Quite a lot of good stuff on a Scottish theme at FirstFoot.com. Some provocative reviews in Good Pop, Bad Pop... and their jokes aren't bad.

The Guardian's Book Review has a review of Johnny Rogan's new biography of the grumpiest man in popular music, which advises you to snap it up quick before Van's solicitors run their toothcombs over it. Also in the Review Mark Hayhurst's essay on Nye.