We're gearing up for Oake & Riley in the Afternoon - a free show at Sociable Cider Werks tomorrow featuring Børns and Sims, lawn games, trivia, a spelling bee and socializing with your very own Brian Oake and Jill Riley. There are many "morning" and "night" songs, but for now, let's give some Coffee Break love to songs that mention the "afternoon".

Behold! Our most divisive Coffee Break topic of the year. You might love it, you might hate it, but let's face it, Santa Clause is coming to town. What Christmas songs do you want to hear for our "Christmas in July" Coffee Break?

Oake & Riley is currently broadcasting live from Lake Avenue Restaurant & Bar in Duluth, and in preparation for All Pints North tomorrow, and our various beer-related guests today, let's devote our Coffee Break to the topic. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what beer songs do you want to hear?

An excessive heat warning continues today into tomorrow morning, and we're feeling the heat. Today might be the hottest day of the year in Minnesota, and thanks to some severe storms this morning, many will go without power and A/C. Yesterday we played six "hot" and "heat" songs for you, let's do more for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

We are mentally preparing for excessive heat and moisture over the next few days, with temperatures in the 90s Wednesday through Friday and a peak near 100 degrees in Minnesota tomorrow. Hopefully you are staying cool and finding A/C while we listen to songs that mention "hot" and "heat" for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Yesterday Rolling Stone published the 27 best Republican excuses for skipping the Republican National Convention this year. Today, let's listen to songs for our 9:30 Coffee Break that feature excuses - whether they are in the form of "I'd rather", "but", "because", etc.

For today's Vinyl Tap, we played a rousing ditty from 'The New World of Leonard Nimoy' and it got us thinking about actors that take it upon themselves to try their hand at music. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear by actors turned musicians?

Twitter was launched 10 years ago today. It's hard to remember the days before these little 140-character tweets entered our lives. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention birds or include tweeting noises?

It's Bastille Day today - a French national holiday celebrating the Storming of the Bastille in 1789 and the Fete de la Federation which celebrated the unity of the French people in 1790. To celebrate Bastille Day, what French musicians and bands do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Yesterday we played Zager and Evans' "In The Year 2525" for our history highlight and we thought it might be fun this morning to listen to more year songs. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention years in the title or lyrics?