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Chats with Random Men

October 25th, 2011

Facebook Chats With Random Men #16: Fakhir Returns

Fakhir returns to discuss the mysteries of God and parking with Alina Simone in this round of Chats With Random Men. …more

July 28th, 2011

Chats with Random Men #15: Fakhir

Alina Simone becomes the target of a globe-encompassing beam of love in this edition of Chats with Random Men. …more

June 27th, 2011

Chats with Random Men #14: Osama Edition

When she’s not writing music or books, Alina Simone talks with random men on Facebook.  This time, about Osama bin Laden. …more

January 27th, 2011

Chats with Random Men #13: Kleber Returns

Singer Alina Simone chats with random men on her Facebook page — here she welcomes back an old “friend” in this midnight chat with Kleber: …more

December 8th, 2010

Chats with Random Men #12: Rajendra

Chatting with random men via Facebook, singer Alina Simone solicits advice from Nepal on whether or not to feed her unborn child a donut.   …more

November 30th, 2010

Chats With Random Men #11: Amit

Singer Alina Simone chats with random men on her Facebook page — and occasionally fights with random men … meet Amit. …more

November 29th, 2010

Chats with Random Men #10: The Return of Kleber

Alina’s old friend Kleber returns for a random Facebook chat, this time with a little surprise. …more

November 17th, 2010

Chats With Random Men #9: Anil

Russian singer Alina Simone continues her random Facebook chats with men, this week discussing constipation and pregnancy with a Turkish fan: …more

September 27th, 2010

Chats With Random Men #8: Kleber, Part III

For our final installment of Chats with Random Men, Alina has her third random chat with Klebe, who tells her about his random chat with Robin Williams…

7:05pm Kleber
guess who came to restaurant today?

7:05pm Alina
Scarlett Johanssen? Obama? Jesus?

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September 23rd, 2010

Chats With Random Men #7: Kleber, Part II

Part two of Alina’s random chat with Kleber:

7:25pm Kleber
you know what!! here in Times Square people are so freaking weird

7:25pm Alina
listening …more

September 21st, 2010

Chats With Random Men #6: Kleber, Part I

This chat begins a three-part discussion with Alina’s new friend, Kleber, Klebe, the Klebes:

10:38 pm Kleber

hello Alina Simone

10:38 pm Alina
what’s up, Kleb?

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September 20th, 2010

Chats With Random Men #5: Rajendra

This week Alina randomly chats with a Nepali poet:

11:07 pm Rajendra
Hi madam

11:07 pm Alina
Hello sir …more

September 1st, 2010

Chats with Random Men #4: James

Note: These are actual chats conducted on Facebook with men who instant message the musician Alina Simone.

If you too keep getting scammed for money by Russian women, you won’t want to miss this week’s random chat with James…

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August 25th, 2010

Chats With Random Men #3: Abraham

This week Alina randomly chats with Abraham, a modern day renaissance man…

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August 18th, 2010

Chats With Random Men #2: Matteo

This week’s random chat with a man — meet Matteo…

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August 11th, 2010

Chats With Random Men #1: Emre

This week we kick off a new blog where Brooklyn-based singer/writer Alina Simone teaches us how to use the Internet for its penultimate purpose: chatting with random men.

Beginning with Emre… …more

About Chats with Random Men

Alina Simone is a Brooklyn-based singer. She is currently at work on a book of essays about Russia, family and the tragic-comic struggle to make it in indie rock for Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

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