Anticipating

Hello people, I'm going to be visiting your city in May and I was hoping to get tips on a cheap place to stay, advice on bookstores, and maybe even a friend or two.

I'm a graduate student living and working in Paris this semester and I've vowed to spend at least a weekend of my time in Europe in Glasgow: home of one of my favorite contemporary writers Ken MacLeod, bands too numerous to mention, and, most pressingly, home to the Cathouse, who will host crazy-good US group Devotchka in May.

Any advice for a country-mouse?

(I'm crossposting this to a couple of other Glasgow-ish communities, so sorry for any repetition).