Excessive heat warnings have been issued for the Twin Cities metro area and much of southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today. Sounds sticky! For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention sweat?

Today in 1975, David Bowie's "Fame" was released. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention some form of being famous?

We're excited for today's Oake & Riley in the Afternoon event at the Hewing Hotel's Tullibee featuring Dwynell Roland. Consider stopping by and seeing what happens when we put on a rap show in a hotel lobby! And for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let us know what songs you want to hear that mention a hotel/motel/etc.

The Posies are in town tonight to play the Turf Club, Sloan played this past weekend, and Matthew Sweet is playing this Friday. That's a whole lot of power pop - an aggressive form of pop rock that is based on catchy, melodic hooks and energetic moods. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what power pop songs do you want to hear?

Thanks to Jo for writing in with today's Coffee Break theme idea. Jo says, "IHOP is now IHOb. Change is hard, but we will get through this together." What songs do you want to hear from bands that went through a name change at some point in their career?

As we head into pride weekend, what LGBTQ artists would you like to hear?

Today is Summer Solstice - the longest day of 2018 for anyone living north of the equator. Here in Minnesota, we should see around 16 hours of sunlight. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that prominently mention light or day?

Traffic was particularly challenging in the Twin Cities this morning with a crash on I-35W and a plugged up I-94. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention auto parts?

Thanks to Dylan for writing in with today's theme idea. For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what artists or bands do you want to hear whose names are in ALLCAPS?

At Rock the Garden this weekend our own Mark Wheat hopped up on stage with Feist to perform the spoken word portion of "Century". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have a spoken monologue?