Patrick Crooks, Author at HARDTIMES

October 29, 2023

With October nearly in the books, we decided to take a look at some of the newer variety of pumpkin…

October 10, 2023

DENVER — Developers of a new luxury condominium announced that their new building would be named ‘The Hippodrome’ after the…

September 22, 2023

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Nearly all of the speakers at the service for deceased punk Jeremy Wiggins reported that he’d…

September 12, 2023

Over the past ten years, no film franchise has had more of an impact on cinema and pop culture as…

August 15, 2023

How does one describe Sonic Youth? Are they that band “Juno” famously dismissed as ‘just noise?’ Or are they the…

August 11, 2023

Since its inception, music has been as integral a part of Saturday Night Live as comedy is apparently supposed to…

June 30, 2023

If you’re into buttstuff and like loud, scuzzy, guitar music, there aren’t very many gay bars out there for you.…

May 26, 2023

ADELPHI, Md. — Local Mom, Susan Campbell, informed her son’s band to keep playing and not to pay her any…

May 17, 2023

If you are an older millennial who grew up in the suburbs, Epitaph’s Punk-O-Rama Compilations were your introduction to punk.…

May 12, 2023

NEW YORK — Local man Brian Crowley issued a press release begging anyone he encounters to please stop recommending television…