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Alexander Maravilla BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
The overwhelmingly sexy Alex Maravilla, a popular nightlife personality, go-go dancer and real sweetheart, is an amazing human being. I was privileged to have had a heart-to-heart conversation with him and found him to be over-the-top incredible. Originally from LA, he has called New York his home for the past 13 years. He is a hard worker and has done everything from working at a gym (which he is doing currently) to go-go dancing to dog walking. He has an adventurous nature, a warm soul and a very HOT appearance. I spoke to a friend of yours yesterday. Who? Geronimo. He’s my friend, my mentor, my brother. When I first started go-go dancing, he was my boy! He taught me everything. We have a gig together on the 21st. That’s pretty exciting. So do you still dance? I dance for big parties. The scene has changed in the past 13 years, so I just pick and choose my parties now. I do big events like Alegria and Matinée. I travel more. I’m going to Barcelona next week. I used to go-go dance a lot! What did you like best about it? To me it was more about meeting the people. I worked in a luxury fitness facility, so for me, I had to be very professional, organized, and then all of a sudden at night, it was great to feel and understand who you are as a person, to be opened to things and enjoy what comes out of me, but with class. I’m a very traditional person. It’s hard to explain to my mother what I’m doing. “No mama, we just pour milk on each other. It’s just a show. People like it!” Where’s your mom from? My mom’s from Mexico—Guadalajara. The way she explained it to her friends is, “He does gym memberships, and he’s a stripper.” I said, “No, mama, I come out naked. I come out with shorts.” She says, “OK same thing.” There’s like a language barrier. How many times a week do you go to the gym? I pretty much work out every day, since I work at a gym. I do cardio for at least 20 minutes so I can shed off that pint of ice cream I had. I’m not going to lie, everything is so tempting in New York, all the food. So, I know Geronimo is straight, but he seemed gayer than you. He has a big spirit, and he’s trying to find
from the cover / GET OUT! MAGAZINE >> GETOUTMAG.COM that love of his life. I get so defensive when certain girls are around him, and I know they’re not right for him. Some of these girls, all they are looking for is that eye-candy, or they’re too girly, they don’t have that wow factor where they’re adventurous. He’s like the brother I’ve always wanted. I work with him at bar mitzvahs. It’s crazy, because I do straight gigs too. I’m an entertainer, and he says sometimes, “Alex, don’t be so gay.” I’m not a very feminine person either. I’m very chill, very relaxed. I’m outgoing. He says he’s jealous of gay bars, because he thinks everyone there is single. He really doesn’t get it. He’s a bit naïve. No, they’re not single. I mean, I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost eight years. We had a bump for a year, but we came back much stronger. That’s a long time. I’m very old school like that. I’m the kind of guy that just wants simple [things], and to have fun, and to travel. I have a dog. I live in Hell’s kitchen, I’m so happy. That’s all I need. So you work at a gym, you emcee, you dance. What else do you do? For example, yesterday, I worked at a bar on the Upper West Side. It was a birthday in a beer garden. I was dressed up in an Oktoberfest/ Bavarian costume. It was so much fun. I was outside trying to get people in. We had a dunk tank; we were dunking this chick. No joke. I’m more shy with clothes on. But there is a lot of things I do. I’m very outgoing. I’m
very adventurous. I like to travel, and I’ll work at anything. I can bartend. I’ve done so many crazy things, like dog walking. In New York City, if you’re sitting back waiting for money to come to you, you are stupid. I tell people, “How can you not have money? Go clean dog shit. Like, figure something out.” I was raised by my parents to never be lazy. If you work hard and you don’t see it, then you’re not working hard enough. When I came here it was like the ending part of Crowbar. That was fun. I was able to at least get a feel of that. I do a lot in Brooklyn now. We have had so much fun there. We are thinking of moving there because of all of the cabs we take out there. Before it used to be living in Brooklyn and taking a cab to the city. Now it’s not like that. So you were an LA boy? Yeah, born and raised in LA. I moved to New York when I was 22. When I lived in LA I didn’t know who I was yet. I was just pretty much coming out. I came out when I was 21, and I was really scared of meeting people. I was basically scared being gay. I have no idea why. I just wasn’t finding myself. The job wasn’t right, and I had an opportunity to go to New York. A friend had moved out there. He knew I was struggling to get a job, so he told me to come to New York. I never thought that I was actually going to live here. Thirteen years later, I’m still here. It’s been a struggle. It’s been up and down, and it’s been awesome. I would never change a thing.
