Having no knowledge of this group except for the occasional file that had previously trickled into my collection, I present the quick introduction of a Mr. Jed Sanders:
The tradition of various text-file distribution "conglomerates" is an old one, reaching back to the very dawn of BBS history. Before the warring ANSI groups existed (indeed, before ANSI itself existed), before the rise in popularity of the mostly European "demo" (graphics + music) scene, there was the simple storyteller. Dating back to a time when text-files were the hottest-traded commodity online (and sometimes the only thing available), there are few of these pioneering groups left intact in the graphically oriented online world we see today. Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) comes to mind; Lunatic Labs in Los Angeles. The San Francisco Bay Area had its own contribution: Shawn-Da-Lay Boy Productions, more commonly known as simply SDLBP.
Contributions to this group came primarily through three East Bay BBSes: The Electric Pub (defunct, Sir Death sysop), The Pirate's Hollow (now simply "The Hollow," Doctor Murdock original sysop, later - and currently - Powerful Paul), and RatHead Systems (now PolySpock, Ratsnatcher sysop). The group flourished primarily in 1988-90, with an average of two or three new files per week shooting through the transom.
Many of these files are gone forever. Some of them deserve this fate. The writing is intensely young here, which isn't to suggest that there aren't a few hidden treasures among the muck. Don't expect much in the way of rational, well-thought opines: what follows is a product of its own age, with its own rules, not to be judged on any standards other than its own. What is most rewarding about the SDLBP files, however, is the opportunity to watch young writers emerge from a spot where nothing lay before. Many of the participants have gone on to much bigger things; some are sysadmins at major UNIX sites, others engaged in graduate study. Some are unemployed and some are lost.
These files remind you that the place that you came from is gone.
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alucard.ror | 678 | Ad for the Corporate Headquarters of Shawn-Da-Lay Boy Productions, Inc.
| ballad.txt | 13490 | The Ballad of Andrew Pritchard by Dark Nite of Shawn-Da-Lay Boy Productions
| beerblue.txt | 3277 | The Beer Blues, by Sir Death, April 2, 1986
| beerblus.txt | 3952 | The Beer Blues (When the World Runs Out of Beer) by Sir Death of Shawn-Da-Lay Boy Productions
| brain.ans | 15705 | 4 Out of 5 Doctors Reccommend Viewing Rat Head. (ANSI)
| bud.txt | 3478 | B U D: All the BUD Days of the Year, by Bud the Budweiser Person and Sir Death, of Shawn-Da-Lay Boy Productions
| cainru.txt | 14301 | "Cain Rose Up" - Story by Steven King, Written by Doctor Murdock (May 22, 1988)
| coldturkey.txt | 4637 | Colk Turkey, by A Mysterious Shad-Da-Lay Boy (December 17, 1989)
| control.ans | 1570 | The Ultimate Doomsday Machine (ANSI)
| daigger.txt | 10232 | The Lost Notes of Dr. Daigger and the Infamous Daigger Machine, by Doctor Murdock (April 2, 1990)
| deathlor.txt | 11846 | Death: An Anthology of Ancient Texts, Songs, Prayers, and Stories by Doctor Murdock, July 13, 1990
| drinkme.txt | 3549 | The Bottle Said "Drink Me".
| eatshoe.txt | 3154 | How To Eat Your Shoe and Become Enlightened for Fossil Pigs' Sake
| finnshrm.pst | 2023 | Pressed Rat's Cinema Ansi of Alice and the Psilocybin Ranch of Else! by Pressed Rat (April 1, 1990)
| fnord!.txt | 4006 | So you wanna FNORD! by Binky, Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions
| fnord.txt | 3017 | So you Wanna Fnord, by Binky, April 19, 1989
| fpigs.txt | 6509 | The Absolute Truth about the Fossil Pigs and Omnibot 2000 by Pressed Rat, December 13, 1989
| greengl.txt | 9303 | How to Make a Green Glacier Ice-Water Bong, by Doctor Murdock (December 28, 1989)
| guideboo.k | 42898 | A Guide to the Mazes of Menace, by Eric S. Raymond (September 25, 1987)
| heather.txt | 3239 | Oh How I Love My Heather, by Ed Smith and Guy Prince, February 13, 1989
| homdrg.txt | 7808 | How to Get Fucked-Up On Things Laying Around the House, by Ratsnatcher (1990)
| homedrug.txt | 6271 | How to Get Fucked-Up on Things Laying Around the House, by Ratsnatcher, 1990
| horkart.txt | 6315 | The HORK Articles: Adventures in Horking and The Darkside of Horking, by Sir Death, Bud the Budweiser Person and Doctor Murdock (June 6, 1990)
| hypothes.txt | 4159 | Pressed Rat's Hypothesis on Jello Knox Blox and Quantum Mechanix (May 13, 1990)
| logon5.clr | 1197 | This Bulletin Means Nothing (ANSI)
| madness.txt | 11637 | Is Madness Really a Bad Place to Be? By Doctor Murdock, December 6, 1989
