Posted by Brian 'Docta' Dawe On January - 26 - 2012ADD COMMENTS
What’s up everyone! I would like to present to you my new monthly podcast featuring my favorite tracks of the month, “House Calls”! I have been wanting to do a podcast for a very long time, and feel that now is the perfect time since I have been spending so much time in the studio lately. I hope everyone enjoys it! For more information visit: BrianDawe.com and don’t forget to pick up my remixes at: Crack4DJs.net/BrianDoctaDawe, I release new remixes every single thursday.
Posted by Brian 'Docta' Dawe On December - 9 - 2011ADD COMMENTS
There has been a lot of talk about the “PROTECT-IP Act” and “Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)”. Maybe you went to download a torrent of your favorite show from “The Pirate Bay”, or opened your Tumblr dashboard to see a message about stopping the passage of these bills. You probably just ignored it, or thought to yourself there is no way that they will EVER put restrictions on our internet. After all this isn’t China or Iran, this is AMERICA, and in AMERICA we say, read, type, and do whatever we want to do on the internet. You may say to yourself “I am sure if they do restrict our internet access it will only limit the ability to share and download copyrighted content.” Correct?
How can we be sure that is as far as it will go?
The PROTECT-IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) will endanger the internet as well all know it. If passed, they would officially bring Iran and China-style Internet censorship to the US as a matter of LAW. I could attempt to describe every detail of the damage this will do to the internet, and explain how this WILL impact your life, but it can all be summarized with two clicks.
ONE.
Watch this video. It will explain the danger we are facing by the passage of these laws.
Posted by Brian 'Docta' Dawe On November - 14 - 2011ADD COMMENTS
Dwight Howard brought professional basketball back to Orlando, even if it was only for one night. With the impending NBA lockout, this may be the only action Magic fans see all year. If that is the case this also may be the last time we see Dwight Howard representing Orlando, with his upcoming free agency next season.
There were close to 10,000 fans in UCF arena last night ready to catch a glimpse of the current Magic roster, as well as some old school magic players. Only days after what was supposed to be the regular season tip-off in the NBA, this exhibition game featured a team of “New School” Magic players versus a team of “Old School” Magic players.
The night had many memorable moments, but for old school Orlando Magic fans the star of the show was Penny Hardaway. At the age of 40, Penny isn’t quite the explosive young point guard we remember in the 90′s, actually, I only recall him scoring one three pointer (which sent the crowd into a frenzy), but this night wasn’t about stats. The Hardaway homecoming has been twelve long years in the making, and having Penny on the court in Orlando, regardless of his performance, was magical. In the end Penny’s team of “Old School” players beat out the “New School” 114-102.
Players who participated included Howard’s current teammates Gilbert Arenas, Brandon Bass, Quentin Richardson, Jameer Nelson and Ryan Anderson. Former Magic players who played included the previously mentioned Penny Hardaway, Courtney Lee, Steve Francis, Mike Miller, Matt Barnes, Rashard Lewis, Trevor Ariza and Marcin Gortat.
I hate to say it, but if I were Otis Smith I would be wondering how all this “Old School” talent got away. The “Old School” team definitely outplayed the “New School” team with strong performances from Courtney Lee, Matt Barnes, and Rashard Lewis. The “New School” team looked a little rusty, except for Brandon Bass. Bass was the strongest player of the night for the “New School”, other than Dwight. Of course, this was just an exhibition game.
Rapper Lil Wayne and boxer Floyd Mayweather served as celebrity coaches. Lil Wayne walked into the arena to a thunderous cheer, before his name was even announced.
Posted by Brian 'Docta' Dawe On September - 10 - 2011ADD COMMENTS
This month I was asked to write a column for The Orlando Weekly’s monthly publication “Drink!”. I did a write-up about some of my favorite local venues. They liked my article so much they decided to feature me on the cover. “Drink!” can be found at most bars and restaurants across Orlando. Pick up a copy today, or check it out online at http://drinkorlando.com!
Also, the photo was shot by our very own AllyCrunk! You can expect many more contributions to “Drink!” from myself and Ally in the future, so make sure to pick up your copy every month!
Posted by Brian 'Docta' Dawe On August - 25 - 20111 COMMENT
I have argued, bickered and fought for the android for over a year now. When I bought the EVO 4G I swore up and down it was the best phone in history. I had graphs and charts to prove why it was better. Now, one year and two months have passed since I have purchased this phone. The verdict is in.
I hate the EVO 4G.
