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<H1>Groups: Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions</H1>
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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. <A HREF="http://www.arlington.com/~tjames/">Jed Sanders</A>:
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<I>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.

<P>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 <A HREF =
"http://textfiles.com/groups/SHAWN/pspock.html">PolySpock</A>, Ratsnatcher sysop). The group flourished
primarily in 1988-90, with an average of two or three new files per week shooting through the transom.

<P>Many of these files are gone forever. Some of them deserve this fate. The writing is intensely </I>young<I>
 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.

<P>These files remind you that the place that you came from is gone.</I>

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<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/alucard.ror">alucard.ror</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 678<BR><TD> Ad for the Corporate Headquarters of Shawn-Da-Lay Boy Productions, Inc.
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/ballad.txt">ballad.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 13490<BR><TD> The Ballad of Andrew Pritchard by Dark Nite of Shawn-Da-Lay Boy Productions
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/beerblue.txt">beerblue.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3277<BR><TD> The Beer Blues, by Sir Death, April 2, 1986
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/beerblus.txt">beerblus.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3952<BR><TD> The Beer Blues (When the World Runs Out of Beer) by Sir Death of Shawn-Da-Lay Boy Productions
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/brain.ans">brain.ans</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 15705<BR><TD> 4 Out of 5 Doctors Reccommend Viewing Rat Head. (ANSI)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/bud.txt">bud.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3478<BR><TD> B U D: All the BUD Days of the Year, by Bud the Budweiser Person and Sir Death, of  Shawn-Da-Lay Boy Productions
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/cainru.txt">cainru.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 14301<BR><TD> "Cain Rose Up" - Story by Steven King, Written by Doctor Murdock (May 22, 1988)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/coldturkey.txt">coldturkey.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 4637<BR><TD> Colk Turkey, by A Mysterious Shad-Da-Lay Boy (December 17, 1989)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/control.ans">control.ans</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 1570<BR><TD> The Ultimate Doomsday Machine (ANSI)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/daigger.txt">daigger.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 10232<BR><TD> The Lost Notes of Dr. Daigger and the Infamous Daigger Machine, by Doctor Murdock (April 2, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/deathlor.txt">deathlor.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 11846<BR><TD> Death: An Anthology of Ancient Texts, Songs, Prayers, and Stories by Doctor Murdock, July 13, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/drinkme.txt">drinkme.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3549<BR><TD> The Bottle Said "Drink Me".
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/eatshoe.txt">eatshoe.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3154<BR><TD> How To Eat Your Shoe and Become Enlightened for Fossil Pigs' Sake
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/finnshrm.pst">finnshrm.pst</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 2023<BR><TD> Pressed Rat's Cinema Ansi of Alice and the Psilocybin Ranch of Else! by Pressed Rat (April 1, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/fnord!.txt">fnord!.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 4006<BR><TD> So you wanna FNORD! by Binky, Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/fnord.txt">fnord.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3017<BR><TD> So you Wanna Fnord, by Binky, April 19, 1989
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/fpigs.txt">fpigs.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 6509<BR><TD> The Absolute Truth about the Fossil Pigs and Omnibot 2000 by Pressed Rat, December 13, 1989
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/greengl.txt">greengl.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 9303<BR><TD> How to Make a Green Glacier Ice-Water Bong, by Doctor Murdock (December 28, 1989)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/guideboo.k">guideboo.k</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 42898<BR><TD> A Guide to the Mazes of Menace, by Eric S. Raymond (September 25, 1987)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/heather.txt">heather.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3239<BR><TD> Oh How I Love My Heather, by Ed Smith and Guy Prince, February 13, 1989
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/homdrg.txt">homdrg.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 7808<BR><TD> How to Get Fucked-Up On Things Laying Around the House, by Ratsnatcher (1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/homedrug.txt">homedrug.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 6271<BR><TD> How to Get Fucked-Up on Things Laying Around the House, by Ratsnatcher, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/horkart.txt">horkart.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 6315<BR><TD> The HORK Articles: Adventures in Horking and The Darkside of Horking, by Sir Death, Bud the Budweiser Person and Doctor Murdock (June 6, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/hypothes.txt">hypothes.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 4159<BR><TD> Pressed Rat's Hypothesis on Jello Knox Blox and Quantum Mechanix (May 13, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/logon5.clr">logon5.clr</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 1197<BR><TD> This Bulletin Means Nothing (ANSI)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/madness.txt">madness.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 11637<BR><TD> Is Madness Really a Bad Place to Be? By Doctor Murdock, December 6, 1989
