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Eric

Every single commodity you produce is a piece of your own death

About Me

The Cautions Official Website


in other words.. I'm in the band The Cautions.
Some more things you can know about me: My hair is a constant disappointment to me, and thus the cut/color changes every few months or so.. I've been blonde, black, brown, blue, purple..spikey, dreds, braids, feathered, spiral-permed, long, short, shoulder-length.. oh, there have been some real trainwrecks over the years. I once took to wearing barrets in my hair for about 6 months. I have a great hair stylist right now, so if it's not looking good, it's entirely my fault. * I wear baby-doll tees a lot, because they are comfortable and I can't be told what to do. I have a high degree of respect for those with uncompromising attitudes towards personal fashion. * If asked to define myself with one word or phrase, I would probably pick 'songwriter', because that's my great passion. A close second would be 'pasty geek'. * I love and respect all people. At least until I'm proven wrong on a case-by-case basis.. I do tend to prefer the company of animals though. * This world is making me crazy.. Devo saw this coming a long time ago..
The Cautions are now on iTunes!

My Interests



All Things Rock * Songwriting * Painting * Bowling * Vespa Scooters * Straight-Razor Shaving * Making Homemade Liquors / Mixology * Photography * Cooking * Origami * Mexican Day of the Dead Art * Frank Kozik * Coop * Bettie Page * Comedians: Mitch Hedberg, Dave Attell, Dave Chappelle * An unhealthy addiction to playing Battlefield 1942 *

I'd like to meet:

A bottomless Caipirinha served by a topless Brazilian..

Music:

AC/DC
Beach Boys
Beatles
Beck
Black Flag
Black Sabbath
Bleu
Blink-182
The Cars
Cat Power
The Cautions
Elvis Costello
The Cure
Dead Milkmen
Devo
Einsturzende Neubauten
Esquivel
Fountains of Wayne
Good Charlotte
Hot Rod Circuit
Jellyfish
Sheila Jordan
Henry Mancini
Aimee Mann
Morrissey
OK-Go
Michael Penn
Sam Phillips
The Pixies
Public Enemy
Run-DMC
Judee Sill
Elliott Smith
The Smiths
Sparklehorse
Stereolab
The Squeeze
Suicidal Tendencies
Sum-41
The Turtles
Ultimate Fakebook
Caetano Veloso
Rufus Wainwright
Tom Waits
Weezer
Wonkavision
XTC
Neil Young
John Zorn

Movies:

Trust (by Hal Hartley) * Slacker & Waking Life (by Richard Linkletter) * Reuben & Ed (by Trent Harris) * Hairspray, Pecker, and everything else by John Waters * Down by Law * Clerks * Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael * Office Space * Drowning by Numbers * Blue Velvet * 9 1/2 Weeks * Wild Orchid * Barfly * Angelheart * Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas * Blazing Saddles and most other Mel Brooks films * Dr. Strangelove * The Patsy (Jerry Lewis) * Harold and Maude * Napolean Dynamite * Most Woody Allen films *

Actors: Roberto Bernini * Mickey Rourke * Martin Donovan * Winona Ryder * Adrienne Shelley * Crispin Glover * Irene Dunne

Television:

Oyeah, it'll rot your brain.

Comedy Central favs:
Daily Show, The Steven Colbert Report
Adult Swim favs:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Home Movies, SeaLab 2020
Other shows:
The Office, The Henry Rollins Show

Books:

"On The Road" by Jack Kerouac * "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint Exupery, * "Damien" by Herman Hesse, * "Poor Folk" by Dostoyevsky, * "Skywriting by Word of Mouth" by John Lennon, * "Thirst for Love" by Yukio Mishima * books by: Mark Leyner * David Sedaris * Spaulding Gray * Diane DiPrima * Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy *

Biographies of: Andy Warhol, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Jack Kerouac, Howard Hughes, Jerry Lewis * "Tales From the Rock-N-Roll Highway" by Marley Brant <--(Note of bias: I'm IN that last book, but in spite of that, it's a really good book)

Spoken Word Artists: Jello Biafra, Henry Rollins

Heroes:

Jack Kerouac, Andy Warhol, John Lennon, and my family.
The Cautions CD'S:


Balls of Fury Original Motion
Picture Soundtack (2007)
Eric plays synth on Loud Lion's cover of 'Rock of Ages' by Def Leppard!
Purchase Info:
Official Site | Amazon


Proceed With... The Cautions (2005)
15 songs
Purchase Info:
Not Lame | CD Baby | iTunes | Emusic
More CD's featuring The Cautions:
The Cautions (debut EP 2001)
6 songs
Purchase Info:
Not Lame | CD Baby | iTunes
L.E.O. - Alpacas Orgling(2006)
Eric Barao plays piano, keyboards
Purchase Info:
Cheap Lullaby | NewburyComics.com | Not Lame | Amazon
Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute to The Cars (2005)
21 Songs (The Cautions perform The Cars' song 'Night Spots')
Purchase Info:
Not Lame


International Pop Overthrow Vol. 9 (2006)
A multi-city, multi-country festival of the best Power-Pop music around the world! Now in it's 9th year, this 3 disc set includes "Big Hit Song" by The Cautions.
Purchase Info:
Not Lame


Hook Heaven Vol. 1 (2005)
41 song sampler from Not Lame Records
Currently out of print.
Krautfest: Live Boston Rock (2003)
All bands recorded live at The Linwood Grille, Boston, MA
Currently out of print.
Coffee With Joe (2004)
11 songs about coffee. Features 'Coffee Shop Girl' by The Cautions.
Currently out of print.
These are Centre Street Tracks (2003)
Boston rock complation disc
Currently out of print.

My Blog

My new hobby: Building Guitar Effects Pedals

Yep, this is an addictive hobby. Here's my first baby.. a clone of an 'EA Vintage Tremolo'.The purple sparkle finish was a lot of work, but the payoff was good. My upcoming builds are:- BYOC clone of ...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:16:00 PST

(music-related) things Ive been up to lately..

Balls of Fury Soundtrack! - I played some synth on a cover of Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages", appearing in the comedy 'Balls of Fury', starring Christopher Walken.. Three tracks from Bleu's Loud Lion pr...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:51:00 PST

L.E.O. is FINALLY HERE!!

    L.E.O. - Alpacas Orgling    The release date is finally here! Order your copy today- this disc is a star-studded power-pop masterpiece, easily one of the best things that...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:26:00 PST

New Cautions Full-Length CD is out!

Yup, the new full-length Cautions CD is available now at any of these fine online stores:Not Lame RecordingsCD BabyiTunesAlso, we have an all-new flash website.. take a look:www.thecautions.comYou can...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Tonight I Bowled a 212

And my average for the night was 191!  I sure did sKOol my friend Tom, although he did beat me one game out of three with a score of 202. More importantly I beat the big guy next to me who was r...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

L(o)(o)Ky L(o)(o)Ky . . . Cautions stuff you can buy . . .

BUY HOOK HEAVEN! ON SALE NOW! ON SA...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:35:00 PST

Only of interest to guitarists..

I've been getting into hot-rodding my guitars lately.. I don't have *seriously* expensive guitars, but I have a couple of decent guitars that are worth putting some effort into. Here's what I've done ...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 02 Nov 2005 03:44:00 PST

"Proceed With... The Cautions" is finished!

I just put up a MySpace page for my band, The Cautions: www.myspace.com/thecautions. We need friends, so please wontcha go add yourself as one of our new friends? Thanks! You can listen to several...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST