Guardian Music — Does poor swimming make for good exercise? Orange, the colour of Ulster Protestants and Dutch footballers. A Clangers clangerIf I swim really badly for half an hour, do I get the same exercise value as someone who strokes smoothly up and down the poo... more info

Guardian Music — Which came first, orange the colour or orange the fruit? Why you couldn't ambush the 9th Legion at night; When Blur were better than OasisIs an orange called an orange because it's orange, or is orange orange because of the orange? Which came first, ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonAlthough hindsight has tightened it, Britpop was by no means a unified movement. Almost immediately, a deep fissure appeared within its corpus, like that which divides the human gluteal muscles. There were, in short, the band... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — It's hardly Oasis versus Blur but Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan is trying to start a band war with Coldplay.The cocky Brit Award winner says: "Chris Martin is all right if you're 35 and feeling sad that your mortgage repayments have gone up." Ouch.He... more info

The Mirror — It's hardly Oasis versus Blur but Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan is trying to start a band war with Coldplay. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - Oasis and Blur rivals are sharing a musician more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Damon Albarn has let slip that a current live member of Gorillaz is also in Liam Gallagher's new band.The singer was discussing the new Gorillaz album 'Plastic Beach' with Triple J Radio when he was asked whether the Verve's Simon Tong was currently ... more info

Guardian Music — Educational campaign to change attitudes to music piracy backed by website Spotify and retailers Amazon, HMV and TescoA campaign to change attitudes to music piracy was launched today, backed by the music site Spotify and retailers Amazon, HMV and Te... more info

Undercover, Australia — Blur is going to hang around even if one of them has taken to the land. more info

MTV.co.uk News — Gorillaz front man Damon Albarn could be in big trouble after lighting a cigarette whilst performing on stage. The Blur star was performing with his cartoon band Gorillaz when he sparked up the... more info