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Elaine Corden
Elaine Corden writes about pop culture for the Tyee. Her work has appeared on CBC Radio, and in The Georgia Straight, The Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail, Vancouver Magazine, Time Out, Victoria Times-Colonist, Monday Magazine, FFWD, The Hour, North Shore News, Shared Vision and some papers in Florida, Texas and Oregon she forgets the names of. Until recently, she authored the music column "Band Geek" for WestEnder, where she also acted as Arts Editor. She maintains the pop-culture obsessed blog Trifective, and is currently working on her first novel.
Stories by Elaine Corden
A Map of Joel Plaskett
The long and winding singer-songwriter hits a career apex with Three.
World's Toughest Dog Sled Race
Jamaican chivalry and more notes from this year's Yukon Quest.
Shock at 'God Hates Fags'
VIDEO: US Westboro Church's gay bashing plans in Vancouver.
Paul Weller's '22 Dreams'
Ex-member of The Jam and Style Council gets better with each passing year.
Festivals Are Getting Bigger
Why small ones like Dawson City are still better.
Cut Copy's Indie Summer Dance Music
'In Ghost Colours': melodic, experimental, nostalgic beats.
Are You Lovin' It?
More indie artists are turning songs into ad jingles. Survival or sell-out?
Remember The Verve's 'Bittersweet Symphony'?
Even better tracks from lead singer Richard Ashcroft.
Music to Soothe Us in Troubled Times
Bush, sub-prime and Nancy Grace require good soft rock.
If You Can't Beat 'Em
Embrace the rainy blues with Vancouver's The Pack A.D.
Thanks, Oprah
Sorry, I just can't sneer at her 'Big Give.'
Why Black Mountain Is Worth Climbing
This prog-rock is high. And good.
Why Most Cover Songs Stink
And Cat Power's don't.
Music to Win the War Against January Blahs
M.I.A., Andre Ethier, Handsome Furs, Feist and Los Campesinos.
Giving Up the 'Old-Man Rock Lifestyle'
Infectious pop from New York's Lil Mama.
Thought Old-School Albums Were Dead?
They're ba-ack! Midlake's secret gems.
Is Indie Rock too White?
And should it learn from black 'rhythm' and 'soul'?
The Dolly Lama
No greater oracle of wisdom, sunshine and feminism than she.
'A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body'
Why don't we worship funny women?
Autumn Music
Lightning Dust's potent mellow.
Super Furry Animals' Next Gem
'Poptastic, cheeky and gorgeous.'
Diana's Revenge
While media devours other young women, she refuses to die.
Breezy, Complicated Pop Music
Gruff Rhys's 'Candylion.'
New Classic Summer Rock
Nick Lowe's latest is better than hipster.
Posh, the Struggling Immigrant
Making sense of 'Victoria Beckham: Coming to America'
Soft Beauty in Dark Places
Why Chet's slow, sunny crooning has won me over.
Is CBC’s New Populism Perverted?
Why youth fans like me are tuning out.
On a Quest for Homegrown Music Festivals?
Go your own 'Waste.'
Less Lonely Hearts Club
New Wainwright: goodbye cynicism, hello romance.
Looking a Style Horse in the Mouth
Why Globe's 'Most Stylish Canadian' contest is just the opposite.
Music 2.0
What do you think has replaced the big, great bands?
Doctor, Heal Thyself
Dr. Phil used to be my guilty pleasure. How he lost me and his moral ground.
The Swedes Are at It Again
Glittering, synth-driven pop from The Knife. ABBA part two?
Listen to This!
Eat your words critics! Elizabeth delivers on early hype.
Turns Out, Fox Isn't Funny
Watching the right wing's try at 'The Daily Show.'
Canadian Idle
Why hopefuls audition for a show that won't make them stars.
Listen to This!
Local future stars, Organ Trail.
Can I Cut off CNN?
I'm trying. But is a war a war without a theme song?
TV's Schmaltzy Santa Act
Seems every show wants to get in on it.
Modelling Bad Behaviour
Mocking 'Top Model' was my group sport, but the joke's on me.
George's Next Act
Stroumboulopoulos on learning from 'The One,' relaunching 'The Hour,' and refocusing the CBC.
CBC Smartens Up
Heck, one new show is even called Intelligence.
TV, You Charmer
Maybe this year, you and I can make it work. (A fall season preview.)
'Whistler': One Toke Over the Line?
Show shreds, but zones out on the resort's reality.
Oh, George, I Thought You Were 'The One'
What happened to CBC's hope for the new generation?
So You Think You Can Dance?
I resisted hard. But I have the fever.
Canada's Next Top Mishap
Why is Canadian trash TV so stinkingly bad?
My Search for a Sport that Actually Is Pretty Fun
Including Radminton, rocker soccer and nude swim at the public pool.
Vancouver's Red Hot Indie Music Scene
It's incredibly diverse, and grabbing wide attention.
What's Your Guilty Pleasure?
Musically that is. Abba when alone? Or worse?
'Who Would Jesus Bomb?'
That's just one button on offer from Vancouver's pin-on king and queen.
- Appeal court upholds ruling on protection of orca habitat
- Foreign takeover score is 14,218 to two calculates Mel Hurtig, who speaks Saturday
- Abbott blames teachers' union, hints at legislation
- Greens exaggerating fracking fears 'to control you': Santorum
- Prime Minister Harper mixes oil with human rights on visit to China
- Civil jury finds former BC premier Vander Zalm guilty of defamation
- Vancouver theatre runs down curtain on section of BC's outdated liquor laws
- BC Premier Clark to replace throne speech with radio appearance
- 'The Kids Are All Right'
- 'Leave Your Shoes On'
- Glaciers, BC Hydro's Melting 'Batteries'
- Frankie Rose Makes Life Tougher for Journalists
- Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm
- Becoming the Ethical Hunter
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Three Ryan Gosling Pickup Techniques that Don't Work in Real Life
- Could SOPA Pervade Canadian Copyright Law?
- Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Economist Calls Gateway Pipeline an Inflationary 'Threat'
- Bill Rees' Last Lecture
- Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm
- Is Canada Ignoring Signs of a Coming Economic Collapse?
- Harper in China
- How First Nations Are Gearing Up for Legal Battle Against Gateway
- Eleven Oily Questions for Every MP
- Remembering Lloyd Dykk's Wit, Generosity and Superb Prose
- BC Child Care Advocates in Geneva to Complain to UN
- BC, You Love You
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Who Pays Huge Power Bills for Clark's Gas Plants?
- Make It the Canadian Webcasting Corporation
- Harper in China
- When the Prize Is a Chance to Toil on BC's Farms
- Three Ryan Gosling Pickup Techniques that Don't Work in Real Life
- Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?
- Time to Zip John Baird's Loose Lips
- Foreign Trade Zones Eyed for Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Prince George
- Board, BC mayors make the case for Vancouver transit audit
- Tensions flare over Vancouver-owned mine in Oaxaca
- Osoyoos Times editor apologizes for comments on RCMP
- BC premier delivers talk show 'throne speech'
- NDP leadership: Thomas Mulcair ahead on first ballot, internal poll suggests
- Sky is the limit for use of mini, unmanned planes
- Prime Minister by day, oil exec by night
- Animal-made 'art' challenges human monopoly on creativity