Who’s your boyfriend? One of the producers of Matinée, Patrick Crough. I’ve interviewed him. I love him. So you can see why I love him. If you could give the world advice, what would you say? This may be so typical, but live your life to the fullest. Be adventurous. Stay positive. Negativity just brings people down. Live life and just enjoy every moment. I used to date a guy who was a psychologist. I learned a lot from him, and I praise him for that, but his thing was live for the moment. Live for the now. If you’re gonna stay stuck in the past, you are never going to understand why the present is there. I never understood that. I was such a child. That’s why I love New York so much, because I grew so fast. At age 23 I had a lot more pizzazz, I was more aggressive and I understood what I wanted. I have friends that live in LA, and they’re still stuck in LA. They have great cars, but they still live with their parents. I learned all of that from people like Chase and Geronimo. I learned to enjoy life and just dance. I met incredible people from dancing. Some of them wanted to sleep with me, but they haven’t! You know, I had fun speaking with Geronimo, but you were more fun. I’m going to tell him that. We can both tell him. Matter of fact, I’ll put it in the interview!
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Geronimo Frias: Straight From Dancer to Ninja BY EILEEN SHAPIRO CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
I have to admit that Geronimo Frias goes down in my chronicles as one of the funniest, adventurous and tantalizing interviews that I have had the great pleasure to do thus far! He was not only a blast, smart and charming, but he represented everything good rolled into one. A popular figure in the nightlife scene, known by most, loved by all, Geronimo is an actor, a dancer, owns an entertainment company, went to school for computers and owns a gym that offers parkour, a training discipline based on obstacle courses with students running, jumping, swinging, vaulting, climbing and everything else imaginable.
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hat exactly is it that you do? I can tell by your appearance that you go to the gym. I own a gym, actually. It’s called Brooklyn Zoo. You actually own a gym? It’s a parkour, ninja warrior gym. Where is it? 230 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, New York 11206. Open 7 days a week, check website for current schedule at brooklynzoony.com Do you like the Ninja Turtles? I used to watch them. We have a lot of themed Ninja Turtles birthday parties now. So how are you involved with gay nightlife? I was a go-go dancer for five years, entered competitions and I have my own action figure. Are you straight or gay? I am straight. But your best friend Alex, who I am speaking with soon, is gay. Yes. A lot of my friends are gay. Me too. So how did you get involved in the nightlife of New York? I was trying to raise money for a friend of mine who passed away. My friend told me to come to a bar that he danced at, which is called The Cock in the East Village. I showed up there, and they said if you have a six-pack you
can dance there. It was a good time. I didn’t realize it was so much fun, or that you could make that much money, so I started there. The dancers there suggested that I should try this spot and that spot, and before you know it, I was dancing nine spots a week. So you were hooked? Yea. It was a change of lifestyle. Starting off at The Cock was easy, because everywhere else that I danced at seemed like a breeze. The Cock was so dark and dingy, and you can’t really dance on that bar. When I showed up at the other spots, it was like OMG, a breath of fresh air.
worked as a doorman, worked with computers, because that’s what I went to school for... You had the best jobs! Yep, pretty much. I also did a Spanish soap opera. So now I just run the gym. I have an entertainment company that hires DJs, dancers and all types of acts. So tell me, what is your real name? Geronimo Frias (“free ass”). I made a lot of money saying that. I showed them my license, and they are like, “Holy shit, it is.”
