Official rules for The Current Morning Show's Limerick contest

What songs with Sunday in the title or featured in the lyrics should we play for the 9:30 Coffee Break?

MPR News Arts Reporter Marianne Combs joins Jill Riley and Sean McPherson (in for Steve Seel) to talk about arts events that reflect this thawing weather and inspire movement and fun with motion.

The funny thing about an artist’s mystique is that it only works if everyone around them buys into it.  And Prince seems especially skilled at keeping up appearances and maintaining an aura of implausible oddness and secrecy. There are no “normal” Prince stories out there; even when he asks a friend to do something relatively…

It all started with Batman, in 1989. I was living in Jakarta, Indonesia; my father worked as a diplomat, so we always travelled around a lot. Tim Burton’s movie was huge that year. Toys, posters, music: I bought them all, including the soundtrack by Prince. I remember being seven and enjoying the “Batdance” video immensely. I thought it…

Almost one year exactly after their debut record Funeral released, Arcade Fire made their second Twin Cities stop in Minneapolis for a sold out show in First Avenue's mainroom. The Current was there to roll tape, and now you can relive one of the most talked about shows among Arcade Fire fanatics nearly 10 years after its recording.

Phantogram's Voices album was released just last month, they made their TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel last week and this week — for the first time in Chart Show history — they're at #1!

Lucius guitarist Peter Lalish took some time to tell us about how he enjoys finding vintage gear to help him create a '60s garage sound with authenticity. He also explains why he loves Minnesota so much -- you just might come think of him as a local musician once removed.

Let's have a conversation this morning. What songs do you think ruined an otherwise great album? Give us your reasoning for why and we'll play a few of your suggestions for the 9:30 Coffee Break.

This week Amy spoke to The Morning Show's Jill Riley about her residency this month at the Walker Art Center.