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Ettrick's music video - Jimmy Nail & Mark Knopfler, Big River

THIS week's video sees two of Tyneside's favourite sons - Mark Knopfler and Jimmy Nail - join forces to record a tribute to the Tyne river. Read

Video of the week - October 5

The North's football teams have been going through a tough time of late, but at least they're more on the ball than the players in this hilarious video clip. But, then, the participants in this game of Japanese Binocular Soccer have been handicapped somewhat. Read

Video of the week - September 28

THIS week's video is simply magic and rather hypnotic to watch. If you like it, the same chap had a lot more to confound you online. Read

Ettrick's music video - Andy Cole

THIS week’s video comes courtesy of former Toon Army hero and Sunderland player, Andy "Andrew" Cole, seen here singing his not-very-successful 1999 single Outstanding. Read

Video of the week - September 21

They say laughter is infectious . . . and here's the proof. Click on the link to see how a baby's chuckle sets in motion a chain of hilarity. Read

Ettrick's music video - Haunted House Party

This week's video illustrates perfectly what happens when a limited budget meets two over-active imaginations. Read

Ettrick's music video - Dave Smith

FOLLOWING the grand old tradition of America's travelling Bluesmen, Gypsy Dave Smith left his hometown of Newcastle, Australia and eventually settled in Newcastle, England. Read

Video of the week - September 14

Who says scientists don’t have a sense of humour? The boffins at the CERN laboratory in Switzerland have been making news around the world with a ground-breaking experiment that aims to uncover how the universe was created. Read

Ettrick's music video - Ultrasound

Briefly touted as the Next Big Thing in the mid-90s, the Newcastle-based Ultrasound made one gloriously-overblown album,Everything Picture, and then messily imploded. Read

Video of the week - August 31

THEY reckon kids say and do the funniest things . . . and here’s the proof. Read

Ettrick's music video - Raven

With song titles like Crash, Bang, Wallop and a be-helmeted drummer known as Whacko, Newcastle's Raven were never the subtlest of groupsto be associated with the movement known as NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) in the early 1980s. Read

Ettrick's music video - Sting

"HOW can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?", ponders Sting in this video from 1985, with the Cold War obviously weighing heavy on his Wallsend-born shoulders. Read

Video of the week - August 17

AT first glance the Huston Rockets' basketball team mascot seems like your average cuddly bear that children just love being photographed standing next to. Read

Ettrick's music video - Cheryl Tweedy

THIS week's video sees Cheryl Tweedy take her first steps towards fame as she sails through her first audition on Popstars:The Rivals. Read

Ettrick's music video - The Rolling Stones

SIR Mick Jagger became eligible for his pension recently when he reached his 65th birthday. Read

Video of the week - August 10

WITH the football season underway, and the Premiership set to kick-off next week, this week’s video is a fabulous example the sort of sportsmanship the beautiful game all too often lacks these days. Read

Video of the week - August 03

THIS week's video comes with a warning... it's not light on the shock factor. Read

Ettrick's music video - Junco Partners

THIS week's video comes courtesy of Tyneside's longest running Blues outfit, the Junco Partners, originally formed in 1964. Read

Ettrick's music video - Rachel Unthank and the Winterset

THIS week's video comes from Northumbria's Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, a folk outfit who will be battling it out with the likes of Radiohead and Adele for this year's Mercury music prize. Read

Ettrick's music video - The Animals

IN my humble opinion, Newcastle's Animals circa 1964 were vastly superior to their chart contemporaries, the Beatles and the Stones. Read

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