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B-Sides -- sketchy Santas, jazz hamsters and Rachel Bilson

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Hello Asylum readers, you beautiful people, you. Here's your weekly round-up of the best things we couldn't fit into Asylum.co.uk proper – though this doesn't mean they aren't all ace, no sir. It's just that we've got so much cool stuff to do, you know?

So kick back, relax and enjoy all your weekly B-Sidey goodness after the jump. It'll make your bones grow strong!

...Not like that...

The Empire dances back

It's a ballerina. It's a stormtrooper. It's just delightfully odd. We bet this guy got mercilessly bullied on The Deathstar. We can sympathise.

Sketchy santas

So, Santas then. Kind of friendly, kind of creepy. A man sneaks into your house (through the chimney no less), steals your mince pies and leaves you presents you didn't actually want, then goes. When he's not doing that, he's in department stores getting kids to sit on his knee – and here's a site full of all those awkward beardy childhood memories. Weird, but funny.

Human shark teeth

Higher up on the scary league table than Santas are Sharks, who are truly intimidating wee beasties, what with their apparent bloodlust and propensity to appear in increasingly woeful film sequels. But what if they had... human teeth? Not scary any more, are we Sharky?

Rachel Bilson... nude?

We can all agree that Rachel Bilson's a very attractive woman. The thinking O.C. fan's favourite bit of crumpet (bar that delightful Anna, of course... * Sigh *) she's one of the very few reasons to watch Zach Braff's middle-class angst-ridden 'Last Kiss'. Here's a deleted sex scene from her new movie... we'd tell you the set-up but that would ruin it. Maybe.

Nein cookies for you

Love everyone's favourite screamy German rock band Rammstein? Love everyone's favourite biscuit-gobbling blue furry beast, the Cookie Monster? Then this is most definitely the YouTube clip for you. Besides having a member of Sesame Street in it, this gets the B-Side stamp of approval its creator's sheer observation skills.

The hamsters of jazz

Did you know that hamsters could play jazz? Nah, nor did we – but this video seems to say they can... as long as they drink Drench mineral water. Yep, it's an advert, but it's just good enough for us to let it off the hook and stick a B-Sides rosette on its furry little face.