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August 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #126 – Off-Key: Concert For Artistic Freedom, Wellington, 2014

Last year Darren Watson released a satirical song called Planet Key (with a video by Jeremy Jones). It was banned. And so a bunch of Wellington bands got together and put on the Off-Key: Concert for Artistic Freedom show. It was great to be in a pub on a Sunday afternoon with like-minded people; people […]
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September 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Off Key – Concert for Artistic Freedom

Yesterday afternoon at the San Fran the Off Key concert to raise money to assist Jeremy Jones and Daren Watson in their legal battles around the song and video Planet Key featured a diverse line-up of acts and it was fun to have a drink and watch some live music on a Sunday afternoon. Lovely […]
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September 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Off Key: Concert For Artistic Freedom

In early August renowned blues musician Darren Watson released his original song Planet Key, a satirical take on New Zealand Prime Minister John Key’s own description of what a ‘Planet Key’ would look like. Planet Key went viral on the internet, accompanied by a video created by Jeremy Jones from Propeller Motion, depicting John Key set amongst a […]
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