Long have I followed Elle Cordova, first on Instagram, and more recently on YouTube! (Links here on out will be for YouTube.) They have a whole plethora of bite-sized works and a handful of longer ones.
Amongst the bite-sized works – we’re talking two minutes and under – there are a number of sketch comedy bits from different perspectives, in which Elle plays all the characters. My absolute favorites at the moment are “Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker” and “Who invited Astrology to the science party?” They’ve also played old reference books, file types, and planets! Among other things.
Also amongst the bite-sized works are their “Just Another Day” comedy commentary poems, from the perspective of an engineer on the Starship Enterprise, or a custodian on the Death Star! Of a more existential variety, they did another one on the not-time before the Big Bang, which I found fascinating.
My absolute favorite of their works, though, is also my favorite Halloween song: Hallows Eve, the tale of a cozy party for all the things that go bump in the night. That and other of their singing can be found over at Elle & Toni, another YouTube channel, but it’s Hallows Eve that I discovered one October and which I believe was my most-listened to song that year. I definitely ran it on repeat for an entire long weekend! The parts of which I needed music during, anyway.
Happy spooky season!
