There is no way to tell John Mellencamp’s story without telling my own. And if his story is really a confession of sucking on chili…
The other day The Hard Times was at a coffee shop and ahead of us in line was a real-live 40-year-old in a beanie. He…
It’s hard to believe that the “Fashioncore” era of hardcore is nearly two decades old. This was a time that saw many people dying their…
Junior high is a difficult age when even the slightest embarrassment can challenge a young man’s development of confidence in my, I mean his, adult…
Can you believe the album that made us fall in love with Neko Case, Dan Bejar and the other members of The New Pornographers turns…
We’ve all done embarrassing stuff when we were young. William Frederick Jordan Durst, the auteur director who graced us all last summer with the psychological…
The planet is dying, ya’ll. If we don’t act soon even the sickest venues will be entirely underwater and/or perpetually on fire. These are the…
We here at The Hard Times have always been fascinated with the thought experiment that if you give a monkey a typewriter and an infinite…
Local hero and feminist icon Rafael Moran showed up today at the Women’s March to speak out against the patriarchy, and speak out he did!…
I love The Flaming Lips and I always will. That will never change regardless of what drugs I’m on. Drugs, like music, open our minds…
Well, here we are, I hope you’re happy you sick fucks. It’s come to this. Jesus fucking Christ. We landed an exclusive interview with that…
Look, I get it: January is a time for fresh beginnings, exciting challenges, and character building; a time to evaluate the person you have been…
It’s time to set the record straight. Back in the early 90s, Dave Coulier was an unrelenting whore and everyone in Canada was going down…
As one of the few people in this world that genuinely listens to lyrics and pays attention to song titles, allow me to blow your…
Now more than ever we need representation in media, especially in the female cartoon goth department. Women in cartoons are typically shown as subordinates to…