Sun Shines On Jupiter from Kris Kristensen on Vimeo.
There are two local elements of interest in Grant-Lee Phillips‘ music video for “The Sun Shines on Jupiter,” from his new album Little Moon. Local interest the first is that it was filmed on the Kitsap ferry, plying the icy waters of the Puget Sound between Seattle and Bremerton. The second is that video was shot by Kris Kristensen, whom I last saw walking around Capitol Hill looking for a poker game.
Grant-Lee Phillips is lately of Grant Lee Buffalo, if you were wondering about the similarity, nomenclaturally. [UPDATE: In fact, look for a reunited Grant Lee Buffalo at the Tractor Tavern this December.] He says he dreamed this particular song into existence:
I was in a room with fifteen or twenty other people, playing instruments–autoharps and ukuleles–and this old lady was leading the room, singing this song “The Sun Shines on Jupiter.” I thought, “This is insane, I have to write this down.” I sat down at the piano at soundcheck and wrote it out almost instantly.
