Here at The Hard Times, a lot of us fancy ourselves to be sort of armchair history buffs. As we’re fond of saying around the…
Like any aspiring anarchist, I want to do what I can to burn this entire rotten system to the ground and bring in a new…
We’re big classic rock fans here at the Hard Times, so it naturally follows that we love genre stalwarts Led Zeppelin. From the trailblazing drumwork…
I’ve worked my entire life trying to break into this industry. Several years as a violinist, a stint with indie rock, and a regrettable six…
Are you a man over 30 with a little tummy and weird patches of overgrown body hair sprouting from your torso? Are you tired of…
Bro, you know that guy I work with? The one who is always taking off his clothes and smearing his face with blackberry juice? It…
We remember elementary school music class as a really informative and interactive experience where we learned the basics of sheet music and how different instruments…
Who doesn’t love “Weird Al” Yankovic? We sure as hell do! His parodies have poked fun at literal decades of classics, and in doing so,…
Love makes us do crazy things — run through airports, hold up boomboxes, and sometimes even willingly hang out on Long Island. This time, love…
It was unmistakably Eric Andre ordering a Chablis on the rocks next to me at the bar. I’m a pretty big comedy fan (name a…
It seems like everybody these days has a cause that they truly believe in. Whether it’s fighting for a person’s right to bodily autonomy or…
It’s 4/20, and you’re probably thinking, “Who cares, I already smoke weed every day,” right? Well, what if I told you that even the most…
I don’t mean to come off as preachy or superior, but I’ve always felt sorry for people who need to consume a substance to have…
My family and I love living here in Montclair — there are restaurants for my wife and me, theaters and museums for the kids, and…
Look, I’m not one to complain. For the past sixty years, I’ve been a proud American who’s enjoyed exactly two things: my freedoms and my…