Eric Navarro, Author at HARDTIMES

December 17, 2021

Remember when you first discovered punk? We sure do. You were between the ages of thirteen and sixteen and full…

December 7, 2021

The world is changing too rapidly. Between advances in culture and technology, some of us can't keep up and many…

November 26, 2021

Large corporations are demon tanks running on pure capitalism, emotionlessly bulldozing all we have worked to build as a society.…

November 25, 2021

Each year, one holiday brings everybody back to their hometown as families gather to eat, drink, and hide their resentment…

November 21, 2021

Hey there, new meat. First mosh pit? No? Well that's not what it looks like to me, a mosh pit…

November 18, 2021

Depression is a real buzzkill. Or a buzz inducer if you self-medicate with alcohol like I recently had to stop…

October 8, 2021

Oiright, oiright, oiright. You know what I love about the local scene? Every four years it completely refreshes. Kids graduate…

October 5, 2021

Now that many schools have gone virtual, we need to address cyberbullying. Specifically, how necessary it is. Sure, in the…

September 10, 2021

Drat! For once in my gadbum life, I was being responsible. I finally did the adult thing and paid a…

August 5, 2021

Ska is constantly in the crosshairs of the rest of the alternative scene. The genre, its bands, and its fans…