Sure, the screen is big, crisp and clear. What good does that do when the screen is only lit up for half the day before the battery dies. About four months ago I finally gave in and purchased an extended battery. My sleek thin EVO 4G went from looking like this:
To this:
Now I know the EVO isn’t the only Android phone, and I am sure the HTC Thunderbolt and Motorola Droid X have learned from the EVO’s mistakes, but at the end of the day I am positive Apple will win this battle. I have owned four Apple laptops, but I am not a fanboy for Apple. Getting rid of the “Save As” option in Lion is fucking retarded, and so is the new “natural scrolling” (How is it natural when you have been “naturally” doing it the other way since Windows 3.1?). The good people at Apple are FAR from perfect, but I think it’s safe to say they have making cell phones and music players down to a science.
Where is this coming from? Well, Steve Jobs resigned in the last 24 hours, which left me reminiscing about all the fond Apple memories I have had while he reigned over this great company. I think it is time for me to come clean while this genus is still with us on earth, and admit that I was wrong.
The iPhone is better than the EVO (and most likely every other Android on the market).
I could not have come to this conclusion at a better time, because yesterday pretty much every media outlet reported that my cell phone provider, Sprint, will be carrying the iPhone 5 come mid October. I have been a Sprint customer for seven years and am beyond satisfied with their customer service, not to mention I don’t remember my last non-elevator related dropped call. Data is blazing fast on Sprints 4G network. With AT&T not know for its quality, coverage or speed, this will be a huge boost in sales for Sprint, and without a doubt will hurt AT&T. Sprint carrying the iPhone will leave T-Mobile as the last major carrier without the iPhone (unless they merge with AT&T which now looks unlikely). This in my opinion is a crushing blow to Android. I believe there are many Android users in denial, like I was, about the iPhones superiority. When they are given the option to get the iPhone after an extended period as an Android user they will make the switch. Android reminds me of Windows. It freezes, crashes, runs slow and just plain doesn’t work sometimes. I have never had this problem with Apple products.
I expect this Android nightmare to end with the purchase of my iPhone 5 come mid October.
I will now end with this totally unrelated clip of Special K in a High Tide Harry’s commercial
Posted by Brian 'Docta' Dawe On August - 14 - 2011ADD COMMENTS
It has been over a year since I have released an official mix! I collaborated with my good friend DJ Spillz about six months ago to release “The Dirty House” hotel, but have not has a solo mix since “Operating Tables”. I decided to go a different route this time by releasing a mix recorded LIVE in the club. I thought this would be a good way to showcase how I spin in a packed venue, so if you haven’t heard me spin live then download this mix now! I incorporate a little bit of everything in this one, house bangers, electro, moombahton, and of course some dubstep.
Also, while I have you attention I would like to let everyone know that I am an official Crack4DJs.net artist. You can find all my original remixes now at: Crack4djs.net/BrianDoctaDawe!
Here is the info on “LIVE.” and tracklist just in case you want to be awesome and share this mix on your blog…
A new live mix featuring original Brian ‘Docta’ Dawe remixes as well as tracks by Skrillex, Afrojack, Calvin Harris, Sidney Samson, Flux Pavillion, R3hab, Avicii, and others. Available now at Brian Dawe.com, or LastNightsHype.com.
1. Intro
2. Ralvero – Drunk Tonight
3. Avicii – Levels (Smash This Club Blend)
4. Avicii – Levels (Serafin’s No Hands Remix)
5. Calvin Harris – Bounce (Brian Dawe Edit)
6. Alex Kenji – Pressure (Alesso Remix)
7. Lady Gaga – Judas (R3hab Remix)
8. David Guetta/Flo Rida/Nicki Minaj – Where Them Girls At (Nicky Romero Remix)
9. Pitbull Ft Marc Anthony – Rain Over Me (Brian Dawe Re-Drum Dutch Segue)
10. Alvaro & Artistic Raw – Ready 4 This
11. Kaskade vs Tiesto vs Hardwell – Angel On My Shoulder Reaver 76
12. Jonny Quest – Let You Go (Unreleased)
13. Enrique Iglesias – Dirty Dancer (Nicky Romero Remix)
14. Swedish House Mafia – Save The World
15. Deniz Koyu – Tung (Emkay & Elements Bootleg)
16. Steve Aoki & Laidback Luke ft Lil Jon – Turbulence (Deville vs Sidney Samson Edit)
17. LMFAO feat. Natalia Kills – Champagne Showers (R3hab Remix)
18. Axwell – I Found Stars (Munich House Mafia Bootleg)
19. Sak Noel – Loca People (Dawe’s Moombahton Transition)
20 Alvaro feat. Lil Jon – Fucking Ghetto
21. Kreayshawn – Gucci Gucci (Long Jawns x Bobby la Beat Moombahton Remix)
22. Tittsworth & Alvin Risk – Pendejas
23. Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie – Moombah – Afrojack Remix (Dawe’s Moombahton Transition)
24. Douster – King Of Africa
