Stories by Jake Ayres

Nov 26, 2008: Bass players provide the punch
Nov 19, 2008: Engineering a film; Rappers and bloggers just can’t keep the peace
Nov 13, 2008: Filmmaker from UCLA wins fellowship
Nov 12, 2008: Performances disappoint at hip-hop awards show
Nov 5, 2008: Alumnae reunion yields quiet little film
Nov 5, 2008: Music videos maintain popularity as countdown shows get axed
Oct 29, 2008: You can’t stop the beat
Oct 28, 2008: Grad student honored for meaningful short film
Oct 22, 2008: Britney’s ‘Womanizer’ a bid for pop relevancy
Oct 16, 2008: Auto-Tune sounds good to musicians
Oct 15, 2008: Music critics allow, at times expect naive lyrics from girl groups
Oct 8, 2008: Raising the bar for collaborations
Oct 1, 2008: Kanye, I love you, but the vibe is wrong
Sep 30, 2008: Soundbite: T.I.
Sep 25, 2008: Film explores Bruin director’s small-town ties
Sep 21, 2008: So you want to be a DJ?
Aug 18, 2008: Disability groups protest ‘Tropic Thunder’ premiere
Aug 18, 2008: Sixth ‘Harry Potter’ pushed back to July
Aug 12, 2008: Disability groups protest 'Tropic Thunder' premiere
Aug 4, 2008: Dance-off not necessary
Jun 23, 2008: Westwood screens welcome Bruin movies
Jun 23, 2008: Soundbite: Lil Wayne
May 30, 2008: Viral vids merit a closer look
May 22, 2008: Stephen Marley, Roots to hit JazzReggae
May 22, 2008: Screen Scene: “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
May 16, 2008: ‘Idol’ provides the all-American experience
May 7, 2008: Big band, small towns
May 2, 2008: Reality TV lost its one big friendship
Apr 30, 2008: Coachella Diary: Dry Desert, Purple Reign
Apr 23, 2008: Orchestrating Translation
Apr 18, 2008: New media, old problem
Apr 4, 2008: ‘YouTube generation’ becoming derogatory
Mar 6, 2008: Recital to showcase student composers
Feb 29, 2008: Reality TV doesn’t have to be mindless
Feb 22, 2008: Screen Scene: “Charlie Bartlett”
Feb 15, 2008: Top 5 things I’ll miss about the writers’ strike
Feb 14, 2008: Aggregators make sense of wild Web
Feb 1, 2008: ‘Truth’ of TV hard to swallow
Jan 31, 2008: Sound design student’s electronic band sails to success
Jan 18, 2008: It’s raining Internet celebrities
Jan 15, 2008: Soundbite: Wu-Tang Clan
Dec 6, 2007: Screen Scene: "Juno"
Nov 28, 2007: Craze teaches us how to ‘Crank That’
Nov 2, 2007: Jazz trio defies convention
Oct 23, 2007: Drumming up awareness
Sep 23, 2007: New service redefines movie sharing
Jun 25, 2007: Screen Scene: “Eagle vs Shark”
May 30, 2007: Preserving television for future viewers