sha, la, la, la, la, la [ radio static ] [ radio static ] dave beebe: stick around, tell your friends, this is the radio for wide range from the border to the basin, out here in west texas, great to be here tonight. anthony: the dream of the american west was, you come out here, get your own little piece of paradise, you work hard, raise cattle.
dave: yes, sir. anthony: what does that mean? dave: i m like the small judge that reads you your rights when you go to jail. anthony: right, also a musician? dave: yeah, musician with primo here. anthony: you work at the radio station? dave: i ve been on the radio now for ten years. ten years every week, and he s been on the radio for what now, three? primo: three or four years. anthony: restaurant business? dave: i have a burger and taco joint that s open on weekends. dave: burger time. anthony: a lot of multitasking around here. people tend to dave: you have to. anthony: you have to? dave: yeah, every job here pays $10 an hour, whether you re the attorney or the barista or the janitor. so you re going to have to work a lot of different jobs to make it because it s expensive to live here. anthony: right. it s a small town. dave: 1,800 people. anthony: it seems an unlikely place to put in a spanking new public radio station that s heard all over te
the river was low and they would just cross, go buy some groceries, and then go back. [ radio static ] dave: all right, y all, this next song is by molly ferguson of the resonators of presidio, texas. this is marfa public radio.
tambien chili verde. chef: chili verde? dave: si. chef: digame. anthony: i ll have a barbacoa. dave: barbacoa tacos. dave: most of the better restaurant chefs, you can find them at least once a week getting their food here, even if they re making food down at their place. anthony: unbelievable. at a gas station. [ laughter ] dave: in the morning, everybody is here. it s all the border patrol guys, like all of them. chef: there you go. you have a great day. dave: all the laborers in town. kids, the people that work at the radio station. it s like going to, yeah, like your abuela s house. anthony: so, you re both multitaskers. you re a state employee? dave: a county employee. elected official, yeah. anthony: justice of the peace?
chef: chili verde? dave: si. chef: digame. anthony: i ll have a barbacoa. dave: barbacoa tacos. dave: most of the better restaurant chefs, you can find them at least once a week getting their food here, even if they re making food down at their place. anthony: unbelievable. at a gas station. [ laughter ] dave: in the morning, everybody is here. it s all the border patrol guys, like all of them. chef: there you go. you have a great day. dave: all the laborers in town. kids, the people that work at the radio station. it s like going to, yeah, like your abuela s house. anthony: so, you re both multitaskers. you re a state employee? dave: a county employee. elected official, yeah. anthony: justice of the peace? dave: yes, sir. anthony: what does that mean? dave: i m like the small judge that reads you your rights when you go to jail. anthony: right, also a musician? dave: yeah, musician with primo here. anthony: you work at the radio station?