"Best $2k I Ever Spent!" A Look Inside The 2012 Grammy Nominations Concert

If you think award shows are by their very nature trite, indulgent exercises in self-promotion, you may want to get up from your computer and take a walk around the block or something. This is because last night, our nation's most favored pop stars threw a giant concert/party for themselves just for being nominated for the upcoming 2012 Grammy Awards. And before you get too excited about the above photo, no, the venue did not actually get hit with any sort of plague/zombie virus/neutron bomb. Sorry.[all photos via and via]