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Chaléwood No. 23: Stephanie Andujar

Stephanie Andujar - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

By Kiko Martinez
San Antonio Current contributing writer
kiko@cinesnob.net

For actress Stephanie Andujar, her role in the critically acclaimed drama Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, hit close to home.

Born and raised in Manhattan, Andujar, who is of Puerto Rican descent, spent most of her adolescence without her father, who was in and out of jail for drug-related crimes. In Precious, she plays Rita, a young girl trying to put her life back t ...

Live & Local preview: 2009 Rammy Awards Show

How's this for service journalism? I'm giving you one more chance to find out about the opportunity of a lifetime — the chance to see the local concert of your lifetime, the 2009 Rammy Music Awards. Don't be one of those people who skips it only to later have to lie about it to their grandchildren about being there. Because there's no way your kids' kids are gonna understand why you passed up the opportunity to see Altus, Deadpool, Bombasta, the Heroine, Mexican Stepgrandfather, and Mexicans With Guns, all on the same stage (not at the same time), and all for FREE.
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Ernest Gonzales gets Pitchfork love

Hipster tastemakers/suspected intellectuals Pitchfork recently gave Ernest Gonzales a nice write up for his remix of Sunny Day in Glasgow 's "Shy."

They credit him with "refashioning the krautrock drum-machine beat and guitar loops … into a more sparse, dynamic mix, keeping the track afloat on wispy loops of vocals and synths."

I say he makes the track live up to its name by turning those exultant vocals in on themselves, then directly playing the introversion against the heavy dance-ready beat to emphasize the original's ...

The Sound and the Fury: James McMurtry, Nirvana, and Manu Chao

By Enrique Lopetegui
elopetegui@sacurrent.com

If you like your rootsy rock and roll straight, go see Austin-based singer-songwriter James McMurtry’s set Friday at Sam’s Burger Joint (330 E Grayson St., $10-$15, 9 pm). The former leader of The Heartless Bastards has just released the tight Live in Europe, which could very well be his best album.

If you’re a lazy bastard who doesn’t want to come out of the house, get this instead:

doesn't much care for it, apparently angered by the same evident sexism rightly criticized by Jullie Millican at Media Matters for America.

The actual photo was taken in a shoot for Runner's World with Palin's full participation. As an art critic, I find it appalling for reasons quite aside from ...

Ten years without Doug Sahm: Augie and Shawn remember

By Enrique Lopetegui
elopetegui@sacurrent.com

Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of Doug Sahm, the legendary leader of the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados. The Current spoke to the two persons who probably knew him best.

Augie Meyers: “He was number one.”

How did you two meet?
My mom had a grocery store when I was 12 years old and his folks used to buy groceries there. He liked baseball and football cards. So we used to trade cards and we got to talking. I was 12 and h ...

All about mariachi week

By Enrique Lopetegui
elopetegui@sacurrent.com

Updated on 11/17/09

Six-year-old Angélica Vargas (left) and 10-year-old Mary Luévano, contenders at the Mariachi Vargas Vocal Competition, Saturday at the Municipal Auditorium.

Twelve-year-old Christopher Pérez, another competitor.

If you need a good reaso ...

Running for Johanna

By Enrique Lopetegui
elopetegui@sacurrent.com

Johanna Sigmund, 6/21/76-9/11/01

John Sigmund works at SAY Sí with my wife since early 2009.

His position, Coordinator of College & Career Programs, means exactly that: He helps students apply and plan their future in college after they graduate from SAY Sí.

Show & Prove: Cuban Frowns