¡viva la graham!

six months ago, popstar robyn released a single called “with every heartbeat” in her native sweden. if you do not remember robyn, perhaps you may recall late ’90s hits like “do you know what it takes” and “show me love.” obviously, she has since faded from the global radar, but after a bit of hemming and hawing her record label finally decided to release “heartbeat” in the u.k.

thanks to robyn’s heartbreaking delivery and the track’s mezmerizing melody, the single is actually one of the best so far this year. unfortunately, someone decided to promote it with this computer-animated video…

apparently whomever approved this forgot about eiffel 65’s “blue (da ba dee),” which appeared embarrassingly outdated even at the height of the song’s unlikely popularity. even the so-so original video, directed by fredrik skogkvist, was better than this (he also helmed the fantastic clip for robyn’s “konichiwa bitches”). i demand a reshoot, pronto!

yesterday a few web sites wrote about rupert everett’s distressing views on gay parenting. here’s what he told britain’s daily express:

“oh god, i could never do that to a child. can you imagine what it would be like, having your two dads coming to school speech days? and hearing those awful queeny rows while you are trying to get to sleep?”

i sort of understand what he is saying in the first part, which i think is alluding to a child having to endure some ribbing from classmates. i think a kid would get used to this pretty quickly, though. but the queeny rows? yes, gays can be dramatic, but do we really need to perpetuate the stereotype?

i know everett penned a memoir recently, but that doesn’t mean he knows what he’s talking about. if he’s going to throw insults at his own community (even if he doesn’t want to be a part of it), i’d rather he kept his big mouth shut.

i believe my feelings about this would best be described with a pop music lyric, this one from english up-and-comer kate nash: “yeah, intelligent input darling, why don’t you just have another beer then.”

the winner of the nashville scene’s annual “you are so nashville if…” contest is especially hysterical this year, though a certain flamboyant country star might not think so.

playing off the recent controversy surrounding free gay rags in grocery stores, one clever reader came up with this doozy:

“you are so nashville if you saw kenny chesney in a kroger reading out & about.”

scandalous! perhaps it’s been long enough that now renee zellweger can laugh about it. on second thought, perhaps not.

well well, it looks like dragonette are a little more on top of things than i thought. arjan writes posted a free download by the band late yesterday. the track is a live cover of calvin harris’s “the girls,” a song i found kind of annoying when he did it, but somehow with a simple pronoun replacement it’s much more enjoyable.

the best bit is that they performed this during their performance at london’s gay pride event last month. i knew that front woman martina wasn’t afraid of some girl-on-girl tonsil hockey, perhaps one of her trusty steeds dabbles as well.

even if you live in the u.k. or canada, you probably don’t about the fabulous dragonette. they are an electro-rock band that is, in fact, quite good, though none of the suits heading up american record labels have been convinced. to be fair, no one in britain or canada has taken notice of them yet either.

martina, the minx out front, seems to dominate the pretty boys in the band with an iron fist — especially in the clip for new single “take it like a man,” which i’ve been meaning to post for a month now. the video borrows from late-’90s mark wahlberg vehicle boogie nights, and while it might be completely random (as most videos are) it is effective nonetheless.

if by some chance you do live in the u.k. and you like what you see here, help the band out by purchasing the exclusive popjustice bundle, which includes the mp3, video and an interview, for only 99p. what a bargain!

related: young and slutty

or so she says, though i don’t think anyone is buying it.

if you were in a cave yesterday, or perhaps stuck at a job with no internet connection (they exist!), you might not know that lindsay lohan was arrested (again) for a dui and this time they found cocaine in her pocket as well. that’s her mug shot of course.

one might think that this would be the time for a “no comment.” while lindsay’s rep is sticking to that line, access hollywood’s *charming* billy bush got an e-mail from the distressed (and out on bond) starlet insisting that she is innocent.

“i did not do drugs they’re not mine,” she wrote. oh, come on!! the old “i was holding it for my friend” excuse only works the first time. how many times is she going to have to eat her own words??

i kid, i kid… but i know some butch ladies who live and breathe for kt tunstall — and here’s her brand new video “hold on” from her forthcoming sophomore set, drastic fantastic. it’s another infectious, upbeat folk-pop song, so it’s pretty much what you’d expect from her.

in this clip, ms. tunstall gives us a glimpse of her lipstick side, and for that i applaud her. otherwise there’s some dodgy choreography (kt does the robot!) and colorful costumes, so even though the final product doesn’t completely make sense, it’s not a failure by any means.

if the video above disappears, you can watch it on yahoo! music.

perhaps i’m in the minority, but i can’t help but wonder why the world must be informed about the status of the president’s colon. sure, it’s important that the leader of our nation (like it or not) is alert and able to make important (if misguided) decisions at any time… but at the same time i can’t help but giggle (immaturely) at headlines like the one over at cnn.com: “doctors find no cancer in bush’s colon.”

whew, i really was worried about dubya’s poop chute, i’m so glad everything is a-ok! and damn, all the fuss really makes it seem like he accomplished something by simply not getting ass-cancer. well done, i guess.

newcomer ali love comes off like a smarmy devil in the video for his major-label debut single, “secret sunday lover,” but like maroon 5’s adam levine, it somehow still comes across as majorly sexy.

it doesn’t hurt that the song– with its funky, disco beats and a simple, memorable chorus — is absolutely irresistible. the star wars vibe in the clip is a little random, but i thoroughly enjoyed seeing ali restrained. see for yourself…

this is a little bit discouraging. i hadn’t seen a photo of ally sheedy in a while, and from the looks of this latest red carpet moment it looks like she’s been reading too much us weekly. ally, you were so adorable as the outcast in the breakfast club, why are you starving yourself?? keep in mind that the camera adds 10 pounds — in person she must look like a skeleton! someone needs to tell her to gain weight for a role.