Ben Friedman, Author at HARDTIMES

August 17, 2023

With a name like Pissed Jeans, the uninitiated might assume they'd be more akin to GG Allin than say, METZ.…

August 16, 2023

OAKLAND, Calif. — Tenants of a local punk house are locked in a bitter discourse of what actually constitutes garbage,…

July 31, 2023

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Local 39-year-old Perry Lawson is one of the many millennials across the globe honoring the death of…

July 14, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A recent survey of tattoo enthusiasts found that the once-popular finger mustache tattoo surpassed the swastika as…

July 3, 2023

Well, well, look who decided to finally call! Oh yes, I’m sure you’ve been very busy. Of course I’m being…

June 24, 2023

HAMEL, Ill. — Indie supergroup boygenius announced their North American tour is on hold after Julien Baker found herself in…

June 21, 2023

The longest day of the year is upon us, and with it comes thousands of years of humanity observing it…

June 10, 2023

KENT, Conn. — Film director and musician Rob Zombie reportedly lost his temper with a representative of Carvana when he…

June 3, 2023

LAS VEGAS — Lifelong straight edger Logan McGuire spent the majority of his future brother-in-law’s bachelor party convincing the stripper…

May 30, 2023

Nowadays, saying that you like the Smiths isn’t exactly an Earth-shattering opinion (unless you’re Joseph Gordon Levitt in “500 Days…