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Tara

Life's too short to listen to bad music.

About Me

I'm the midday DJ on 94/7 Alternative Portland (KNRK) in Portland, Oregon. I heart my job beyond all reason.Listen to me! www.947.fmMY BIRTHDAY IS APRIL 26TH. I DON'T KNOW WHY MYSPACE SCREWS IT UP EVERY YEAR. BUT THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY SENT BIRTHDAY WISHES.

My Interests

My beautiful sons. Music Music Music. Yoga. Movies. Food. Sleeping. Doing the best job I can while also maintaining my sanity.

I'd like to meet:

David Bowie. Thom Yorke. George Clooney. Tom Hanks. Andy Summers. Tom Morello. Annie Lennox. Vince Vaughn. Pamela Des Barres. Harry Dean Stanton. Wes Anderson. Bono. Molly Ringwald. Kate Winslet. Margaret Cho. Sacha Baron Cohen. Stewart Copeland. John Krasinski. Janeane Garofalo. Fred Armisen. Clive Owen. Steve Carell. Denis Leary. Kim Gordon. David Letterman.

Music:

Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Coldplay, Dandy Warhols, Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab for Cutie, Queens of the Stone Age, the Decemberists, Spoon, Sugarcult, Muse, Wilco, old school REM, the Smiths, the Killers, the Replacements, Depeche Mode, the Cure, Stars of Track and Field, Throwback Suburbia, our great local music scene, 80s and 90s Alternative stuff, etc etc etc

Movies:

Godfather and Godfather II, All About Eve, The Philadelphia Story, Jaws, Roman Holiday, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, Goodfellas, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Little Miss Sunshine, Fargo, The Sure Thing, Pulp Fiction, An American Werewolf in London, Gallipoli, Wish You Were Here!, Postcards from the Edge, That Thing You Do!, John Hughes mid-80s teen classics, Drugstore Cowboy, Reservoir Dogs, more more more

Television:

Lost, The Office, The Sopranos, Rescue Me, Arrested Development, Entourage, Heroes, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Grey's Anatomy

Books:

She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb. And anything by: Henry Rollins, David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs, Elizabeth Berg, Margaret Atwood, Jennifer Weiner, Blake Nelson and Chuck Klosterman.

Heroes:

If you mean the song by David Bowie, that's my favorite song EVER.

My Blog

Your Favorite Station in the New York Times!!

I am beyond proud and excited...The New York Times, that's INSANE!  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/business/media/14radio.htm l?hp&ex=1171429200&en=63cb03f94ae0a1bf&ei=5094&a mp;part...
Posted by Tara on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:58:00 PST

LOST is back....

...and all is right with the world once again.First of all, too many effin commercial breaks. I wish there could be 60 full minutes of commercial-free LOST. I don't care if the KKK buys the airtime (o...
Posted by Tara on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:41:00 PST

R.I.P. Madison

My son Jack's best friend from school, Madison, died yesterday in a terrible sledding accident. MadisonThis is Jack's first experience with losing someone close to him, and the next few days will be h...
Posted by Tara on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:28:00 PST

Gary Lightbody Loves Portland!

And so does the rest of Snow Patrol...maybe they need to buy a house here. Thanks to my friend Tanya for sending me this link....Gary certainly knows where to shop and eat here in the best city in Ame...
Posted by Tara on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:47:00 PST

What every nice Jewish girl needs!

A bra made out of  yarmulkes!! Oh man, I wonder if they have my size.....
Posted by Tara on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:58:00 PST

SNOW PATROL!

I had a total out-of-body experience last night at our December to Remember show with Snow Patrol. First of all, the crowd response when I introduced myself was overwhelmingly lovely. I never know wh...
Posted by Tara on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:50:00 PST

Happy Birthday...

...to the love of my life, the best guy I've ever known, the one who's helped me through the craziest 15 months... Kelly, thank you for all you give me. Here's to celebrating a billion more. xoxoxoxo...
Posted by Tara on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:14:00 PST

LOST Season Three, Episode Six

Dirty cage sex! This is all I can think of. Ew, ew, ew, EW! Unwashed and in a cage under camera surveillance. Romantic! Not.Weak Kate backstory...I was really hoping for Ben's.All I can say is, when t...
Posted by Tara on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:35:00 PST

LOST Season Three, Episode Five

I can't quite get my brain around most of what I saw and heard last night. I am so going to have to watch that one again.What the hell is that stuff that killed Eko, and are the Others controlling it?...
Posted by Tara on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:35:00 PST

LOST Season Three, Episode Four

Ho.Lee.SHIZ.We have two more episodes until they go on 'hiatus' for that stupid looking "Groundhog Day with Guns" show. Taye Diggs is uber-hot and all, but I want LOST!Anyway.....I knew they didn't re...
Posted by Tara on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:18:00 PST