![]() ![]() Thankfully my fiancée caught me and corrected me that I need to follow the arrows. I began reading left to right, top to bottom like you’d read a book and was very confused at first. Do note the red directional arrows on the instructions, though. You can view the entire assembly instruction list here (photo from Monitornerds), but I’d say it took me about 15 minutes from start to finish. There are only a few pieces to put together, all of which are assembled with the use of one of two hex pins. I’ve assembled a similar gaming chair before, but thankfully, assembling this EwinRacing gaming chair was nothing like that one. I’ve now had it set up in my office for a few days and am ready to share a few thoughts. ![]() ![]() I accepted because who doesn’t want to be comfortable. Given that I’ve been sitting more, I want to make sure I have a comfortable chair, so it was quite serendipitous that EwinRacing, a maker of PC gaming chairs, emailed me to see if I would be interested in checking out one of their chairs for review. To pass the time, I noticed I’ve been spending a lot more time on my rump in the home office, whether it be writing things for Droid Life or extended sessions of Call of Duty: Warzone. He wails, “I’m tired of stepping on your shadow and feeling in the way.” The angst is brilliantly masked by a soulfully bright melody.Like many of you, I am stuck at home, riding out this damned COVID-19 pandemic. In “Middle of the Morning," Isbell explores the dark corners of relationships in what sounds like post-pandemic wincing about all that extra time stuck at home. Shires joins her husband on five different songs, including backup vocals on “Volunteer" and “This Ain't It.” The couple laid bare their life, love and struggle in a recent documentary film. In “Save the World,” his voice as a father of a 7-year-old daughter resonates clearly as he sings of being spooked by school shootings, “Can we keep her here at home instead?” The opener, “Death Wish,” tries to care for a loved one with mental illness. “Weathervanes” further reflects the forever process of learning oneself and how to live and love complex people in a broken world. Sober for 11-plus years, Isbell continues to tell stories beyond his own trying-to-stay-clean lens. ![]() Then comes “When We Were Close,” electric from start to finish with angry chords and all-star rhymes: “Got a picture of us playing in a bar, and your shirt cost more than your guitar.” In “Cast Iron Skillet,” a soft and wistful warning against bigotry veiled behind old-fashioned views, Isbell strums a sweet tune thickened by the hum of an accordion and his wife, Amanda Shires, on the fiddle. While this album stays inside his usual musical guardrails without much adventure into new sounds, it has its twists and turns. “Weathervanes,” Isbell's eighth record with the 400 Unit, is a familiar and predictable amble within the wide expanse of Americana with this 13-track canvas painted by country, folk, gospel and hard southern rock. “Weathervanes,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Southeastern/Thirty Tigers).įurther cementing his credentials as a songwriting force, Jason Isbell and his band have created another Alabama-accented earworm of an album that flaunts the power of his voice, guitar and lyrics. ![]()
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