A Longhorn is Preserving the Musical Legacy of East Austin
Alcalde – September/October 2025



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Tele Novella: The Full Story
EASTside Magazine – 2025

A dreamy, medieval-meets-Western aesthetic comes to life in the universe of music duo Tele Novella, where sonic and visual cohesion creates a dazzling vehicle for other worldly storytelling.

Natalie Ribbons and partner Jason Chronis, together Tele Novella, took a deep breath of Small Town, Texas, and exhaled a well-fabricated, intoxicating world in which vampires and rodeo clowns and Shakespearean imagery dance together on the same western soundstage.

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Shakey Graves: Dissolving the Myths of the Hometown Hero
EASTside Magazine – 2023

Alejandro (Ali) Rose-Garcia, Austin native and the man behind the mysterious sounding Shakey Graves moniker, is looking to deconstruct some of the myths surrounding the rambling songwriter on the road trope.

It’s the beginning of the year, and while he’s usually one for resolutions, he says that this year his focus is on creating balance. Recently settling into a quiet home full of eclectic knickknacks and collected art, it seems that the serenity of home may be part of achieving that balance. 

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“Protect the Children” Rally Clashes with Trans Rights Protesters
Reporting Texas – 2024

Dozens of people calling for legislators to protect American children from sex trafficking, ideological indoctrination and drag queen storytime competed with counter-protesters advocating for transgender rights at the Texas Capitol on Saturday. 

“We’re just Americans from all walks of life that are coming together to stand up and spread awareness about the bad things that are taking place in our country against the children,” said Denise Mauceli, a grandmother and self-identified “patriot” from Southeast Texas, who helped to organize the Protect the Children Nationwide Rally.

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Despite Texas Ban on Abortion, Pro-Life Advocates See More Work to Do in Post-Roe World
Reporting Texas – 2024

Texas Alliance for Life and thousands of supporters marched Saturday to the Texas Capitol, calling for more measures to protect Texas’ nearly all-encompassing ban on abortions.

Texans from across the state began to march from the corner of 14th and Brazos street toward the Capitol amid honking horns and drivers leaning out their windows to hold up a middle finger.

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Oh, Rats! Rodents on Campus Are UT’s Hidden Nightlife
Reporting Texas – 2024

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The sun has yet to rise. There is a stillness outside the G.B. Dealey Center for New Media, home to the University of Texas’ Moody College of Communication. The sidewalks are devoid of students — it’s far too early for them to begin their sleepy shuffle from dorm rooms to their 8 a.m. classes. The only sounds that disturb the silence are the occasional whoosh of a car speeding down Guadalupe Street and the piercing, steady clap ringing out ominously in the otherwise tranquil pre-dawn hours.

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UT Students Say They Feel Betrayed After a Year of Dismantling DEI Program
Reporting Texas – 2024
By Abby L. Johnson, Michelle Lavergne, Michael Nolan, Isabella McGovern, Anissa Sanchez

“Faculty and staff educate! Texas leaders indoctrinate!” rang through the West Mall on the steps of the University of Texas Tower as a tumultuous spring semester came to an end. While protests over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict flared elsewhere on campus, these students and faculty came to rally against the university’s dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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