James Knapp, Author at HARDTIMES

September 28, 2022

This week we decided to take a look at AFI’s trace-punk opus “Bodies,” and in the process we were whisked…

September 22, 2022

DURHAM, N.C. — Local drug hookup Benjamin Wertner is reportedly only known to clients by his first name and one…

September 22, 2022

I bet you thought I’d never do it. In fact, I'm pretty sure we did bet on it. Well, two…

September 19, 2022

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. — Residents of local punk house The Swamp were recently spotted tearfully eyeing the horizon in anticipation of…

September 14, 2022

Each week, The Hard Times travels back and revisits a notable album from punk history. Except for this week, when…

September 9, 2022

PARAMUS, N.J. — Residents of local punk house “The Crows Nest” recently undertook a harrowing, coming-of-age adventure as they attempted…

September 5, 2022

What the hell happened to literature in this country? When Kerouac wrote “On the Road” in one three-week-long amphetamine binge,…

August 29, 2022

Seriously? You work part-time at Uptown Gourmet Hotdog Shoppe and yet I know for a goddamn fact you're on your…

August 25, 2022

CLAREMONT, Calif. — Indie-folk mainstays The Mountain Goats recently released a daring new concept album that explores the dark and…

August 20, 2022

Do you remember that god-awful movie “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?” It starred Brad Pitt as an old baby…