> Which old guy are you talking about, Mo Ostin? Mo did not retire. He, his son > Michael and Lenny Waronker were forced out. It was a huge shock across the > business. Mo is not a false promises kind of guy. Not buy a stretch. And after he > left, Joni delivered new material in TTT. (In fact, there was an article where Klein > talked about how Joni was "exuberant" re: working TTT.) > > It was 6 years between Mo leaving in 1995 and Whalley starting in 2001 (and in > between were Danny Goldberg and Russ Thyret). BSN was out before there was > even a hint that Whalley was going over. For me, it just doesn't add up that this is > about his arrival or Mo's departure.
Thanks Brenda for the info and clarifications. Much of my commentary, and opinion, is fed from a very poor memory. My brain is a sieve. -But there IS a Joni commentary where she mentions having a handsake 'gentleman's agreement' with the head of Warner only to have it all turn into thin air when he left. (I assumed it was retirement... not forced.) Anyway, in the interview it's obvious that Joni hits a raw nerve bringing up the subject. Perhaps one or two of you Brainiacs-Of-All-Joni-Facts remembers the interview... Yes? Brenda, given that you know these time lines better than I ever could, my brain sorta remembers this happening on the cusp of her new (present) deal. So gone or not, she had to deliver new material. (TI, TTT), but as time went along, there's less and less new about the material. As my boyfriend, Rich put it when I mentioned the threat of a Dreary Christmas CD..., "It's obvious she wants out of her contract." Keep us posted on the contractual stuff... j.
