Time for a Random List: The Top Ten Pop Songs of 2011

10. "Hello" - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
9. "We Found Love" - Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
8. "Yeah 3x" - Chris Brown
7. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz
6. "Give Me Everything" - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer
5. "Marry the Night" - Lady Gaga
4. "Moves Like Jagger" - Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera
3. "Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj
2. "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
1. "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" - Katy Perry

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The Ten Commandments of a Successful Office Holiday Party

Thou Shalt Not Complain about the Festivities – Your work used to take you out on the town for an expensive luncheon at a reputable Italian restaurant. There was a delicious spread and an open bar complete with hard liquor and several different sorts of beers. Now the affair has been downsized to a meeting room in your work’s office. The food is OK, but the drink choices consist of two different wines, an indistinctive red and a run-of-the-mill white, and two different beers that can only be described as “less than shite,” Miller Lite and Yuengling Lager. This is grounds for serious complaint, right? It’s indicative of your company’s lack of appreciation for your daily efforts, yeah? Wrong on both counts. There’s a recession on, man! Take what you are given and be glad your company pays you for checking out movie sites half the damn day.

Better Late Than Never Reviews: Mylo Xyloto - Coldplay

Sometimes it seems like Coldplay has multiple personalities. There's the band that is willing to constantly experiment with their sound. The one who chose to work with 70s ambient guru Brian Eno in order to find new sonic textures (and to be more like Bono and crew). The one whose guitarist, Jonny Buckland, is one of the more underrated shredders in contemporary rock music.

But then you have the band that is willing to fall into the background while Chris Martin croons for the swooning masses. You have the one with the naked commercial ambition, churning out hits for the lowest common denominator. You have the group that freely apes successful bands (U2, Radiohead) who have come before them in an effort to achieve musical immortality. Unfortunately (or fortunately, if you are an optimist), both of these entities rear their heads on the band's fifth studio album, the oddly titled Mylo Xyloto.