May 9th Music Digest

Happy Mothers' Day to all the Moms out there!

R.I.P. to Afro-Cuban percussionist Francisco Aquabella

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-francisco-aguabella-20100509,0,6419187.story

A new mobile guitar

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/developer-creates-mobile-guitar-out-of-five-mobile-devices/3192

Make your own guitar slide

http://lifehacker.com/5534055/make-a-guitar-slide-from-a-wine-bottle-neck

Restoring the flood-damaged Grand Ole Opry

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011811769_floods08.html

Music Power Rankings

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2010-5-8-music-power-rankings-nashville-won-t-be-eclipsed-by-other-national-disasters

Carly Simon finally makes a music video for "You're So Vain"?

http://www.bloginity.com/entertainment/tv-film/carly-simons-first-ever-youre-so-vain-music-video/22565/

Bad to the Bone

http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/entertainment/93160664.html

Preview of next weekend's Hangout Music Fest

http://mulletwrapper.com/article.cfm?ID=1727

Flying Lotus soars

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704450504575223300541008086.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

And Mary Lou, we hardly knew ya!

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=55549