{"id":3095,"date":"2022-07-04T15:38:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T15:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchmennotes.com\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2022-07-06T17:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T17:14:55","slug":"alyssa-potter-on-13-the-spotted-cat-empty-lots-famous-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchmennotes.com\/?p=3095","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Potter on 13, the Spotted Cat, empty lots &#038; famous faces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AP:\u00a0<\/strong>My favorite memories of Frenchmen were when it was four, five in the morning and totally empty. Totally empty, or just a few stragglers floating down the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I worked at 13 for five years, and I played here at the Cat for about five years. I used to love all the different people that would come in here\u2014all the different walks of life\u2014in the quiet times. We\u2019d be on Frenchmen til four or five in the morning then head to Molly\u2019s or the Abbey. Sometimes Big Daddy\u2019s; those were the bad nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.. I mean, they weren\u2019t&nbsp;<em>bad<\/em>&nbsp;nights, just bad&nbsp;<em>decision<\/em>&nbsp;nights. Like, \u2018Why did I do that!? It\u2019s 10am now!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I miss when Mannie Fresh used to come into 13. He was the nicest guy. So sweet. He used to come in fairly often, get a drink and food. And when they were doing the Workaholics thing\u2014they were filming it over at Bamboula\u2019s\u2014Adam Levine and the cast of Workaholics were all coming in. There was this string of celebrities constantly hanging out at 13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve seen a lot of cool things happen here. I miss the fire-dancers; they\u2019d always be where Dat Dog is now. It was just a big empty lot, and people used to go down there and spin fire, play music, just put on a performance. Pretty much every night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lowlifejournalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/104.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3540\"\/><figcaption>The empty lot. Photo by K. Hanrahan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah&nbsp;<em>[McCoy]&nbsp;<\/em>and I were in this 10-piece band and we were supposed to be playing behind the fire-eaters, but it never ended up happening. We had a lot of rehearsals, played one show at the Red House, and then it was done. Some people just put a guerilla show over at the Red House, by the way. They broke in. Shut off the cameras somehow. There were three bands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyways, I miss working on the street but I don\u2019t miss what it\u2019s turned into. It\u2019s the new Bourbon Street. It\u2019s starting to get the smell.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>[Below: Alyssa, left, and Sarah in a video Noe Cugny and I did for OffBeat some years back. Fun interview, with Sal and Dizzy as well. Damn, I miss seeing this band at the Cat.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faces of Frenchmen Ep 4: Sarah McCoy\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mF48hej1BXs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019 AP:\u00a0My favorite memories of Frenchmen were when it was four, five in the morning and totally empty. Totally empty, or just a few stragglers floating down the street. I worked at 13 for five years, and I played here at the Cat for about five years. 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