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Music Rising, co-founded by the Edge of U2 fame, seeks to revive music culture in the Central Gulf region of the U.S. in the wake of several disastrous hurricanes. To do this, they need money, and to get that money, they're hosting their second massive "Icons of Music" charity auction.

Indie nerds can bid on goodies from Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Spoon, Wilco, M.I.A., and Common, who join a truly gargantuan list of memorabilia-makers that includes, well, everybody. No, really: Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, the Beach Boys, Madonna, Otis Redding, Led Zeppelin, the Who, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Ramones, Queen, Bo Diddley, Steely Dan, KISS, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett, Blondie, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, the Doors, Frank Zappa, Metallica, Oasis, and, um, Miley Cyrus.

Among the more interesting items: a hat worn by Bono, moccasins worn by Buddy Holly, a Patti Smith self-portrait, a cricket bat used by Queen's Brian May, a guitar signed by Oscar-winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, The Sea Inside), a painting of Sid Vicious by Dee Dee Ramone, a trumpet played by Miles Davis, a wooden spoon signed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Madonna's high school yearbook, and a toaster Elton John received as a wedding gift.

A live "Icons of Music" auction will take place at the Times Square Hard Rock Cafe in NYC on May 31, and prospective bidders may also do their thing online via Julien's Auctions. All proceeds go to Music Rising's relief efforts. I call dibs on the toaster.