| movie.ans | 40931 | "I Dreamed I Saw a Lowly Worm" (ANSI)
| mtorture.txt | 16158 | Menta Torture: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Doctor Murock (May 11, 1990)
| mystic.txt | 14140 | The Beer Mystic's Last Day on the Planet, by Rabid Liberal, January 7, 1994
| nuclear.txt | 3999 | Sir Death's Laboratory: How to Build a Nuclear Reactor (October 23, 1990)
| p-men1.gam | 37728 | P-MED Role Playing Adventure by Sid Knarly (May 6, 1990)
| pitbull6.thy | 5294 | The Amazing Brain of the American Pit Bull Terrier, by Doctor Murdock (June 2, 1990)
| pitbull6.txt | 4550 | The Amazing Brain of the American Pit Bull Terrier by Doctor Mudock, June 2, 1990
| poemdox2.txt | 17406 | Poems from the Electric Pub, Part II by Doctor Murdock, Pressed Rat, Reciful, Nighthawk and William Tell (November 27, 1989)
| poemdox3.txt | 27931 | Poem Dox Part 3, by Pressed Rat, Rabid Liberal, Doctor Murdock, Mr. Midnight, Element Lad, Laughing Swede (April 15, 1990)
| poemdox4.txt | 18104 | Poem Dox 4th Edition, by Several People (October 12, 1990)
| poems.txt | 49256 | Poems by Doctor Mudock (1989)
| portrait.txt | 18065 | A Portrait of a Brain Cell, by Doctor Mudock, January 8, 1990
| pyramid.txt | 6267 | Amazing Pyramids PYM-1: The Power of the Pyramids, by Doctor Murdock (November 18, 1989)
| quest.txt | 12569 | The Answers to the Fnordian Question of Existence, by SDLBP, March 30, 1990
| quest2.txt | 9755 | The Answers to the Fnordian Question of Existence Part II, by SDLBP, July 13, 1990
| ratm-1.txt | 54807 | The Rat Manual Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1989 (January 4, 1990)
| ror.ans | 1681 | Woman's Chest (ANSI)
| ror.bbs | 767 | List of ROR Alucard Boards
| saucer.txt | 4982 | How to Make a Miniature Flying Saucer by Doctor Murdock (November 17, 1989)
| scolhel2.txt | 8915 | School is Hell: lessons 4 Through 6 by Powerful Paul (March 19, 1991)
| scolhel3.txt | 8626 | School is Hell Lessons 6 through 9 by Powerful Paul (April 22, 1991)
| scolishl.txt | 9283 | School is Hell, Lessons 1 through 3 by Powerful Paul (March 19, 1991)
| sdbbake1.txt | 2629 | Sid Gnarly's Coca-Cola Cookies
| sdbp-56.txt | 6023 | The Aliens are Eating my Heart Out! by Doctor Murdock (December 21, 1990)
| shroom01.txt | 13312 | Shroom #1: The Land of Else by Doctor Murdock, August 8, 1989
| shroom02.txt | 20501 | Shroom #2: Yet Another Moonie Trip to the Land of Else by Doctor Murdock, December 12, 1989
| shroom03.txt | 14340 | Shroom #3: A Trip to the Land of Else.. A Dark and Stormy Night, by Doctor Murdoch, 1990
| shroom05.txt | 11576 | Shroom #5: A Trip to the Wonderous Wonderland of Wildcat by Doctor Murdock and Sir Death, March 15, 1990
| shroom06.txt | 13531 | Shroom #6: A Trip to the Land of Else, Shifting Through Time and Fading Fast! By Doctor Murdock, March 20, 1990
| shroom07.txt | 10754 | Shroom #7: Green Mooncakes with Dr. Seuss by Doctor Murdock, March 20, 1990
| shroom08.txt | 6658 | Shroom #8: The Meaning of RoR Alucard, by Unknown, March 30, 1990
| shroom09.txt | 17472 | Shroom #9: Latex and Lobotomy in the Land of Else by Doctor Murdock, April 13, 1990
| shroom10.txt | 16899 | Fancy White Jackets, Runaway Bart Trains & Star Gazing On Acid! by Pressed Rat, Doctor Murdock, Element Lad, Rabid Liberal, & Bud The Budweiser Person (June 16, 1990)
| shroom11.txt | 8962 | Shroom #11: The Adventures of Harry the Milkman and Humpidy Earl Jr.'s Malicious Terrorist Mob by Doctor Murdock, July 17, 1990
| shroom4.txt | 19011 | Shroom #4: A Search for Surface by Sir Death and Doctor Murdock, March 6, 1990
| shroom4b.doc | 3667 | Additional Shroom Documentation from ROR Alucard
| shroom4b.txt | 4186 | Shroom #4b: Bog O Jet Airliner
| story.txt | 35526 | The Story Board from the Left Wall (November 26, 1986)
| th.txt | 19227 | Documentation: The Muther Fuckin' Awesome Telix hacker for IBM (1989-1990) by Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions
| the-best | 5496 | The Best Way to Die by Sir Death and Doctor Murdock, September 10, 1989
| toolkit.txt | 13221 | Doctor Murdock's NETHACK Companion and Toolkit (May 18, 1990)
| usrtypes.txt | 5334 | The Sid Gnarly Users: A Guide to Various Users and Freaks by Sid Gnarly, January 7, 1994
| wayrat.txt | 3614 | The Way of the Rat by RatSnatcher
| wedding.txt | 7140 | The Wedding of the Wood Nymph and Raistlin Wedded on Peabody's Tomb by Shandor (April 6, 1989)
| wes | 16564 | Friends of a Different Skin, by Analog (January 2, 1987)
| wes.txt | 16484 | Friends of a Different Skin, a short story by Analog from Shawn-Da-Lay_Boy Productions
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| There are 72 files for a total of 861,592 bytes. |