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In July 2002 www.carlos-morales.com
was launched. This has been a wonderful year for
me and my website and I am totally proud of what I have accomplished,
being that there are so many websites that offer pretty much what
I offer, but not with the same style that I do. The response
from the fans and people in the business has been great all along
and there have been so many people to show their support that it
really makes me happy and willing to continue to do this, what
I enjoy most.
I want to thank you all of you
who write to me with encouraging words, compliments or criticism.
It wouldn't be the same if there weren't those who challenge me.
All that extra work pays off with success, and for that I am grateful.
I would like to thank in particular www.mannet.com
for their support and for selecting my website as the "Best
Overall porn site of 2002." Also, to
Gay Chicago Magazine
for giving me the Grabby award of
"Best Performer of 2002." I don't have
enough words to thank you...you RULE!
Also to my webmasters, Karen, Dave,
Jesus and Jaye. Thank you for all your ideas and
visions. Your hard work and dedication is a constant source of inspiration.
The photographers that I have worked with, from which I've gotten
so many beautiful images that I am so proud to show: Terry
Gaskins, Hans Fahrmeyer, Henning von Berg, Michael Snell, Mick Hicks,
Ruben Jimenez, Kent Taylor, Jackson and so many others...
Our collaborations keep paying off.
To Leonardo, for
the creativity and for taking care of so many things that I just
don't have the time to do.
Thank you for believing in me and supporting my ideas
and my work. I will never forget that.
HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY!
And now back to work...
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This year was substantially different from last. I am now a regular
dancer at Madrigal's
and Juan Nieves (Madrigal's
owner) seems comfortable enough to book me there for the major gay
events of the season. So it is only logical that there was
where I spent most of my time. Every night, for 6 nights
starting at 10:00pm.
That gave me time in the day to participate in other events during
the week. So I went down to the leather
market, which was held at "The
Palmer House" this year and seemed relatively
smaller than last year's at The Hyatt.
I exclusively hung out at the "Raging
Stallion" booth for obvious reasons. Our work
seems to be getting better and better and they offer the best deals
for me as a performer. So there we were: Kent
Taylor, Michael Brandon, Moe, David, JD Slater, Rick Jammer
and several others. Unfortunately Chris
Ward had to stay in San Francisco working on the
finishing touches of his latest masterpiece, accordingly titled
"Hard at Work."
We missed you Chris, but he already knows that.
Never before I had a chance to hang out for a long time with JD
Slater, and he is a lot of fun.
I loved the way he offered the people who came by our booth: "what
kind of filth can we get for you?". What a suggestive way to
prompt a customer to buy our products, and it worked. How great
is that?
I also attended the Grabby Awards
with the Raging Stallion bunch and one of my best friends, David
Yauch, AKA Vanilla. We sat down with them on the
best table in the place, right in front of the stage. Chi
Chi La Rue was one of 3 MC's and she was hilarious,
and the costumes she wore were, how should I say it? hmmm... creative,
at least when she came out looking like a green
piñata hehehe... The award ceremony opened with a
video that was also great. It featured Chi Chi, in some kind of
documentary about three hookers on the streets... reminiscing the
early days I guess.
Unfortunately, I did not stay long enough to receive my award.
I had to leave in the intermission to go to work at Madrigal's.
If I would have known I was to win I would have made time and stay
to take my award and thank the academy, or better said, The Grabby
Academy, if there is one. But you never know what it's going to
happen until they say: And the award goes to...
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after I finished my nightly engagements at Madrigal's, I mean
at around 2:00 or 3:00am. Those were:
1-The Pornopalooza
2003 at Circuit. Friday Night.
This is an event produced entirely by Raul
from Jumpstart Productions.
There were at least 25 big name porn stars performing that
night; and the place was pumping. The soundtrack was courtesy
of Brett Hendrichsen,
so it couldn't be any better. I performed on stage with Matthew
Rush and Jake Gianneli. We really worked the
crowd, so they went a bit out of control, but in a
good way.
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2-The Leather
Rites V:RAW at "The Metro"on Clark Street.
This one was on Saturday night. I went there at 3:00 am and
I was the last performer of the night. So
I had to go on stage alone. At that time
most of the crowd was already deep into heavy partying, so
they didn't really notice me much. But the music by Bill
Bennett was amazing, as usual.
This event was produced by Jumpstart as well
and sponsored in part by "Borderline
Music", the best source for music in
the mid west (hello Scott...).
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3-The Military
Ball at Circuit on Monday night.
Rentboy.com
produced this one, and had music by New
York DJ Escape. I guess the boys were a
bit worn out by Monday night, because it didn't really
get crowded, but because of that, we were able to get a
little more explicit with our dancing, and
at some point we were having sex onstage (oooops!).
The few people there loved it, and so did I. Marco
Rochelle was the main attraction and Tom
Weiss hosted the night. I also had a chance
to meet photographers Israel
Wright and also Frank
Failing from Male Image photography.
So work with them is as yet to come... But I have some snapshots
of the event here for you.
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| with Marco Rochelle and Tom
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nice backs |
on the pole |
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with Marco Rochelle and Tom Weise |
and with a fan |
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| Check out the bodies |
getting ready to "rumble..."
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showing off
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With Tom Weise from Rentboy.com |
DJ Escape |
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I also worked with Terry Gaskins
again. We are putting together a new gallery that
will be available soon on the free section of my
website.
And I had the pleasure of meeting Madrid
St.Angelo. He is a producer who contacted me through
my web page and wanted to interview me. He is currently working
on a new public access TV show in Chicago in which
he portrays different views on performers of the sex industry, like
myself. So we got together on Tuesday morning after Memorial Day
and made a great interview in which you get to see
a side of myself that you probably have not seen yet
(is that still possible???) The answer is yes.
And it will ready in the fall. I will keep you posted.
How was that for a week?
After that I went to NY
and didn't do much for a few days. And that felt great.
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Then after a 2 weeks
break, my personal friend and photographer
Jackson told me they were doing a new promotion
at The View bar in
Chelsea, sponsored by Manhunt.net.
The deal was simple, I had to do a live photo shoot
there (no nudity because of strict NY State laws) and they pay a
model's fee and advertise my website on their search engine. Aaron
Tanner, with whom I have worked before in a couple
of videos for Raging Stallion, is the promoter of the night and
they seem to be doing great. Congrats on your new ventures, Aaron.
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Fahrmeyer and did a quick photo session.
He has photographed me more than any other photographer
ever had, I guess he knows my body so well that he really
brings out the best in me. Take a look. |
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Then, it was the end
of June and I had to go to Chicago
again for Gay Pride celebrations.
I never did Gay Pride other than in NY, and it was great. I worked
at Madrigal's again and met the Southern
Comfort dancers. Cool guys. And for the parade,
I had been hired to be on the Altoids
float, which have a reputation for being the best floats. True to
the word, they had the best selection of dancers and we had the
best energy. Everyone cheered at us and we had some people come
up to us to kiss us and photograph us. It was a
lot of fun.
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Right after that, I came
back to NY and started
working that same day at the Gaiety
Theater. I was really tired from the previous week
in Chicago, buy I did really well.
I was working a lot those 2 weeks in Chicago and NY. I had to do
it like that because I was going to go on a long trip with my family
on July. There is where I am writing this from. But I will tell
you about my latest trips next time.
For now, I just want to wish you a wonderful summer...like the
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Thanks again for being there.
Love,
CARLOS MORALES
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