25. Dada Life – Fight Club Is Closed (R3hab & Ferruccio Salvo Remix)
26. Tim Mason vs. Justice – The Moment vs. We Are Your Friends (Richard Fraioli Mashup)
27. Afrojack vs. Adele – Rolling it Right (DEFEP Bootleg)
28. Avicii &Tom Hangs ft Nicki Minaj & Shermanology – Blessed Moment 4 Life (Scene Bootleg)
29. DJ Khaled ft Drake, Lil Wayne – I’m On One [Quest & Dawe Transition] (KillaGraham Remix)
30. Skrillex – Cinema (Quest & Dawe surprise flip)
31. Flux Pavillion – Bass Cannon
32. Bare & Datsik – King Kong
33. DJ Fresh ft Sian Evans – Louder (Flux Pavillion & Doctor P Remix)
34. Mord Fustang – A New World (Dawe Promises Edit)
35. Nero – Promises (Skrillex Remix)
Posted by Brian 'Docta' Dawe On August - 7 - 2011ADD COMMENTS
Call me nostalgic, but to commemorate the launch of Last Nights Hype, and the transformation of Orange County Concepts, I thought it would be an appropriate to recap the last four years of memories we have shared together. In the last four years we have published 685 blog posts (this makes 686) and this week we expect to top 17,000 event photos.
One thing we have always prided ourself on is our photography. We have had some of the greatest photographers in Orlando on staff over the past few years including (but not limited to) J. Chris Callahan, Erik Spradling, Jon Longstaff, and our current main photographer Allycrunk. We always made it a priority to provide quality edited photos, not some point and click bullshit like most of the other promotional companies are uploading. We have also always made it super simple to access photos that we took at an event, click and download, no annoying membership logins, shiiiit, you can even download them straight from our Facebook page.
As we turn the page from Orange County Concepts to Last Night’s Hype, I thought it would be fun to post what I thought are the very best photos our website has EVER published. With an archive of photos as large as ours is, (173 event galleries) this list has taken a few days to compile. I think it shows an accurate depiction of just how fucking awesome our parties were, and still are. It also serves as a history lesson on Orlando nightlife, and the trends that we started way back before some of you even had your drivers license.
#20 THE CRUNK CASTLE (CrunkRAWK House Party) 6/8/07 Photo by: TJ The Photographer (See the full gallery here)
So this might be a little embarrassing. As you may have heard, our house parties were pretty awesome. It was even mentioned in last months issue of Drink Magazine. We had a little house we called “The Crunk Castle” in East Orlando. It was not uncommon for 400 or more people to show up any given weekend and wreck the place. We always had a DJ, and often had a photographer. Keep in mind this was a HOUSE in a normal middle class neighborhood. The neighbors hated us, the cops showed up 14 times in one year, and lucky for us our out of state landlord didn’t evicted us nearly fast enough. Gunshots, stolen cars, window bashings. You name it, we saw it. The girl digging for gold in the bottom left of this photo amidst all the madness is priceless.
The caption was added to this photo before it was politically incorrect to use “homo” or “gay” as an insult. Thanks to the NBA’s “Think B4 you speak” campaign we now know better! We also love the gay community, case in point our party at Mr. Sisters every Sunday. Seriously though, this party SUCKED. It was a block party thrown by Whats2Hot that took up the entire Scoop’s parking lot with a huge stage, and an entires day worth of entertainment. The event promised to bring well over a thousand party people. Only problem is the promoter forgot to, um, bring anybody. Now that is Not2Hot, but good for a nice laugh
When you show your manhood to a group of ladies at a house party, a laugh is the last response you want to get. Unfortunately for our buddy King Kong this was the norm. Nice dick!
#16 LEGIT. @ DUNGEON 4/30/10 Photo by: Familiar Joe (See the full gallery here)
“You mean there was another electronic music party at Dungeon before riot?” Yes. We threw it. Unfortunately we had a shitty sound system, no lights, no CO2 canisters, and no dubstep (as in no one knew what the fuck it was yet). We also unfortunately decided to launch the party at the beginning of summer, so it was very short lived. It was long enough to raise a few eyebrows though, and next thing you know “Riot!” was born. You’re welcome, again.
#15 BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN RALLY @ AMWAY ARENA 10/20/08 Photo by: Colombia (See the full gallery here)
Yes, we even got political with it. We covered the Barack Obama rally in 2008 outside the north entrance of the soon to be demolished Amway Arena due to its historical significance. 50,000 people showed up to see the soon to be president address the city of Orlando. It was only 15 days before Obama would become the president of the United States. You can thank us for bringing him to Orlando first… (ok, you got us, we had nothing to do with him coming.)
