Article: Brian Wilson and the Angry Vibrations; Ex-Beach Boy Faces A Court Battle Over Control of His Life

"It looks like I'm going to have to go bananas all by myself," says rock's most famous burnout.

Indeed, on this visit to Washington, Brian Wilson has a gone-bananas look about him. He is here to promote his new book, "Wouldn't It Be Nice - My Own Story," but he often has difficulty just talking about it. His attention span is short. So are his answers to questions, which must often be repeated. Sometimes he offers answers to questions that haven't been asked.

His eyes, ocean-blue, often seem unfocused. Sometimes they roll back, hollow and vacant. The right side of his face is generally slack, as if he's suffered a mild stroke. Sitting in his hotel room,

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