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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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  • OATL37: Chris Olsen!!! Music by Clint Maedgen!
    Sep 19 2025

    Obligations lives!!! (We were just on summer break.) Howie and Scully are back with special guest: influencer and French Quarter vintage clothing store owner Chris Olsen. He popped into the King Room to discuss his journey into French Quarter small business advocacy and beyond.

    He shares how growing up he developed a love for antiques from his father and how his previous job in advertising set him up with the tools required to advocate publicly for causes specific to the French Quarter. He tells us the role he played in saving the French Quarter School, helping the restaurant Mona Lisa renew its lease, and drawing attention to the senseless removal of the world famous decades old Tujagues sign. He gives us his views on the current mayoral race (spoiler: he's voting for his friend Joshua Starkman!!! JK) and explains why it is important as business owners to weigh in on politics regardless of consequences. And if you missed his sold out Vintage Fest at House of Blues, don't worry -- he shares the news that there are more on the horizon!!!

    Clint Maedgen of Preservation Hall/Bingo Show/Liquidrone shares two hot tracks from his new band -- Bandapandas!!!

    If you like this episode and would like more, you can donate to our humble podcast on Venmo @rscully73

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    1 hr and 59 mins
  • 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
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