Opinion and Commentary
FlatironHot! App Review: Guru Magazine
May 6, 2013 | Shaun PersaudThis week FlatironHot! took some time to test the Guru Magazine app. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to try it out within an iOS environment, but it worked beautifully on a Nexus 7 device, and left us quite impressed.
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Inside the New York Mets Dismal 2013 Performance and Parsing What the Future Holds
May 1, 2013 | Mike MandelkernVia Mets on my Mind (@metsonmymind)
Defeat has become contagious for the New York Mets. They lost a series 1-2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers and got swept by the Philadelphia Phillies in late April, all in CitiField. These defeats … Read More
NY Mets Struggle to Drive in Runs at Start of 2013 Season
April 29, 2013 | Eric ShapiroThe New York Mets made a statement on Opening Day with 11 runs and 13 hits. Six players had multiple hits, including Colin Cowgill, who delivered a grand slam. Opening Day inspired momentary hope for the 2013 season, but devout … Read More
The 2013 NFL Draft at NYC’s Radio City: An Outsider’s Perspective
April 29, 2013 | Flatironhot ContributorBy Samantha Weiss
For three days in April, the area surrounding Radio City Music Hall becomes a sea of jersey-clad football fans, anxiously waiting for their chance to watch the NFL Draft. The congregation of die-hards is forced to wait … Read More
Game of Thrones “Kissed by Fire” Recap (Season 3, Episode 5)
April 29, 2013 | Eric ShapiroWelcome to our weekly Game of Thrones Season 3 recap feature. It includes full spoilers from Season 3 Episode 5 “Kissed by Fire” and the HBO series as a whole, based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels.
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HAP Combines British Invasion Vibe With Indie Rock Sounds on Debut Album “Corners”
April 22, 2013 | Eric ShapiroOn their debut album, Corners, indie band HAP possesses a wonderfully cheerful quality, which shines through in guitarist and lead vocalist Ned Porter’s bubbly streams of consciousness and even more so in the band’s quirky, carnivalesque arrangements.
New York Mets 2013 Season Defined by Frustrating Contradictions
April 18, 2013 | Mike MandelkernCross published with Mets on My Mind
The New York Mets have fallen from grace since early in the 2013 season. They unleashed a juggernaut offense against the San Diego Padres, Miami Marlins and Minnesota Twins, with home runs in multiple consecutive games, clutch two-out hitting and crooked numbers galore. They were 7-4 at one point. Read More
Music Review: With Self-Titled 2013 Album, Paramore & Hayley Williams Reshape Alternative Rock In Their Own Image
April 11, 2013 | Eric ShapiroOriginally published on indieshuffle
You hear that? That’s the sound of indie rock band Paramore tearing apart the vague entity that we call “punk rock” apart, only to stitch itself back together into something familiar, yet utterly unique. Nowhere … Read More
Film Review: “Room 237” Offers Few Insights Into Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”
April 11, 2013 | Jonas PaslauskasRoom 237 is almost exactly what I thought it would be. I had huge reservations about seeing it, as The Shining is one of my favorite films and Stanley Kubrick is one of my all-time favorite directors. Read More
In the Wake of Manchin-Toomey, Why NRA’s “Good Guys with Guns” is a Bad Idea that Won’t Prevent Another Sandy Hook
April 10, 2013 | Eric ShapiroThe Manchin-Toomey bill may be the most significant gun control legislation to come before Congress in years, but it falls well short of what is needed. An assault weapons ban and a limit on clip sizes are not even on … Read More