So what is so special here? Another typical nightlife picture of two girls making out. Well this night was special. We PACKED this now defunct club on the east side of Orlando called Pounders on a Sunday night for a special event we did called Rehab. There was no school the next day, and we capitalized to the fullest with ice luge’s, free champagne, and bumpin’ indie electro house (before it was cool). The best part was we were able to steal Kapow for this party, who was easily the best and most popular photographer in Orlando. She shot exclusively for Pauly Crush at the time so we were very excited to have her. She made a regular UCF party look like a masterpiece. This entire album shows just how amazing her work was. In my opinion she is hands down the best photographer Orlando night life has EVER seen. Check out the full gallery from this party to see her amazingly candid shots.
#13 NIGHT TIME FOAM POOL PARTY @ JEFFERSON VILLAGE 9/5/08 Photo by: Can’t remember (See the full gallery here)
Foam parties are pretty awesome. I remember back in my Firestone days the owner said he would never do a foam party again because he would find all kinds of disgusting shit when they would clean out the foam pit. Condoms, underware, you name it, they saw it. So when you combine a pool party, with a foam party, and then do it at night and throw glow sticks out to everyone you know you are asking for some crazy shit to happen.
I think this is the best DJ line-up a house party has ever seen in Orlando. With DJs Deville, Justin James, Youngheartz, Erik Draven, and myself, and hosted by the voice of Roxy/”Rage” Saturday’s Eric James. This is another multi-picture entry, because sometimes a few pictures really do tell a story. Blood on the floor, weave in the chandler, and girls pooping… sounds like my kind of shindig!
It was supposed to be pudding wrestling, but it looked more like the results of the bathroom scene from dumb and dumber. The best part of this picture may actually be the promotions that went into this event, mainly this video.
As you can see this was an easy clean up job.
ok, upon further review this was an unrelated, not nearly as successful pudding wrestling event. Either way it is still fitting.
You have seen this man featured on CNN, Fox News, NBC, CBS, Lifetime, etc! Clint House has a big mouth, and we all love it. Always speaking his opinion before using his brain, he gave us LOTS of entertaining material to blog about.
Clint is busy these days fighting to give Caylee Anthony “the justice that the court system failed to give her.” He has been pushing to get Caylee’s Law on to the senate floor ever since he heard the shocking verdict that stunned the nation a few weeks ago. We have to give Clint credit for coming so far! From his days with “Whats 2 Hot“, to his stint as a Jacksonville promoter, to the Orange County Courthouse Roy Clint has always been an OCC/LNH staple. All jokes aside, we are proud of this man for taking a stand and doing the right thing.
And like that it was all over. Pounders began to decline, so they remodeled and named the place “Octagon”. Terrible name, terrible idea. The only thing still happening in that building was our party Shit Show. The place would re-open after another remodel about a month later, but it was never the same. The vibe from Shit Show had officially taken a… shit. We came back with another party called Snatch, but by then our fun was over.
DJ dLux decided he was going out in a blaze of glory, literally, by blazing up a blunt right in the DJ booth. When the smoke cleared, the Shit Show was over.
Well shit… we lost Shit Show, so I guess we decided to bring it back to our roots. Time to take it to the house! This young lady seems to have dropped something.
Oh wait, she just has a penis on her ass. Back in the heyday of Defame: Orlando, this photo was blogged with the following close-up image.
Travie McCoy is a great musician. He was good as a member of Gym Class Heroes, and not too shabby as a solo artist. He may want to be a millionaire, but he couldn’t have DJed properly if it was for a million dollars.
We watched him load up iTunes, and play a pre-recorded mix. It was a fun night though, and Travie managed to get the crowd hype during his “DJ set” at Firestone for the Warp Tour after party.
I specifically remember some now well know Orlando house DJs, who were just kids playing in there bedrooms back then, telling me this party inspired them to DJ. I won’t mention any names, but they told me this party motivated them to throw their own parties, and gave them a huge desire to play for a large club audience (which they now have). We threw out 500 glow sticks, decked out Antigua with black lights, and made it cool to have glow sticks in the club again. Having your name painted on topless go-go dancers is pretty awesome, so I will gladly add this photo from that amazing event to the list.
The following screen shot of a recent Facebook comment left to me by Louie Diaz (AKA Kid Disco, Full Effect, Junior Diaz) pretty much sums up this party.
This was THE FIRST electro, house, dance party EVER in the UCF area. We were going against the grain, and playing music that these kids had NO CLUE about. Now it’s the norm…. once again you are welcome.
