And finally, to the last couple of headings, starting with 'Bands', coz it's listed before the other one and I don't want to upset the natural order or anything. What Maaike did was provide a complete A-Z of everything we had available at the time, circa early 2001, linked via 24 letters of the alphabet (surprisingly, we never did release anything by a band beginning with Q or Y), and the 'various' tag for compilations. There's already a complete A-Z of all 599 original M&E releases on this website, which you can find HERE, so no real point in repetition, as neatly presented as they were. However, one thing that does make Maaike's version of special interest is that it included Distro Direct items as well, no complete list of which appears on this site. So, as she had a link for you to be able to download the whole thing as a text file, which was saved as part of her back-up, you can view that HERE, The layout is fairly straightforward; (catalogue number), artiste, "title" (running time / star ratings) and price. The star ratings are explained to the left. I noted that some of Maaike's entries show an 'L'. Looking through, I think these were albums originally given the basic '0' star rating; "an album of some merit, definitely worth a listen." With Distro Direct items, listings go; (format / running time), artiste, "title", (label / star ratings), prices - UK / Europe / Zone 1 (Americas) / Zone 2 (Oceania).

Of all those listed on Maaike's 'Links' page, only three remain live 13 years on; LORD LITTER, ZEITGEIST DISTRO (although Stuart Hamilton no longer runs the distro, this link takes you to his webzine, The Rocker) and INDYMEDIA, which isn't something I'd personally heard of, or had any contact with, but describes itself as "a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth." Now ya know.

And finally, worth a mention that the listing for 'Music and Elsewhere Reviews Site' linked to our other unofficial site of the time (pictured above), as lovingly created by Rod Steele. This one only recently vanished, but a reasonably intact version can be found on the INTERNET ARCHIVE. Maaike's site met its end when Hypermart discontinued their free web hosting plans on 1st March 2004. We loved them both.