My local classic rock station had this running during the disappointing
Super Bowl, so I don't know how many have been listening, but the All About
Brainwashed radio special by Westwood One is marvelous!! An hour and a half
of George music with Dhani, Olivia, Jeff Lynne and Jim Keltner, with host Bob
Buckman.
I obviously wasn't writing every word down (I can't write that fast, LOL),
but here's some bits and pieces, paraphrased for the most part, that I
thought were wonderful and charming.
RE: Any Road. Dhani said it actually came about under a Banyan tree on Maui,
there was a koi pond with a sign, and on one side of the sign was the
'notice' something like "you can't change your ??? (direction?) but you CAN
adjust your sail" and on the other side was "and if you don't know where
you're going, any road will take you there." He also said that his Dad was
playing around with lines and had "Sometimes you're cool....hey, Dhan, what's
a word that's *bad*...to which Dhani replied, I dunno, sometimes you suck?
no, something naff... ummm, sometime you're lame? OK....and he used that!!"
Very cute!
Re: Marwa Blues: Olivia said it was her all time favorite, that it reflected
or expressed a longing that was beyond this world and that the notes were
from a raga that probably expressed the same 'feeling' (my words, not hers).
Dhani said that during the production of that song, he ended up outside in
tears many times, that it was a "lament of man" and that it reflected his
Dad's search for perfection, God, pain and joy, then said "it's a good little
number, then."
Re: Pisces Fish: Dhani said "I'm a Leo and I can't shut up, big mouth, but
Dad was a definite Pisces" and "the river...well, it's not the Thames in
Henley, I'll tell you that!" A little later, Olivie said that she'd traveled
the river with George many times, but it was also the river leading to the
ocean of bliss, and that George was relentless in his search, he never gave
up, and she thinks he found it.
Jeff talked about George's love of George Formby music and how George taught
him (Jeff) to play the uke. He said that George had pulled all the song bits
from George Formby movies (?) and had put them on reel to reel and that he
(Jeff) had heard it at least 10 times, that it was comedy but also very good
music.
Re: Brainwashed: Dhani said that Brainwashed is a very angry song, lashing
out at (basically) society and computers and cell phones, we're all being
brainwashed, and remarked even when you're watching football, there's a stock
ticker along the bottom of the screen. Olivia said "I think he DID want to
say to people that there IS an alternative, we are just but a tiny part of
this incredible creation."
Dhani did a cute little anecdote (can't remember what song he was talking
about), said "My dad had a 3 finger piano style, we all called it 'Curse of
the Claw,' one hand at a time and three fingers only."
He also talked about how his Dad had told him about John being shot and how
that day was like a page ripped out of the script of his life, and someone
had put in a new page and written horrible things there. The same thing
happened on the day he (George) was almost murdered, it was like another page
was ripped out of the script of his life.
And finally, Olivia talked about Rocking Chair in Hawaii, and said 'we did
have a rocking chair in Hawaii, but that someone had (recently?) handed her a
bootleg called The Making of All Things Must Pass (!!!!!) and that George was
on it doing a country/western version of the song, he didn't have all the
words and was yodeling, etc.. She said "I was surprised because I thought it
was about the rocking chair in Hawaii, but it was around in some form way
back when."
Oh, and on Rising Sun (I think that's the one they were discussing), Dhani
said that the day that they got the cellos 'just right,' that he was the
happiest he'd ever been for just about 30 seconds, then said that it all came
crashing down and it was the saddest he'd ever felt when he realized his dad
wasn't there to enjoy the moment.
An absolutely fabulous radio special, and if you get it in your market, be
sure and have a listen.
George Harrison -- "Any Road" single (from Amazon.co.uk) 
Steve, Thought you might like to see the attached feel free to put it on Abbeyrd. The poster is about 6ft by 4ft and has now appeared at several stations on the London Underground system this particular one was snapped at Kings Cross Station on Sunday 18th May.