Steve Aoki has played in Orlando COUNTLESS times. So many times it is hard to keep track of. We are proud to say we brought him before he was a household name, and WAYYYY before he hit the Turbulence. His first appearance was in front of about 300 people in 2007 at Firestone, this night was before the crazy Steve Aoki that we all know now. He stood up on the stage playing records, and didn’t even move an inch. In his second of about fifty Orlando performances Steve served up quite a show, and brought out his crazy personality for the first time ever in Orlando. He was so wasted at one point he fell off the DJ booth, hitting his head on the stage. He blacked out for about 45 seconds, and then finally came to with a smile on his face. He resumed playing without missing a beat. This was by far one of the most memorable nights in OCC history. Being apart of the first show of its kind way before everyone else jumped on the bandwagon was something really special.
Steve also created this very awkward moment for me.
I think he may have been so drunk that he mistakenly believed he was at Mr. Sisters.
S/T was an amazing party. We unfortunately were brought into the party at a very bad time creating all kinds of nightlife drama. Way too many years have passed for it to even matter anymore. I can only hope that people remember how good this party was for Orlando nightlife. Pauly Crush started a revolution, we tried to continue the movement. It felt so good to play the music I loved in front of 800-1000 people every week, and at a time when no one else in the city was doing it. S/T is a legendary party, and I don’t think anyone that experienced it could ever forget it.
Out with the old and in with the new. We will award the #1 slot to Méster Hypé AKA Waka Flocka Flamingo because we believe the best for this website has yet to come, and that silly fucking flamingo somehow became the face of this amazing new crew. Méster Hypé, the official mascot of Last Night’s Hype has been EVERYWHERE lately. Dancing on the bar, crowd surfing, in-between your girlfriends legs, you name it he has done it. He is making a real mark on Orlando nightlife, and you can expect to see him out at the club for a long time to come. LNH is here, and we are not going anywhere for a VERY long time. So get used to our little flamingo, and if you see him out at the club give him a kiss and snap a pic with him.
- Chris Callahan climbs an abandoned gas station billboard -
- DJ Khaled performs at Fubar’s “Blocktoberfest” -
- Justin James wears Ed Hardy -
Shout out to dLux, I told you I would get this blog up (34 revisions later). That was a nice walk down memory lane. I was going to say something about how I hope to write another one of these blogs with amazing memories in four years, but honestly by then I will be WAYYYY to old for this shit, and hopefully DJing at mega clubs in Vegas (not to mention this shit took wayyyy to long). If not you can find me back in my race car bed at Mama Dawe’s.
Posted by Brian 'Docta' Dawe On July - 2 - 2011ADD COMMENTS
There are some new Orlando promoters that just came up with a BRILLIANT idea. Let’s capitalize off of the dubstep craze, AND club drug resurgence at the same time! I introduce to you: Drug Step.
With this flyer I feel like I am about to enter some kind of Greco-Roman dubstep orgy. I can’t say I have personally heard of any of the DJs on this lineup, but with names like Reefa Madness and Frankasaurus who can resist! They must have been on some heavy drugstep when they came up with that. So what is this “Drug Step” party all about?
Oh, I get it now! You totally have me sold on this “Drug Step” party. Now the only thing I need are some drugs to do at this “Drug Step” event. I wonder where I can find some?
Looks like I can pick up some Molly RIGHT ON THE FACEBOOK INVITE PAGE! PERFECT!
Posted by Brian 'Docta' Dawe On June - 24 - 20111 COMMENT
DJ dLux is going to kill me for making my first blog back to the site in months so meaningless. If I wasn’t writing this at 7am after a crazy night out it would probably make more sense and be much more entertaining, but with the sunlight creeping through my window this is the best I can do .
We had a great night out at Fubar tonight. Place was packed as it usually is on my Thursday night. The Last Night’s Hype crew and I made a little video wrap-up of the evening I would like to share. If you haven’t figured out yet it is just a matter of days, maybe hours, before the Orange County Concepts that you all know and love becomes “LastNightsHype.com”. I covered this a little bit in my last photo upload blog, basically We have been looking for a new name for quite some time now, and have gone through more short lived changes than a middle schooler hitting puberty. We feel like this name change to the blog reflects our website concept, and future outlook much better. So on that note, enjoy this video, and what will probably be the last blog post on OCC as you know it.
OH WAIT!!
There is a pool party today that should be pretty awesome! We will be there taking pictures and throwing Mr. Last Night’s Hype around in the pool. He needs a bath pretty bad after tonight. He looks dirtier than a sorority girls flip-flop wearing feet.
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