"The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it." - the Constitution of the United States

--  ...when the Nazis attacked the Communists, he was a little uneasy, but, after all, he was not a Communist, and so he did nothing; and then they attacked the Socialists, and he was a little uneasier, but still, he was not a Socialist, and he did nothing; and then the schools, the press, the Jews, and so on, and he was always uneasier, but still he did nothing.  And then they attacked the Church, and he was a Churchman, and he did something - but then it was too late.
      -- from the book "They Thought They Were Free" 1955 by Milton Mayer - interviews with ordinary German citizens about the rise of Nazism in Germany

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Favorite Music & Musicians

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I hear spiders sometimes cut their webs to release prey they consider dangerous ;)
Well, as the band Genesis says, it's "All In A Mouses's Night"

 

If people think that they have authority over me because I took a few karate lessons, and they're 'sort of like cops', I want to see their badges.

If people think I deserve to have my ears tortured or even permanently damaged because of something I've supposedly done, I want a judge and jury to say that in a court of law.

That's it, that's all...

My Bio
Born DeLand, FL 1954
Grew up in suburban Washington, DC (Prince George's County)
    near Blackwell Lane in the Buckingham section of Belair at Bowie (now simply Bowie), MD
    when you're in Southern MD near DC (and visiting NYC), be sure to stay at the Prince George Hotel [VIDEO]


Currently living in Austin, TX


“How glorious it is and also how painful to be an exception.”   ~ Alfred de Musset

"They plainly did not know how to treat me, but behaved like persons who are underbred. In every threat and in every compliment there was a blunder; for they thought that my chief desire was to stand the other side of that stone wall. I could not but smile to see how industriously they locked the door on my meditations, which followed them out again without let or hindrance, and they were really all that was dangerous. As they could not reach me, they had resolved
to punish my body; just as boys, if they cannot come at some person against whom they have a spite, will abuse his dog. I saw that the State was half-witted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her silver spoons, and that it did not know its friends from its foes, and I lost all remaining respect for it, and pitied it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau


- Track Recorders, Silver Spring, MD - a Neve with a 3M 16-tk was my introduction to audio consoles and recorders.  Too bad they were using it for Disco Beethoven and such.  At least I got to practice mix Jimi ("Power of Soul" was my favorite)
- The Childe Harold, Washington, D.C. - my first paying gig
    you want ecclectic? we got ecclectic...  everything from Bluegrass to Muslims
- Jeremiah Samuels and Last Chance
- Lash
- Jeremiah Samuels Band
- No Evil Multimedia DC - assistant to Nick Koumoutseas (he were good) - Jimi's last soundman
    Here are some digitized 45's
       "Golden Spike"
       "Tell Me"
- The Little Nashville Opry, Nashville, IN - met most of the top Country music artists of the 80's
    "a Night at the Opry, a Day at the Races ;)"

"DaVinci's Dream"- An original, but let's just say I'm a fan of Rick Wakeman ;-)  Me on MIDI keyboards & Simmons PortaKit/Alesis D4 percussion.  MotU Performer 5/FreeMIDI with some nice synths (even recorded my bad timing accurately lol)
    Download it here as a Standard MIDI File
    Download the Sheet Music as a printable PDF File

"Holy Lamb" - My cover of the Yes tune.  Once again, me on MIDI and vocal.
Coming Soon - "Which One Are You?" - Identify yourself, American!!

Juli Maners' "Dark Side Of the Moon"  - A picture of Juli when people were trying to make her a 'Country Star'.  From what I've heard, she's more into Christian music these days.  Whatever genre she chooses, she's still is another person with 'the voice of an angel'.  This is not Pink Floyd, rather a country tune.  Digitized from an old 45, so once again apologies for the poor sound quality.  Juli Maners on lead vocal. I engineered and co-produced.  Had a chance to play with a Lexicon 224XL reverb.  Niiiice....

General Systems Theory - My Father's (Richard Ferdinand Ericson) passion was the Society for General Systems Research.  The basic idea being that the same rules apply to any systems, whether they be biological, electrical/electronic, political, religious, physics or whatever.  A fascinating study (if you have a very good dictionary handy ;)  GWU Prof, teacher at Annapolis

Just like my Daddy did!!  (lol - hardly - they lost me at trigonometry ;)
See his GWU Professor Emeritus profile
Marcel Douwe Dekker has put up a Wikipedia article about my Dad
and some more info under the General Systems heading at - http://www.uia.be/node/150?kap=4

Since 1956, the Society for General Systems Research has produced a yearbook, General Systems, which collects together significant papers, often originally published in journals of a wide variety of disciplines. This is a very valuable source for the location of concepts and their definitions. (A former director of the Society, Richard Ericson, has himself prepared two tentative versions of a "Selected glossary of terms with particular reference to concepts associated with cybernetic management and information technology"). Oran Young has carried out a survey of the use of general systems concepts (General Systems, 1964, p.61-80, 239-253). In 1979 a further survey of the movement was carried out for the Society (Cavallo, 1979). The many books on general systems naturally also offer definitions of concepts. It is appropriate to ask why general systems has not been able to respond as effectively as might have been hoped to the challenges of the times. Attempts have been made to render general systems relevant to the issues raised by the global problematique (Ervin Laszlo, 1974 and R F Ericson 1979), but there has been little follow-up.

Learn more at the International Society for the Systems Sciences

Philippe Starck is tilting toward windmills - a 'rooftop windmill' which can provide 80% of the energy for your home

The Oil Drum - Discussions about energy and our future
Universal Living Wage Campaign/House The Homeless  - An Austin-based effort for economic justice
Arcosanti - An experimental city in the high desert of Arizona
Habitat  - an experimental housing development featured at Expo '67 in Montreal
Co-Housing  - a new concept in community living

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Still Made in USA  - American-made consumer products