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Join NOW!Brian McGreevy has had the kind of dizzying career assent you usually only see, well, in the movies. At 28, he’s already been a working screenwriter for years and had two scripts* on Hollywood’s coveted Black List. This month his first novel, Hemlock Grove, was published by FSG and it’s already on it’s way to […]
...moreAlina Simone becomes the target of a globe-encompassing beam of love in this edition of Chats with Random Men.
...moreWhen she’s not writing music or books, Alina Simone talks with random men on Facebook. This time, about Osama bin Laden.
...moreSinger Alina Simone chats with random men on her Facebook page — here she welcomes back an old “friend” in this midnight chat with Kleber:
...moreChatting with random men via Facebook, singer Alina Simone solicits advice from Nepal on whether or not to feed her unborn child a donut.
...moreSinger Alina Simone chats with random men on her Facebook page — and occasionally fights with random men … meet Amit.
...moreAlina’s old friend Kleber returns for a random Facebook chat, this time with a little surprise.
...moreRussian singer Alina Simone continues her random Facebook chats with men, this week discussing constipation and pregnancy with a Turkish fan:
...moreFor 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?
...morePart 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
...moreThis 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?
...moreThis week Alina randomly chats with a Nepali poet: 11:07 pm Rajendra Hi madam 11:07 pm Alina Hello sir
...moreNote: 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…
...moreThis week Alina randomly chats with Abraham, a modern day renaissance man…
...moreThis 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…
...moreUnlovable (Fantagraphics Books) is a graphic novel by Esther Pearl Watson that is based on a diary the author found in a gas station bathroom in the 1980’s belonging to one “Tammy Pierce.” True to the title, Tammy really is unlovable — a terrible student, a social climber, devoid of empathy, clinging to hollow friendships […]
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