365 project;"soaring on the wings of selfish pride i flew too high, and like Icarus i collide"

24.

artist:jars of clay
album:jars of clay.

there was about a four year span of my life where i listened to nothing but CCM. my senior year of college and bands like brand new and taking back sunday pulled me away from that, but there are two bands who's Cd's i haven't totally abandoned, five iron frenzy and jars of clay.

I'm actually going to see jars at the end of march so i figured it was time to start listening again. i think that mentally and spiritually it will be a fantastic trip, and i really cant wait to spend time with my western pa friends.

I've seen jars before. B and i went to see them in Trenton years ago. i don't remember much about that show, though. i also saw them out in western pa a long time ago with Kathi. i actually had totally forgotten about that show until right now.

i think, though, my most prominent memory relating to this CD is going to see full surrender play and hearing them cover worlds apart. i actually remember the first time i heard them play this song, it was the first time id ever gone to see them play. i begged Sarah to go with me to see them, and she agreed, and we went to a coffeehouse somewhere near school to see them. I'm pretty sure the bathroom doors were painted weird and i had to pee really badly but i couldn't figure out which was which so i didn't go. i also didn't really drink coffee at the time (imagine that. i cant.) so i didn't know what to order. i also didn't really know Brandon very well, so basically the entire night was awkward.

but they covered this song. they had played other songs that i knew, but this was different. I've always felt a connection to jars that i cant explain, so to hear that song was special to me. i bought the band's tape that night. anyone that knows me knows that i became pretty good friends with the guys in the band, and spent some time following them around to various parts of the country. i had a good time selling merch for them.

as the year goes on, ill share more jars-related stories, as i have others that pertain to different albums.