-- Ulimate Local Band candidates Select Start are selling their junk on eBay. And by "junk," we mean a bass guitar, a video camera, a Guitar Hero World Tour set and the sweet band-autographed Rubik's cube above. Here, watch this video to learn more.

"Jeans jeans jeeeeans! Blues, grays -- they're totally chick magnets." Click here to start PayPallin'.

-- Creative Loafing's got a profile of Tampa-based music blogger extraordinaire Bryan Childs of ninebullets.net.

-- Andrew Meacham memorializes Largo drummer Robert LaPierre, who jammed with Gregg Allman and opened for the Guess Who and Molly Hatchet.

-- Matt Hires blogs about preparing to hit the high seas with John Mayer.

-- Tampa grungers Falling Awake are looking for a few hot bodies for a "Rock & Roll Bikini Contest" to be held during a concert Friday in Ybor City.

-- Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails bring their spring tour to the Ford Amphitheatre on May 9. To celebrate, they're giving away a free EP of unreleased tracks.