Russ Chandler
@russchandlermusic.com
Banjo player.
Revolutionary Socialist.
Music Hall enthusiast.
Web dev.
Film buff.
He / Him.
Love Music, Hate Racism.
Drunkard.
Revolutionary Socialist.
Music Hall enthusiast.
Web dev.
Film buff.
He / Him.
Love Music, Hate Racism.
Drunkard.
It's that day when I share this song I produced for an organisation called No Glory a few years back.
The donkeys are wearing poppies the lions should wear something else.
youtu.be/DaMhuefxiNw?...
The donkeys are wearing poppies the lions should wear something else.
youtu.be/DaMhuefxiNw?...
Remembrance Day: Why I'll wear a dandelion instead of a red poppy
YouTube video by nowarglory
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It's that day when I share this song I produced for an organisation called No Glory a few years back.
The donkeys are wearing poppies the lions should wear something else.
youtu.be/DaMhuefxiNw?...
The donkeys are wearing poppies the lions should wear something else.
youtu.be/DaMhuefxiNw?...
I have a proper pub gig coming up in one of Sheffields best pubs. A banjo picking evening of folk songs, music hall, protest songs, ragtime, dreadful jokes and some truly enormous choruses to sing along with!
Saturday 29 November
The Sheaf View, Sheffield S2 3AA
Starts 8:30.
Saturday 29 November
The Sheaf View, Sheffield S2 3AA
Starts 8:30.
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I have a proper pub gig coming up in one of Sheffields best pubs. A banjo picking evening of folk songs, music hall, protest songs, ragtime, dreadful jokes and some truly enormous choruses to sing along with!
Saturday 29 November
The Sheaf View, Sheffield S2 3AA
Starts 8:30.
Saturday 29 November
The Sheaf View, Sheffield S2 3AA
Starts 8:30.
I hope the Devil waterboards you for all eternity.
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I hope the Devil waterboards you for all eternity.
You may be cool. But you will never be Pete Seeger in a suit playing long neck banjo against the New York skyline cool.
#BanjoFeed
#BanjoFeed
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
You may be cool. But you will never be Pete Seeger in a suit playing long neck banjo against the New York skyline cool.
#BanjoFeed
#BanjoFeed
"Not every exasperated petty bourgeois could have become Hitler, but a particle of Hitler is lodged in every exasperated petty bourgeois..."
Trotsky.
www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
Trotsky.
www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
Massive Union Jack flag placed on side of former council building
A defiant property boss has draped a massive Union Jack flag across a former council HQ – after officials ordered him to tear down a smaller version for breaking planning rules.
www.thestar.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"Not every exasperated petty bourgeois could have become Hitler, but a particle of Hitler is lodged in every exasperated petty bourgeois..."
Trotsky.
www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
Trotsky.
www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
Reposted by Russ Chandler
Douglass Crockwell, American (1904-1968), Machinists, 1932, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 91.8 cm, private collection
October 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Douglass Crockwell, American (1904-1968), Machinists, 1932, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 91.8 cm, private collection
"Reform councillor Alan Preest, from the Forest of Dean District Council, branded the letters "childish" and "silly".
"Russ Chandler, a banjo player resident in Sheffield branded Cllr Preest a "knob head..."
Total respect to whoever is behind this!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Russ Chandler, a banjo player resident in Sheffield branded Cllr Preest a "knob head..."
Total respect to whoever is behind this!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warning as spoof refugee housing letters posted through letterboxes
Residents living on streets with St George's flags were told they could soon be housing refugees.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Reform councillor Alan Preest, from the Forest of Dean District Council, branded the letters "childish" and "silly".
"Russ Chandler, a banjo player resident in Sheffield branded Cllr Preest a "knob head..."
Total respect to whoever is behind this!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Russ Chandler, a banjo player resident in Sheffield branded Cllr Preest a "knob head..."
Total respect to whoever is behind this!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here's a treat - a brilliant new arrangement of Habanera from the opera Carnen by the classic banjo guvnor Chris Sands...
#banjofeed
youtu.be/-V8zeIhIlYk?...
#banjofeed
youtu.be/-V8zeIhIlYk?...
"Habanera" from Carmen played on solo 5-string banjo by Chris Sands
YouTube video by Chris Sands
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Here's a treat - a brilliant new arrangement of Habanera from the opera Carnen by the classic banjo guvnor Chris Sands...
#banjofeed
youtu.be/-V8zeIhIlYk?...
#banjofeed
youtu.be/-V8zeIhIlYk?...
