bass
dan price: drums

all songs and stage banter by this is exploding, except the bad stage banter, that was written by your mother.

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joshua jesty Cleveland

Joshua Jesty is a professional starving artist based out of Cleveland Ohio. He has been making music that people have been getting eargasms from since 1998.

now a days he dances salsa, kicks doctors, and makes tons of pop and un-pop music.

His latest release is "...you will be forgotten". he lives with no regrets but many tacos in a physical house.

"songs about death disguised as love songs" ... more

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