A lot of things have happened this summer! Unfortunately, not all has been good, but let’s not focus on that!  If you were in NYC this summer, you know how it went: hot, humid, blech. However the summer was just chock full of great events and music and I’m just glad I caught just a little slice.  I’ll give you all a recap in a few days.

In the meanwhile, I may as well start at the end: I was a guest of Jon Oliver on his weekly show The Main Ingredient, which is on East Village Radio every Monday night/Tuesday morning from 12am-2am. It was such an honor and a pleasure to just kick it and spin some of my favorite tracks to a sidewalk audience!

My brother also came through to chill which was really great. The whole experience took me back to when he and I would stay up late trying to catch The Underground Railroad on a Tuesday night or Stretch and Bobbitto on Thursdays. Staying up just late enough to press “record” on the tape player and hope we wouldn’t be in REM sleep by the time the side ended so we could quickly switch to record the rest of the show.  Those were our mixtapes growing up. I still have quite a few of those tapes stashed away. Sometimes I’ll even hear a song and remember that the first time I heard it was on one of these tapes. I actually was going to try and pay homage to that by throwing in some of these tracks in my set last night (E-Rule’s “Listen Up”, The Pharcyde’s “4 Better Or 4 Worse”) but alas, I took a more chill approach. You can listen to the show here if you were already in dreamland by the time we started. (Click “Listen” next to Sept 7th Show)

Also, if you didn’t know, Jon is also a part of an elite organization whose mission is to rock the sh!t out of parties, while spinning nothing but vinyl. This organization is comprised of some of the most knowledgeable and skilled DJs the WORLD has to offer. No hype. This is all fact.  Do they fulfull their mission? Each and everytime. Packed houses with lines snaking around corners, they are getting booties shaking and leaving dance floors dusty (ok not really but the visual made me giggle).

Ladies and Gentlemen: I Love Vinyl.

They’re crossing the bridge this coming Friday for their monthly Brooklyn aka B-Side version at Brooklyn Bowl. Definitely check it out. If you can’t make it this Friday, you can check their regular Manhattan party the last Saturday of each month at LPR.

Welcome to those who have stumbled upon this site!

While you will find content below, the site is under construction. Thanks for checking out my barebones site and I hope to soon have a site that’s more pleasing to the eyes (and ears!).

If you’d like to contact me in the interim, please feel free to email me at tara@sugarcuts.com for bookings, general questions, or comments.

In the meanwhile, enjoy and thank you for visiting!

(DJ)Tara

Hey. This is the very plain blog of (DJ) Tara. Soon, it will be a site with information on where you can catch me spin around New York City, some mixes, and just random thoughts on music, life,  and whatever else is on my mind.

However, for now, it will be a blog, where I hope to post up some items and make sure things are working alright while I get the visual stimulating parts of this site up and running.

As far as who I am, if you happened to have come across this site from my business card or a party flyer or somewhere else, here’s my bio-in-progress:

DJ Tara is a native New Yorker and lifetime music lover who grew up listening to Hip Hop, Soul, Reggae, Dance Music, and Rock. After a few years of being a fresh faced career girl, she decided to pursue her dream of becoming a DJ and sharing her knowledge and love of music with others. She still remembers her first public gig: November 5th, 2004 at Sin Sin/ Leopard Lounge in the East Village. Since then, she has been moonlighting as a DJ at various venues throughout New York City. She currently lives in Brooklyn.

That was pretty awful but you’re not here to grade my bio. You’re here to hear some music, maybe have a laugh, possibly learn some things, and find out where you can check me around town, which I hope will be pretty regularly soon.

So, welcome, and please stay tuned.

(DJ) Tara