Strange Names And New  Sensations, released in 2007,  got its title from Iraqi towns that we we'd been hearing a lot about-Mosul, Kirkuk, Fallujah, Basrah.
In contrast, the album featured two songs written for Diane: "Something Special" and  "My Seaside Brown Eyed Girl";  two particularly philosophical songs, "Middle Age" and "30 More Years", PLUS rather a wildcard of a song: a tribute to the late, very monologist/actor Spalding Gray.
 
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