Where are you originally from? I’m Dominican but was That’s a very interesting born and raised in New place for a straight boy to York. begin a dancing career. Exactly. It was the best Do you have a social life, place to start. It was I mean like a girlfriend? awesome. It was kind of What was that? Hello? like a cave. What was the question? I’m familiar with it. So I won some cool dance competitions. Was in some cool magazines. I performed with Cazwell, I did some of his videos, we got to tour, I got my action figure. I got to make my own underwear, my own go-go dancing shorts, tank top and a lot of merchandise. I did all of that, and the guys that I worked with became a nice little tight family: Alex, Chase Hollister and so many other guys that became part of that group. We all danced together, and we were just family. Do you still dance? No. I’m curious: Before you discovered this lifestyle, what is it that you did? What didn’t I do? I’ve always done some acting work, so any acting work that I could pick up I did. I also was a lifeguard for years. I was swimming since high school, so I was a lifeguard for about 15 years I would say. I also
OK, I get it. I’m practicing to have kids…a lot. You just keep practicing till you get it right. So you’re a new color in a box of 64 Crayola crayons. What color are you? Wow! Good question. If I could be a pen that writes all of those different colors. So then rainbow? Rainbow would be fun, but who knows what color would come out? I would say blue. Blue is already a color, but you just proved to me that you’re straight. Wait, that depends. I’m only gay on Thursdays. Oh fuck, today’s Thursday! Tell me a secret about Alex. You know what they say about secrets. You gotta take them to the grave. Alex is straight on Mondays! Out of everything that
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Brooklyn Zoo | Parkour, Ninja Warrior Gym 230 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, New York 11206 brooklynzoony.com
you’ve done or that you do, what is or was your favorite? Everything is a favorite; that’s why I do everything. Everything is fun. I’ve been through a lot of jobs, so as I go through them, if they aren’t fun, I leave them. I thought dancing was so much fun, but then it got to the point where it wasn’t fun, and that’s when I said, “I’m done.” Dancing is not the same. I grabbed my stick and my little white handkerchief at the end, and I took off. What was the scariest or funniest or most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you dancing? There are so many stories. Most embarrassing is hard, because I don’t get embarrassed. If I wound up naked, I was like, “Oh well, it is what it is.” I have a good one—this is a funny story. I also emcee on the weekends at bar mitzvahs. So one day I am at the club, and I’m looking at this guy, and he looks so familiar. So I was looking and looking at him, and 20 minutes later he comes over to tip me. I looked at him and said, “Holy shit.” I said to him, “I just realized where I know you from.” He asked me where. It was from the bar mitzvah two weeks ago. He was devastated. He went though all types
of emotion. He had family, and I assumed he was not out of the closet. Any last words? Let me tell you something else, because everyone always asks me what the best part of go-go dancing was. A lot of people wonder if it was the money or the environment. Obviously it wasn’t the environment, because a straight guy dancing in a gay bar… But the best thing about it was the music. Gay DJs are the best DJs. They love to party. It’s not like they just go into a bar for a drink. They show up, and they just dance. The great part about it is that I’m kind of jealous of gay clubs. If you’re gay man you have options all over the place, because it’s all gay men at the bar. As a straight guy, you go to a bar, and you turn around, you probably bump into another guy. If you think about it, in a straight club you probably have about 40% women, and most of them have a boyfriend. It’s kind of hard, especially if the girls are going as a group. It’s hard to talk to them. If you go to a gay club, all them are single, and they are there to party. Oh my God, you guys have that, you know.
Another cool thing about it is all gay men have straight women that they bring with them. That’s another thing that I love. So the music is amazing, and everybody’s always so happy. One thing I didn’t want to do is lie to anybody. I told him I was straight. I said, “If you want to be friends, we can be friends.” I told them that was all that I could offer them. Usually it’s not like I’m a prude; you can touch. I always knew how to make people have the best times. People would come over to tip us, and I’d say, “No, no, no, wait…,” and I’d send them over to tip someone else. I’d take pictures and tell them that their dollar isn’t going to change my life, so go give it to someone who isn’t getting tipped too much. I would work out with the go-go dancers to keep in shape. We cover each other’s dance moves. I would dance like Chase or like Alex, so everyone would just kind of mock each other while we were dancing. It was great, because everybody picked up each other’s vibes and aura. But little by little, the awesome dancing clubs are closing down. Once they started closing down, it was like, you guys are just taking a part of my heart. So that’s why I stopped dancing. Aww. Anything else that you want to add? Yes, I want to say a big thank you to Cazwell, a big thanks to Frankie C, big thanks to Mike and to you. Thank you back! I also wanna thank all of the clubs that I danced in, and all of the guys that I’ve danced with.
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International DJ Eddie Martinez: Foreplay ‘MUSIC TO ME IS VERY SEXUALLY DRIVEN’ BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
Popular nightlife DJ Eddie Martinez will be unleashing his newest 13-track, original release on August 16. A follow-up to his 2014 album “Hybrid,” Martinez has written, mixed and mastered “Foreplay,” a release that is inspired by passion, lust and a story to go with it. The album features some up-and-coming artists and celebrates a journey through a compilation of all the genres of dance music. Get Out! had a heart to heart with Martinez and discovered him to be a blast. He was candid, humble and very well versed in the art of music.
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hat can fans expect to hear on your new release?
It’s a 13-track album. I produced it, I mixed it, I mastered it, and there are two discs. One is all the tracks, and the other is a compilation of all the songs together. It was a fun project.
What kind of music does it offer?
It’s all house music, but it goes through the genres of house, like progressive house, tribal house, tech house, techno. And there’s kind of a story in the music. It starts off high energy, happy, fun, and then it gets a little darker, and it kind of ends that way.
What’s the name of it?
The name is “Foreplay.” “Foreplay,” I love that. Are these all songs that you wrote?
I made everything. I have some vocalists on it, but yeah, I made everything. How long have you been a DJ?
