Margeaux Labat
Aug 9, 2024 BY
@margeauxš
Anyone close to me knows that Iām really into recording my dreams and that I love talking about it, specifically how it has done wonders for my memory. Iāve been obsessed with dream phenomena since I was a kid since Iāve always had insanely vivid dreams and can honestly separate my life into chapters based on the recurring dream I was having at the time. I was really into dream journaling when I was a teenager, and then I switched over to recording my dreams in my voice memos app during 2020, but Iāve kinda fallen off in more recent years. But every morning, I try to at least recall my dream to myself, even if just an inkling of what I thought I mightāve just dreamt. And more often than not, when I go back to bed later on that night, get in my usual sleeping position and close my eyes, I can usually remember at least the general essence of the dream I had the previous night. I think that recording my dreams has really improved my memory overall. I also just think itās really fun and interesting, even though about 70% of my dreams are stress-inducing or consist of my deepest subconscious thoughts, insecurities and fears being thrown in my face :)
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My Instagram explore page, for the most part, consists of cute Korean cartoons and cats being cute and/or crazy. My three favorite internet cats lately have been Guangdang, Francis and George. Guangdang is a cat that has a resting sad face (I can relate) and kind of āeepsā rather than meows. Francis is a 14 year-old cat with dwarfism. George is a really chatty Orange cat thatās a rescue, and he lives with this really wholesome lady in a beautiful garden and cottage in Wales. As we all know, the internet can be such an apocalyptic hole of discouraging stupidity, so these cats really bring me so much joy amidst all of the pure shit. I feel like I could die for them sometimes. I love them with all of my heart.
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The longer I live in NYC, the more I realize that I am a Southern girl at my core. Iām from New Orleans, and I probably go back there at least three times a year for at least 10 days at a time ā partly because my partner and immediate family still live there, partly because I just love and miss the pure unadulterated heat. I fucking love the heat, and you know what? I really love the humidity. I can face 100% humidity with no problem ā itās actually pretty nostalgic for me. I love hot summer nights where the air is completely still and you can hear cicadas. I fucking love grits and a fresh buttery biscuit. I love Spanish moss hanging off of huge oak trees with giant branches that dip down and touch the ground. Lately Iāve been really into classic country music (shoutout Ken Burnsā Country Music PBS docu-series), old American folk, Appalachian murder ballads, and Les Blankās documentaries set in Louisiana in the early ā70s. Spend It All is one of my favorite documentaries and I recently watched Dry Wood ā I feel deeply connected to both!
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Something about when it starts getting really hot makes me wanna listen to very specific types of music: MPB, JĆ¹jĆŗ, Highlife, Yacht Rockā¦ but my go-to late Spring/early-Summer music vibe has been ā90s/early ā00s twee pop, specifically Tiger Trap, Gaze, Cub and Brittle Stars. None of these bands are new to me, but Iāve been revisiting their music a lot lately. Thereās a rudimentary innocence to all of their music that really inspires and comforts me. Plus some of it just feels really punk to me ā namely Tiger Trap. I love Tiger Trapās one-and-only album from 1993, Gazeās Shake the Pounce, Cubās Betti Cola, and literally anything by Brittle Stars.
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I first watched Badlands a couple years ago, and I remember thinking that Martin Sheenās character was such a psychopath. I rewatched it with my boyfriend recently since he had never seen it, and yeah, I still think heās a psychopath! But undoubtedly a very charming one! With great style! But Sissy Spacek, for me, is the true style icon of this movie. I really love all of her looks in it. Theyāre the embodiment of classic, girlish, polished, quirked-up Southern timelessness. Iām forever trying to replicate her navy blue shirt, tiny white shorts, white socks and penny loafers outfit!
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Ben Watt is probably most notably known as being Ā½ of Everything But The Girl (alongside fellow legend Tracey Thorn) but I also really love his solo stuff ā Iāve been really into his first solo record North Marine Drive lately. I actually started getting more into him through his Spotify playlists, which I donāt even remember how I originally came across. His Air Gap and Night Piano playlists are my favorites. He regularly updates Air Gap, and I feel like Iāve seen the playlist gain over 1k followers since I started listening to it almost nightly about a year ago. There was a period of time when I was putting Air Gap on every night at bedtime. Itās really great to put on while reading, and I usually fall asleep two or three songs in.
