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As a site, Owngig is of course, powered by you the people. Without you we’d be nothing, and so people coming together in the service of music is always of interest to us. This is why we love the campaign on Facebook to get Rage Against The Machine to be the Christmas number one – and stop the X Factor winner being the predictable choice. The group has over half a million members – join up if you haven’t already, but make sure you get the single.

Knitwear hasn’t up till now featured too prominently in pop. OK, there’s been the odd crooner with dodgy taste in knitwear but that aside it’s been pretty bare. Looking to make up for this is a rather cute video featuring over 700 pieces of knitwear to make the world’s first wool based cartoon. Check it out here…

Finally, this is one of the best pieces of promotion we’ve ever seen for a musician and what’s more it cost nothing. One enterprising musician ran alongside a Google Street View car to get photographed playing as it went along the road – something he managed several times on the same street. Check the shots out here. Definitely Owngig approved.

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This week we thought we bring you something useful. We’re not all about silly links and nutty videos (well mostly but we have to take a break now and then). For those of you planning musical Christmas gifts or just wanting to treat yourself, Tunechecker is a music price comparison sites for mp3s and albums. Handy for saving money this Christmas.

Want to know the link between Bony M and Lady Gaga or Queen and The Black Eyed Peas? The art of sampling and crate digging (searching through old records for those few seconds of audio dynamite) is a long standing musical tradition and Who Sampled is a new site seeking to document the art. So if you’re wondering what made up Paul’s Boutique or any other classic then check the site’s database out for enlightenment.

Finally, it wouldn’t be an Owngig newsletter without a silly video. The pink glove dance was done by staff at a US hospital in order to raise awareness of Breast Cancer and has been a global viral hit. It also brings a smile to your face.