NAME: Jim Monaghan
MY FAVORITE BANDS/ARTISTS ARE:
Dire Straits, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Ryan Adams, Foo Fighters, Monkees, Eagles, Don McLean, Jackson Browne, Smithereens, Fountains Of Wayne
MY FAVORITE SONGS ARE:
“Fountain Of Sorrow,” “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” “Layla,” the Abbey Road medleys
MY FAVORITE MOVIES ARE:
Bull Durham, Field Of Dreams, The Longest Day, The Departed
MY FAVORITE TV SHOWS ARE:
Friday Night Lights, 24, MLB Tonight, pretty much any old black & white TV western
MY FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS ARE:
Boston Red Sox, NY Mets, NJ Devils, Boston Celtics, NY Giants
MY FAVORITE ROCK & ROLL MOMENT WAS:
Being on stage with Bruce Springsteen at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank (even if he didn’t know I was playing keyboards)
THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING ON ‘DHA IS:
It REALLY beats having to work for a living
WHEN I’M NOT AT ‘DHA I’M:
Sleeping or teaching baseball
MY BIGGEST FANTASY IS:
Playing center field in Fenway Park
I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW THAT I:
Had a free agent tryout with the Yankees
IF I COULD HANG WITH ANY ROCKSTAR IT WOULD BE:
Glenn Frey of the Eagles or Paul McCartney
ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT NEW JERSEY:
Great small towns like Chester, Ridgewood, Westfield, Madison – and still close enough to NYC if I get homesick.
ONE THING I HATE ABOUT NEW JERSEY:
The ridiculously bad street/road signs and equally unacceptable traffic
MY FAVORITE QUOTE IS:
“Don’t think. It can only hurt the ball club.”
JIM MONAGHAN OPENS UP FOR THE SMITHEREENS 11-21-09
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