About Baby Hiesman:

Baby Heisman is a music blog in San Diego.

Newspapers write for a broad audience and, in our Web world, work on an unacceptably slow deadline.

Meanwhile, in a push to be first and fastest, many music blogs post an overwhelming avalanche of new MP3s.

Think of Baby Heisman as the best of both worlds. There's news, features and interviews, so there's something new every day. It also means you won't see a bunch of new MP3s just to "fill space." That's where the news filter comes in. The songs are top-shelf and always worth checking out.

Features on Baby Heisman:


My City's a Sucker: Trumpeting the good and calling out the bad in San Diego music. When the list of local bands to go national is topped by Blink 182, P.O.D., Louis XIV and Pinback, that should be the first hint that something's not right. Despite amazing venues, bands big and small skip San Diego when they're on tour. SOMA is the worst concert venue I've ever seen.


Cashing in: Keeping track of where indie music shows up on TV, in movies and elsewhere. Indie music is in the mainstream more than ever, especially in commercials, and licensing songs has become the new battleground for the age old question of making money to survive versus selling out.


Appreciation Day: Profiling influential artists and suggesting tracks or albums for getting into their sometimes daunting catalogs.


Features: Interviews, stories and other bigger packages.


The First 10 Plays: Each day, I put my iTunes on shuffle and compile the first 10 songs into an MP3. It's a ready-made 40-minute mix and great way to start, end or just get through your day. Think of is as a cheap version of Internet radio, but from Baby Heisman, a name you know you can trust.


To sound off, report bad links/misspellings/crap or to send MP3s to check out, e-mail: babyheisman@yahoo.com or go to www.babyheisman.blogspot.com