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From: Sebastian Steinberg 
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Subject: ECM
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Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 15:31:17 EDT
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it does stand for Editions in Contemporary Music,
however, pet theorys include:
Educate Corporate Maggots
Ecch Crummy Mud
Echo Consumer Money
Earthbound Clingy Mush
Ear Candy Moolah
Ectoplasmic Cabinet Music
Extra Civilised Milk
Eh! Cloudy Mumble
Eating Caramel Mothballs
Evil Contamination Merciless
Easy Conquest, Manfred!