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All Night Diner,” tucked into the back half of Building Something Out of Nothing (1998), is Modest Mouse in full stream-of-consciousness mode. It is absurd, disoriented, and strangely captivating, like a night that stretches just a little too long under fluorescent lights and bad coffee. The song rides repetition like a wave, cycling through offbeat observations and bizarre encounters with an almost religious rhythm. The opening chorus sets the tone with a strange flirtation or proclamation: “Have I told you