Notice how the Epstein Files have disappeared from the headlines? Why, it's almost as if all this Trump-led violence, war, abduction, and threatening of allies is some kind of distraction... #trump #epsteinfiles

They're gonna come for public broadcasting here too if people like David Seymour get their way for a few more years... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Will we wait long for NZ's government to condemn the illegal attack on Venezuela and rendition of it's elected leader? #nzpol

Tomorrow I'm playing an intimate live show at The Barn (Honest Lawyer) in Nelson. If you're a blues fan, you dig Americana, or country-soul, you'll have a blast. #Nelson #livemusic #blues Tickets from Eventfinda: www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/darren-...

Temu Xtians very much like Christopher (not Chris!) Luxon wrapping food parcels at Xmas rapping Lunch Money in the Beehive rapping Bish over the knuckles repping for corporate assholes Temu Xtians very much like Christopher (not Chris!) Luxon

Well, well.. since when did these utter c-words ever listen to expert, professional advice? No, they reckon these kids are all just lazy bottom feeders, and they just don't do bottom feeding. They talk out of theirs on a regular basis though. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Nice review of my new album from Bluestown Music in The Netherlands... bluestownmusic.nl/review-darre...

Old boomer races they're off at a trot too much Tay Rayo and happy they're not soon they'll be dead and we'll be better off old boomer racists are losing the plot #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Thanks to Trevor Reekie on RNZ's Worlds of Music for the kind words about 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt'. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... #darrenwatson #johnhiatt #nzmusic

Hahaha Luxon is the worst, most desperate-looking, sweating salesperson since Shelley Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross. #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

Folks, the human race is done. www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/a...

Thanks to everyone who bought or streamed my new album 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' this week. It just debuted at #3 on the Official Top 20 Aotearoa Albums Chart! #darrenwatson #nzmusic #johnhiatt

Folks say the Temu John Key is actually really smart and knows full-well how desperate the climate emergency really is.... and yet.... this!?! So is he also just a selfish c*nt who will sell out his grandkids' future for a minister's salary? #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...

All this government has done is trade lower inflation (and it's not really that low ffs!) for high unemployment. The worst since Ruth Richardson was finance minister. Think about that. #OneTermGovernment #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

"...covers albums often struggle to find an audience but the unfamiliarity of most of these songs and the coherence of Watson's blues-based interpretations make for an album that stands assuredly on its own merits." www.elsewhere.co.nz/blues/11679/...

Thanks to everyone who's picked up a digital or CD copy of 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' on @bandcamp.com. It's currently the best selling Americana album on @bandcamp.com Have you got yourself a copy yet? #johnhiatt #darrenwatson

"When Darren Watson Sings John Hiatt was first announced, I must admit to wondering about the point of the exercise. Does the world really need a John Hiatt covers album? I now feel a little ashamed of that assumption. The album is a doozy." www.witchdoctor.co.nz/2025/darren-...

Bwahahaha! For now, the instrument has been dubbed “Donald Trumpet. Because it's a cheap trumpet, and it's that gold colour that sort of makes my skin crawl, so I’m not a fan,” he said. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

AI scraping copyright data without payment or agreement is THEFT. Pure and simple. With Brooke van Robot in charge of this issue in Aotearoa, I expect the opposite here. #nzpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

If you want fewer folks crowding out emergency rooms at hospitals, make primary health care more affordable. It's a no brainer. #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

While I'm not really surprised this increasingly Christofascist government is applying their 'worthiness test' to acknowledged victims of state abuse, I am really disgusted. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Here we go. No elections next year. Nice little Central American war as a cover for deeper fascism at home. Can you believe our government is trying to cosy up to these c*nts? #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

The government gutting MPI staffing to help pay for tax cuts for landlords hasn't hurt us at.... no, wait. These greedy, aggressive parasites make wasps seem like pacifists. And the hornets are pretty bad too. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

My partner wrote something really worth your time.. #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/internet/23-...

Here's the closing track from my new album 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt', which is out next week on Lamington Records. Please like and share widely if you dig it. #nzfolk #darrenwatson #johnhiatt youtu.be/DTZI3ADw1ig?...

