Our seats were fantastic: Close to the floor, where celebs and performers were whisked back and forth between the stage and the back of the house. Mariah, Beyonce, Bono, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, a very shaggy Tom Hanks, a Dave Grohl lookalike, Queen Latifah, Queen Latifah again (bathroom break?), etc. Our digital camera captured it all.
Well, it attempted to capture it all. Low on batteries, it was nearly impossible to catch said celebs as they were whisked by at lightning speed. At some point we decided it would be more fun to grab terrible shots of celebs anyway.
You've seen the decent Grammy photos in the press. Now, for the first time, Franklin Avenue presents... the World's Worst Grammy Photos.
Hey! Wait! There's Bono! Hey, Bono! Bono! Damn camera. Wait a minute... got his hat!
Beyonce! Beyonce! Well, at least you can see her fierce back.
Mariah's hair. And that's it. You take what you can.
Smack dab in the middle: Jon Brion. Hey, you can kinda make him out. Maybe our camera's starting to cooperate.
Joe accosts Bonnie Raitt, and we finally get a good pic of someone. Our luck has turned...
.. or not. Here's an edge of The Edge.
Hey Will.I.Am, what's up! Hey, thanks for turning your critically acclaimed Black Eyed Peas into music's biggest whores. You're going to hell for those Best Buy commercials.
Oh yeah, there's us. Smiling because we missed Kelly Clarkson's performance. (We love you, Downtown L.A. traffic.)
Highlight of the evening: Michael Jackson's dad is stalking us. Throughout the afterparty, we kept running into Joe Jackson (boasting a sparkly, sequinned hat). Everywhere we turn, there was Papa Joe. We wanted to ask when he was visiting Bahrain, and how Blanket was taking the change in climate... but we resisted.
Followup highlight: You didn't see it at home, but after Academy leader Neil Portnow cut off U2's acceptance speech for record of the year, Larry Mullen continued to stand at the podium on the other side of the stage, pleading for more time. He even dropped to his hands and knees as the microphone slid to the ground -- prompting laughs and cheers from the audience. Portnow pretended not to hear the commotion and kept on talking. And talking. Finally, U2 left the other stage.
Meanwhile, check out Carolyn's fantastic coverage at LAist of the trainwreck that was the KCBS/2 Grammy webcast (here and here). The things that come out of KCBS reporter Lisa Joyner's mouth are priceless. And quite embarrassing.
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