My randon reactions to the article - The first thing is that I had a good belly laugh at the Joni quotes!
Then I thought a lot of other things. The royalties dispute with Geffen - we had a thread here long ago where I recall that Geffen sued her for her mechanical (?) royalties to try to re-coup her advance. I think it was Fred Simon and maybe some others who said that such royalties are off-limits legally and it was therefore dirty for Geffen to try to go after them (and he lost the legal fight, too.) On the other hand, do record companies fool around with the royalties owed to artists? A number of artists over the years claim they do. Is it deliberate, or is is just bad or sloppy (and sometimes arrogant) accounting practices? Mostly the latter. Some artists also may see their songs or albums for sale in foreign countries and think to themselves "the record company never paid me for those!" not realizing that they are often "pirated" product, over which the record company has little or no control, especially in those countries where "pirating" is legal. Is Joni crotchety? Yeah! But it reminds me of what I've always heard about growing older. People cut to the chase, get more real and don't give a damn so much anymore with telling it like they think it is, regardless of whether it is correct or not. Does Joni need to get out more? Yes, I have thought so for awhile, now. Maybe she should join in on the list - LOL Kakki