Reposted by Russ Chandler
God he gives more than his scripts deserve. #TheFilmCrowd
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
God he gives more than his scripts deserve. #TheFilmCrowd
A wonderful canter through the films of Britain's first domestic horror star, the glorious Todd Slaughter from @darkcorners3.bsky.social A great revivalist of Victorian melodrama too.
"Hammer Horror is his unofficial legacy" - I like that.
Polish it off..!
youtu.be/KdaFx2We_Gc
"Hammer Horror is his unofficial legacy" - I like that.
Polish it off..!
youtu.be/KdaFx2We_Gc
Brit Horror before Hammer: The Murderous World of Tod Slaughter
YouTube video by Dark Corners Reviews
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A wonderful canter through the films of Britain's first domestic horror star, the glorious Todd Slaughter from @darkcorners3.bsky.social A great revivalist of Victorian melodrama too.
"Hammer Horror is his unofficial legacy" - I like that.
Polish it off..!
youtu.be/KdaFx2We_Gc
"Hammer Horror is his unofficial legacy" - I like that.
Polish it off..!
youtu.be/KdaFx2We_Gc
'The Drums of the Fore and Aft, and Other Stories' by Rudyard Kipling illustrated by Sarah Noble in 1912 #BanjoFeed
October 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
'The Drums of the Fore and Aft, and Other Stories' by Rudyard Kipling illustrated by Sarah Noble in 1912 #BanjoFeed
October 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Having used Spotify for years have decided to pivot over to Tidal
Not just because Spotify are evil but I am astonished at how much better the sound quality is.
I didn't think I'd really notice but It's got so much more space and depth.
Not just because Spotify are evil but I am astonished at how much better the sound quality is.
I didn't think I'd really notice but It's got so much more space and depth.
September 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Having used Spotify for years have decided to pivot over to Tidal
Not just because Spotify are evil but I am astonished at how much better the sound quality is.
I didn't think I'd really notice but It's got so much more space and depth.
Not just because Spotify are evil but I am astonished at how much better the sound quality is.
I didn't think I'd really notice but It's got so much more space and depth.
You may be cool but you will never be Lon Chaney Jnr in Wolfman makeup having a nap on an alsatian cool...
September 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
You may be cool but you will never be Lon Chaney Jnr in Wolfman makeup having a nap on an alsatian cool...
Blimey, what with Mandelson and Kirk my schadenfreude meter is off the chart today!
September 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Blimey, what with Mandelson and Kirk my schadenfreude meter is off the chart today!
Hitler and his mob wouldn't have stood a chance if only we'd had sneering AI generated art back then.
August 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hitler and his mob wouldn't have stood a chance if only we'd had sneering AI generated art back then.
This is how to do toilet...
August 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is how to do toilet...
Reposted by Russ Chandler
Franz Marc : Dreaming Horse, 1913
August 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Franz Marc : Dreaming Horse, 1913
AI generated thumbnails for YouTube videos got naff REALLY quickly!
August 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
AI generated thumbnails for YouTube videos got naff REALLY quickly!
@socialistworker.bsky.social says Starve Israel of Arms...
August 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
@socialistworker.bsky.social says Starve Israel of Arms...
Reposted by Russ Chandler
Why Marxists must be dreamers with a plan
👇Utopianism isn't just pie in the sky thinking, but longing for a better world must come alongside a clear plan to radically change the system
socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...
👇Utopianism isn't just pie in the sky thinking, but longing for a better world must come alongside a clear plan to radically change the system
socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...
Why Marxists must be dreamers with a plan
Utopianism isn't just pie in the sky thinking, but longing for a better world must come alongside a clear plan to change the system.
socialistworker.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Why Marxists must be dreamers with a plan
👇Utopianism isn't just pie in the sky thinking, but longing for a better world must come alongside a clear plan to radically change the system
socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...
👇Utopianism isn't just pie in the sky thinking, but longing for a better world must come alongside a clear plan to radically change the system
socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...
There’s a genocide in your living room
Do you think that you should take action
There’s plenty of folk trying to scare you off
There’s plenty of other distraction...
@protestfamily.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wton...
Do you think that you should take action
There’s plenty of folk trying to scare you off
There’s plenty of other distraction...
@protestfamily.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wton...
Genocide In Your Living Room
YouTube video by Steve White & The Protest Family
www.youtube.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
There’s a genocide in your living room
Do you think that you should take action
There’s plenty of folk trying to scare you off
There’s plenty of other distraction...
@protestfamily.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wton...
Do you think that you should take action
There’s plenty of folk trying to scare you off
There’s plenty of other distraction...
@protestfamily.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wton...
Look at my cacti. Aren't they nice?
July 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Look at my cacti. Aren't they nice?