- hey, hey, hey! - it s one of the most rugged and remote destinations in the united states. everything out here will bite, poke, or freak you out. everything. [cow moos] - people live in cubicles and they re the king of their domain. out here, i mean, you ain t king of shit. [mooing echoing] - i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la-la-la la [radio static] [country music] [radio static] [latin music] [radio static] - stick around and tell your friends from the border to the basin out here in west texas. great to be here tonight. [soft guitar music] - the dream of the american west was come out here, get your own little piece of paradise, you work hard, raise cattle. you make enough money to look after the family. - sure, i d love to cook you one. [indistinct chatt
from pretty much everybody here. everybody listens to the radio on their pickup truck. the only other news source we have around here is the local newspaper. - what are the big issues? what do people want to talk about? - the issue is border trade. and there s a lot of fear right now because the idea of changing nafta. - american parts assembled in mexico come back here. - yeah, that s part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back, there s no tax. assembling has been good for our community. there s a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, then they bring them up the road you ll see two or three come up the highway today. - and who s buying those things? - everybody who s working class. the manufactured housing is the craftsman home of the 21st century. - it appears that marfa, in particular, is going to be a tourist an
the only other news source we have around here is the local newspaper. anthony: what are the big issues? what do people want to talk about? dave: the issue is border trade. and there s a lot of fear right now because the idea of changing nafta. anthony: american parts assembled in mexico come back here. dave: right. that s part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back. there s no tax. anthony: right. dave: it s definitely been good for our community. there s a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, and then they bring them up the road. you ll see two or three come up the highway today. anthony: and who s buying those things? dave: everybody who s working-class. the manufactured housing is the craftsmen home of the 21st century. anthony: it appears that marfa in particular is going to be a tourist and s
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
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 texas, yes? dave: well, that s exactly right. i mean, your expenses for running a 100,000 watt transmitter on top of a mountain that gets struck by lightning every three weeks is pretty tough. but the station has support from pretty much everybody