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Obligations at the Lounge

Obligations at the Lounge

By: Ryan Scully and Howie Huber
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A podcast from New Orleans about the current events, history, and tall-tales surrounding infamous BJ's Lounge and its Ninth Ward neighborhood.

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  • OATL36 - Sabine McCalla!!! Live Music from The Helots!
    Jun 26 2025

    Singer/Songwriter, BJ's Bartender and Bestie Sabine McCalla stops by the King Room to tell Scully and Howie about her new single that just dropped on Garhole Records and the upcoming full album release. She shares stories of growing up with Haitian activist parents, living in Africa for two years as a child, attending a service oriented university in North Carolina, having hidden fiddle and photography skills, and how she came to make New Orleans home.

    Super group surf rock band (Identities undisclosed), The Helots provide two live tracks from their January 18, 2025 show a BJ's

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • OATL 35: Morning 40's Rick Hukill!!! Live Music from Conor Donohue!
    Jun 7 2025

    Rick stops by the King Room to talk to Howie and Scully about growing up in Onion Town, Hanging in Athens, GA during its heyday, being saved from certain death by the late Paris Nesbit who also wrote a song about Rick (featured mid-interview), being forced by the law man to take an alias and hide out in 9th ward in the 90's, regaining his sense of smell on Decatur Street around the same time he met the Morning 40's, how the Old New Orleans Rum distillery became the Morning 40 practice space and all his good times with Johnny Depp.

    Conor Donohue provides to hot live tracks (stick around for the full track at the end - it fucking kills)

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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • OATL34: Nancy Montoya!!! Live Music from Slow Motion Cowboys!
    May 23 2025

    Queen of Krewe of Dreux (and basically the universe), Nancy Montoya pops into the King Room to talk to Howie and Scully about how much she loves the Lounge. She shares how the late Gilbert Lopez introduced her to BJ's almost 30 years ago and how it remains dear to her heart. She tells of being a part of helping Carlos and Dewann re-open BJ's after Katrina and how the photo of her in a boy scout uniform in front of a tank with national guard soldiers came to be. She discusses the origins of the giant foam vagina she constructed for the "Pimps and Ho's" party she used to throw for her birthday (Breaking news: Its coming back this year!!!), how meeting Fabio at a Metairie mall in the 90's led to the creation of the Fabulous Hair Club for Men, and how she uses 70's porn as a sleep aid.

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    1 hr and 34 mins

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