Only 10 days to go until my new album 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' hits the stores... it'll be available at all good record stores across Aotearoa, on my Bandcamp, and of course, it'll be for sale at all my upcoming shows. #darrenwatson #johnhiatt #newmusic #nzmusic #johnhiatt #nztour

It takes a Temu John Key to present an admission that these absolute c*nts just do not care about their own grandkids' future on this planet. Let alone yours. #onetermgovernment #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/c...

What is 'broadcasting'? Are live radio and video events streaming on the internet 'broadcasts'? Are Radio NZ, and Sean Plunket's platform both 'broadcasting' online? I reckon they are, and as commercial broadcasters they should be held to the same broadcasting standards as each other. #nzpol

Right-wing shock jocks don't seem to like the idea of having to obey the same rules as everyone else in broadcasting. I wonder why? #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

'Genius' level policy from National all round, eh!?! Do you think they actually think things through, or is it really just about being seen to punish the 'bottom feeders' as red meat for their base? #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

From the WTF files? Just how much does the Miniature of Health HATE Wellington? This much... "... the Government lowers the starting age from 60 to 58 in Northland, Auckland and the South Island." #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

I cannot wait for my new album 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' to hit the stores! That's happening on 31 Oct, then I'm playing some shows around the place. Tickets and info from: www.darrenwatson.com #darrenwatson #johnhiatt #newmusic #nztour

What a pathetic, scheming and desperate excuse for leadership we have in Aotearoa at the moment. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

August 1939. Poland can have peace if it just agrees to be governed by a governing board including Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler. Why wouldn't Poland accept this magnanimous peace deal - unless it WANTS war? www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Folks, here's my new video, 'Ride Along'. My new album 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' is out on October 31 worldwide. youtu.be/2KCWoJZTixE?...

Here's a wee bit of the video for 'Ride Along' which will be out Friday 27 September. The album 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' is out worldwide on Friday 31 October. www.darrenwatson.com Tickets for the Nov/Dec tour are available from my website right now!

From the continuing nominative determinism files.... Vascular surgeon Neil Hopper froze and chopped off his own legs for 'sexual gratification'. 😮 You cannot make this stuff up! www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Brooke van Robot is fine with more of the same... #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

And Brooke van Robot thinks letting employers police themselves will improve things?!! It's bad enough now FFS! #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Available to stream for the first time. It's 'King Size'! Nominated for Best Roots Music Album at the 2003 NZ Music Awards. Stream and playlist away, folks! Buy me a coffee this time next year! Fill your boots! #nzmusic open.spotify.com/album/1oPc6R...

Does anyone else think this comes across like "My Dad knows Michael Jackson" from 'Boy'? “One of my best friends in America is actually in business with Travis, so he actually got a reply back from Travis..." #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

What I'd say to you is, alcohol, tobacco, speed limits, work place safety, we're going against official advice on everything, but can you imagine how full my Coalition's donor coffers are going to be by the time of the next election? #LyinLuxon #CoalitionOfCorruption #NZpol

Scar bro... appropriate name. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Mark this day, I agree with Chris Bishop on something!?!!! #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Unemployment and inflation rising at the same time... there's a name for that: Stagflation. It was huge in the 70s, like Fleetwood Mac. I expect the caucus meetings are getting a bit like the 'Rumours' recording studio session time too. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Goodbye to the coalition.... #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/business/360...

The last few tickets for my trio's November 28 show at The Shed in Alicetown are gonna go this week. Don't miss out... The 'Darren Watson sings John Hiatt' album is dropping on November 7. events.humanitix.com/darren-watso...

Ian Taylor a short open letter from me. Dear Ian, Your desperate need for attention is exhausting please just get counselling like a normal person and get out of our lives. Yours Cam www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Only 15 tickets left for my show at The Shed in November. Don't sleep on it, Wellington. #darrenwatson #bluesguitar #intimateshow #johnhiatt #newalbum events.humanitix.com/darren-watso...