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?

Sorry vegetarians! To celebrate this week's upcoming National Hot Dog Day, we're going all meat for today's Coffee Break. What songs that mention hot dogs do you want to hear this morning?

We had a blast letting Shirley Manson of Garbage take over our airwaves this morning. In honor of Shirley and her Scottish heritage, what songs do you want to hear from Scottish musicians for today's Coffee Break?

This has been a difficult week, so we are keeping our Coffee Break thread open for any suggestions on music to heal, comfort and move forward to find a path together as Minnesotans, Americans, humans.

Last night, a St. Anthony police officer shot and killed an African-American man during a traffic stop. We don't know all the facts of the case, and there hasn't been a full investigation yet, but want to give you a chance to react to last night's events with today's 9:30 Coffee Break.