The Current‘s night crew recently stopped by Mulligan’s at 159 First St. in Hoboken to talk to a few people and make new friends.Here’s what they had to say:
Mulligan’s bartender
Name: Jim McCafferty
From: Hoboken
Status: Taken
Favorite drink: Magner’s
What is your favorite type of music?
"Rock ‘n’ roll."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"I was in Ireland when Ireland beat Romania in the 1990 World Cup. The craic [fun] was amazing."
What is your favorite movie?
Braveheart
What celebrity looks like you?
Keith Van Horn
What is the last book you read?
In The Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
What is your homepage?
"What’s that?"
What makes you happy?
"Seeing people have a good time."
Last words:
"Live free or die."
Name: Peter Kingston
From: Hoboken
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Guinness
What kind of music do you like?
"Rock, dance, hip-hop and whatever."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"Waking up with a woman sitting on me picking my nose after partying at a pub in Ireland."
What is your favorite movie?
True Romance, The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now
What celebrity looks like you?
Jason Lee
What is the last book you read?
Porno by Irvine Welsh
What is your homepage?
www.merck.com
What makes you happy?
"Just being free."
Last words:
"Mom…that wasn’t really a true experience."
Name: Laura Fuentes
From: Lake Placid, N.Y.
Status: Taken
Favorite drink: Beer
What kind of music do you like?
"Trip-hop."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"Too many to recall."
What is your favorite movie?
Delicatessen
What celebrity looks like you?
Mini Driver
What is the last book you read?
Glue by Irvine Welsh
What is your homepage?
www.msn.com
What makes you happy?
"Being alive."
Last words:
"Lake Placid sucks."
Name: Nick Driscoll
From: Lake Placid, N.Y.
Status: Taken
Favorite drink: Tequila & Red Bull
What kind of music do you like?
"Bachata."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"I asked my girlfriend jokingly to slap me, and she did. It was hilarious and we both laughed about it."
What is your favorite movie?
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Labyrinth of Passion
What celebrity looks like you?
Scott Weiland
What is the last book you read?
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
What is your homepage?
www.yahoo.com
What makes you happy?
"Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll."
Last words:
"Vive tu vida no la mia (Live your life, not mine)."