As part of our #Current10 celebrations, many of the staff at The Current are sharing their favorite memories. DJ Bill DeVille shares some of his favorite recollections, noting one of them "is just doing a live radio every weekend. I never take it for granted."

As part of our #Current10 celebrations, many of the staff at The Current are sharing their favorite memories. Program Director Jim McGuinn shares some of his favorite recollections, from Rock the Cradle to Rock the Garden to meeting some musical legends.

As part of our #Current10 celebrations, many of the staff at The Current are sharing their favorite memories. DJ Mark Wheat shares some of his favorite recollections, qualifying that his highlights over the past decade have been "innumerable, seriously beyond my wildest dreams."

As part of our #Current10 celebrations, many of the staff at The Current are sharing their favorite memories. Mary Lucia shares one of her favorite recollections, a story of Wayne Coyne, the State Fair, tornado sirens and squeegees.

The Current's Production Manager Derrick Stevens spends a lot of time making promos -- those messages you hear between songs and hosts. Derrick takes us behind the scenes to explain what a promo is and what elements help make a good promo. You can also listen to some of his favorites from the archive.

Suggest a song with "face" in the title or lyrics for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis joins Steve Seel and Jill Riley to talk about the Oscar nominees in the categories of Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Director, also noting some names that seem conspicuously absent from the list of nominations.

Happy Friday! While away the final hours of the workweek with a fresh match of Minnseota-made music videos, including a new one from rapper Dem Atlas, a family affair from Adam Levy, and a rock quartet decked out in plastic PVC suits. You know, the usual stuff. Dem Atlas Young rapper Dem Atlas turns inward…

Sid Vicious took a tumble, Paul McCartney went to jail, and Radiohead underestimated their fans Today in Music History.

Mash-up artist YepImTheToaster has mixed Taylor Swift’s anthem “22” with Semisonic’s “Closing Time” in a combined song and video that’s so convincing, it even won praise from Semisonic bassist (and Wits bandleader, and occasional Morning Show co-host) John Munson, who shared the video on his Facebook timeline and said he’s still proud of “Closing Time” 17 years after…