By the fourth week, the whole thing was toast

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You may be asking yourself, "Wait, Richard Thompson does videos?" Apparently he does. He did a few for Rumour and Sigh (for "I Feel So Good" and "I Misunderstood", specifically), back when Capitol was doing the if-Bonnie-Raitt-can-hit-it-big-so-can-he thing. Now he's got one for "Let It Blow" off of his new one, Front Parlour Ballads. The clip was directed by avant-guitarist Henry Kaiser, who's definitely let the butter slip off his noodles, on a budget of what looks like about $8.47, not counting ham sandwiches for the crew (i.e. him and Richard). For those of you with QuickTime who wish to know what sex between a kiwi fruit and a banana looks like, click here.

That said: the song is absolutely fantastic.