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Hueco Tanks, east of El Paso, will always inspire wonder. Its red volcanic mountains create a desert oasis. And the prehistoric imagery painted on its cliffs and cave walls is deeply evocative.

Órale, last week we featured the Caló word for drive, arrear. This week we’re gonna continue with a different nuance of it, arre, which means move out of the way, get away from me, or simply stop engaging with me. It comes from the same old Castillian word for mule team driver, arrero, but it’s what arreros would say to their mules to drive them through a muddy creek crossing, up a steep hill, or for the last stretch of a long haul, arre. Indeed, it’s not a polite request. It’s a sura, pugilistic sound you blurt out to dominate and offend somebody and, with that, move them away from you. Arre at once calls someone a mule and gatcho de amadres commands them to move.

Zoe Kurland is Senior Producer at Marfa Public Radio.

Julie Bernal was Marfa Public Radio's Morning Edition Host from November 2022 to April 2024.

Oscar Rodriguez is the creator and host of Caló.

Lonn Taylor was a writer and historian.

DJ Aoudaddy smells funky y'all! Perhaps it is from the rootsy reggae he has been digging in for so many years? Funky Beats selector David Harding continues to unearth solid grooves, funky feels, jazzy jams, soulful smashers, dubby delights, and bass-heavy boomers. Mostly leaning on an expanding vinyl collection that stretches through time and space, this show will open your mind to old and new music from around this beautiful world. Tuesday doesn't have to be boring, so if you aren't feeling fresh you should be tuning in every Tuesday night from 8-9 pm Central time.

Julie Bee got her start at Marfa Public Radio in 2014 and currently hosts Amplified Wednesday night.

DJ Desert Moon is a Tri-county native, having been born in Alpine and raised in Terlingua/Big Bend National Park. During college, she studied at several universities across Texas, moving to the Rio Grande Valley and then San Antonio. Desert Moon also lived in Japan for nearly 10 years before returning to the greater Big Bend area. Through the years, she was exposed to many genres of music, and loves to share what she's found on the airwaves via Terlingua to Tokyo.