Wednesday, February 8, 2023
You know how everybody's been randomly bombarding your phone with
Grammy party pics? We thought we'd join the fun.

At the
Spotify BNA party,
Capitol Music Group chief
Michelle Jubelirer goes against her better judgment by agreeing to pose with our own
Simon Glickman. Later, on
Instagram, Simon was mistakenly tagged as
Shirley Halperin.

During
WMG's lavish wingding at
The Pendry in West Hollywood, new CEO
Robert Kyncl joined
Warner Records bosses
Aaron Bay-Schuck and
Tom Corson and artists
Saweetie and
Bebe Rexha for this ultra-glam tableau, which all agreed was the very cutting edge of trade-pic technology.
Epic's
Rick Sackheim,
iHeartMedia's
Newal Dehan,
TREAT California co-founder
Sabaea Wynter, iHeart's
Doc Wynter and Epic Chair
Sylvia Rhone were having way more fun than
Ben Affleck.

At
Clive Davis' pre-Grammy gala, all of these esteemed and sumptuously attired industry professionals reflexively tried to get all of the others to up their spins (back row, l-r):
Audacy's
Michael Martin and
iHeartMedia's
Alissa Pollack and
Marissa Morris; (front, l-r) promotion legend
Richard Palmese, industry icon
Steve Bartels, iHeart programming guru
Tom Poleman and
Zani Gugelmann.

At Spotify's Best New Artist event—surely the most
Ek-statically stream-a-delic of all Grammy-week wingdings—Spotify Global Head of Editorial
Sulinna Ong found herself trapped in a photo op with
HITS nerd Simon Glickman, who felt that his red tie and her red ensemble meant their destinies were intertwined. Fortunately, she was able to create a diversion by tossing a hot link in the opposite direction, thus making good her escape.

During
ASCAP's brunch at the Four Seasons, CEO
Elizabeth Matthews, Best New Artist nominee
Muni Long and SVP, Membership
Nicole George-Middleton contemplated writing a buttery love ballad entitled "Royalty Gross Amount Minus Any Deductions."
Capitol Christian Music Group's
Phil Thornton poses with Best New Artist winner
Samara Joy and her fellow BNA nominees
Domi & JD Beck shortly before a jazz throwdown, during which Phil dazzled on the spoons.

At the
United Masters bash, Best New Artist contender
Tobe Nwigwe and UM boss
Steve Stoute pondered what to call their upcoming golf tourney.

During the
MusiCares bash honoring
Berry Gordy and
Smokey Robinson,
RIAA COO
Michele Ballantyne was informed that there was some
schmutz on her left shoulder.