I was sitting in my office about a half hour ago, and caught a flash of red out the corner of my eye. A big fat ass cardinal swooped by, then ducked out in the tree across the parking lot. I haven't "shot" anything in a while, so I pulled out my "piece" and took a few cracks at it. This was the best I could do. My camera does an optical zoom to 10x, which is OK. It also has the ability to do a digital zoom on top of that. The digital zoom is the equivalent of Michelle on "24" ordering Chloe to "zoom in and enhance that". Except that in real life, ...
Power Pop, with an emphasis on the Pop. I positively loved their debut album ("The Blue Album") - it's strong from top to bottom, no weak points at all. Their next, Pinkerton, wasn't that well received, but was also a great disc. Come to think of it, it was so maligned that it drove the lead singer/songwriter into depression, and the band took a several-year hiatus. They came back *strong* with "The Green Album", also a near-perfectly produced piece of power-pop. Maladroit was released a few years ago, and again wasn't very well-received (although I thought it was a great disc). So, now you're up to speed. "Make Believe" ...