I’ve been DJing for 11 years, and working for about seven. What’s the biggest party that you’ve performed at?
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I did Roseland Ballroom for New York City Pride in 2010 and 2013. I did it twice. That was the biggest one. Do you play Fire Island?
Yeah, I was there Memorial Day at the Pavilion. What do you enjoy most about DJing? Also, what made you decide to become a DJ?
I love to watch the crowd. I like to see their reactions and to see what people are doing. I used to be a professional dancer. Music has always been in my blood. A friend of mine and myself, we used to always go out to parties, so I tried to do it. I played around. It started as a hobby. Then it progressed and progressed and progressed.
Tell me a little more about the album. What inspired its creation?
Well, it’s actually my second album. I came out with one in 2014. So this one— actually, what really inspired me, which I really don’t want to admit—I had a really bad break up in March. I started working on some music just here and there, and then it just grew and came full circle. Most of the tracks are kind of vague, but it’s a story telling about the whole relationship. Music to me is very sexually driven, which is why a lot of people like it. A part of it is with the break up, and part of it is about that. Music to me is: You meet someone, you put music on and you can get along and vibe off the music. That’s why I call it “Foreplay,” because it can lead to other things. How long were you with this person?
For six months.
For only six months, and you got an album out of it? That’s a good deal!
Well, it was a lot of new stuff that I’ve learned, and I haven’t felt that way since high school. So all these feelings came back, and it was pretty intense. It was just a lot of lessons learned. So I needed to channel all my emotions somewhere.
Well, I would go thank him.
No, that’s too much work!
How can someone get this album?
It will be on iTunes, Amazon and all that stuff. Scan the QR code for Pre-sale order link! EddieMartinezOfficial
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Yamil X
KING OF LATIN URBAN NIGHTLIFE BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
Yamil X has been involved in New York's nightlife scene for 20 years. He has seen clubs come and go and has watched all of the changes take place. He came to New York with $75 in his pocket, and the rest Is history. Get Out! spoke to Yamil X and found him extremely friendly and warm. He has a great personality, and it's no wonder he has some of the most successful parties in New York!
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understand that you are one of the biggest promoters in New York City.
Yeah, for Latin urban. For 20 years, can you imagine I’ve seen almost all the clubs come and/or go. I’m still here. I’m blessed, because I’m still working. It’s not easy. In New York City, everything has changed. But to me it’s still about being family oriented.
You don’t look like you’re old enough to have been doing this 20 years.
I’m 48 years old.
What do you like best about being a promoter?
The best thing about making these parties is you meet a lot of people from around the world, and when they come to the club they get into it. To me, as a guy, it was very important to go to the clubs back in the ‘90s. Now it’s not that important any more. To me, I want to see the people happy. I want to show them that you need the contacts, you need the music and you need to meet with other people. You do a couple of parties a week, correct?
Wednesday nights I do Castro Cockboyz. Friday I do two parties. I do F13bre at XL Latino Lounge; that’s geared more for the Latin crowd and
their followers; and Kwir, the new dance party at The Monster in the West Village. It’s truly an LGBTQ party, and it’s an electro-pop party, so I have two different crowds. Saturday I do Yolo at XL. It’s been five years already on the main floor. We have artists like Ariana Grande and Lil’ Kim. And Sunday [I do] The Boys Room at XL. How do you get your acts?
I get introduced to their manager; they come to me. They know Saturday nights always have a lot of people, and they get a lot of publicity. You have a hard job.
I love my job. I really do. At 48, I believe you do what you love to do. I’m very lucky. I love to create parties. I love people. I love music. Where are you from originally?
Puerto Rico. I come from Puerto Rico, back in the day. I came to New York with $75 in my pocket, and I decided to stay. I started stripping. I knew I had the body, and that’s how it all started. I walked up to this club Café Con Leche, and they had a contest. It was $100 in cash for the best sexy body. I won the contest. I remember I didn’t even have money to get inside, but somebody gave me a flyer, and I was able to get inside. From there people gave me bookings. How did you survive New York nightlife for 20 years?
I don’t drink, and I don’t smoke. I do parties almost every day, so if I was drinking and smoking I would’ve been dead by now. If I did drugs I would never have made it. I was the first Latino to do a Latin party at Splash. I was there for nine years. After they closed, it was a little emotional for me, and I figured, “What am I going to do now?” So Big Ben, another urban promoter, came to me and wanted to collaborate. He had a party on Friday he did, a Latin party, and I did a Latin party. It was a competition. So we came together, and it’s been four years since our collaboration. It’s been great, and he’s been great to me. For more information: Instagram: Yampax Facebook: Yamil King Promoter Twitter: @Yamilx