So as a quick update. Recently I applied to be Queerty's (a queer online blog) music reviewer. Today they went live with their contest to find it. I made it into the top 10 out of 200 people. You can vote for me here:
http://www.queerty.com/help-queerty-adopt-a-music-reviewer-plus-10-awesome-music-reviews-20090212/
and it would be swell for some help.