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/movie.ans">movie.ans</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 40931<BR><TD> "I Dreamed I Saw a Lowly Worm" (ANSI)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/mtorture.txt">mtorture.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 16158<BR><TD> Menta Torture: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Doctor Murock (May 11, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/mystic.txt">mystic.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 14140<BR><TD> The Beer Mystic's Last Day on the Planet, by Rabid Liberal, January 7, 1994
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/nuclear.txt">nuclear.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3999<BR><TD> Sir Death's Laboratory: How to Build a Nuclear Reactor (October 23, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/p-men1.gam">p-men1.gam</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 37728<BR><TD> P-MED Role Playing Adventure by Sid Knarly (May 6, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/pitbull6.thy">pitbull6.thy</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 5294<BR><TD> The Amazing Brain of the American Pit Bull Terrier, by Doctor Murdock (June 2, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/pitbull6.txt">pitbull6.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 4550<BR><TD> The Amazing Brain of the American Pit Bull Terrier by Doctor Mudock, June 2, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/poemdox2.txt">poemdox2.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 17406<BR><TD> Poems from the Electric Pub, Part II by Doctor Murdock, Pressed Rat, Reciful, Nighthawk and William Tell (November 27, 1989)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/poemdox3.txt">poemdox3.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 27931<BR><TD> Poem Dox Part 3, by Pressed Rat, Rabid Liberal, Doctor Murdock,  Mr. Midnight, Element Lad, Laughing Swede (April 15, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/poemdox4.txt">poemdox4.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 18104<BR><TD> Poem Dox 4th Edition, by Several People (October 12, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/poems.txt">poems.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 49256<BR><TD> Poems by Doctor Mudock (1989)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/portrait.txt">portrait.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 18065<BR><TD> A Portrait of a Brain Cell, by Doctor Mudock, January 8, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/pyramid.txt">pyramid.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 6267<BR><TD> Amazing Pyramids PYM-1: The Power of the Pyramids, by Doctor Murdock (November 18, 1989)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/quest.txt">quest.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 12569<BR><TD> The Answers to the Fnordian Question of Existence, by SDLBP, March 30, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/quest2.txt">quest2.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 9755<BR><TD> The Answers to the Fnordian Question of Existence Part II, by SDLBP, July 13, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/ratm-1.txt">ratm-1.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 54807<BR><TD> The Rat Manual  Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1989 (January 4, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/ror.ans">ror.ans</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 1681<BR><TD> Woman's Chest (ANSI)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/ror.bbs">ror.bbs</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 767<BR><TD> List of ROR Alucard Boards
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/saucer.txt">saucer.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 4982<BR><TD> How to Make a Miniature Flying Saucer by Doctor Murdock (November 17, 1989)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/scolhel2.txt">scolhel2.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 8915<BR><TD> School is Hell: lessons 4 Through 6 by Powerful Paul (March 19, 1991)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/scolhel3.txt">scolhel3.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 8626<BR><TD> School is Hell Lessons 6 through 9 by Powerful Paul (April 22, 1991)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/scolishl.txt">scolishl.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 9283<BR><TD> School is Hell, Lessons 1 through 3 by Powerful Paul (March 19, 1991)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/sdbbake1.txt">sdbbake1.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 2629<BR><TD> Sid Gnarly's Coca-Cola Cookies
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/sdbp-56.txt">sdbp-56.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 6023<BR><TD> The Aliens are Eating my Heart Out! by Doctor Murdock (December 21, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom01.txt">shroom01.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 13312<BR><TD> Shroom #1: The Land of Else by Doctor Murdock, August 8, 1989
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom02.txt">shroom02.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 20501<BR><TD> Shroom #2: Yet Another Moonie Trip to the Land of Else by Doctor Murdock, December 12, 1989
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom03.txt">shroom03.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 14340<BR><TD> Shroom #3: A Trip to the Land of Else.. A Dark and Stormy Night, by Doctor Murdoch, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom05.txt">shroom05.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 11576<BR><TD> Shroom #5: A Trip to the Wonderous Wonderland of Wildcat by Doctor Murdock and Sir Death, March 15, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom06.txt">shroom06.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 13531<BR><TD> Shroom #6: A Trip to the Land of Else, Shifting Through Time and Fading Fast! By Doctor Murdock, March 20, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom07.txt">shroom07.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 10754<BR><TD> Shroom #7: Green Mooncakes with Dr. Seuss by Doctor Murdock, March 20, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom08.txt">shroom08.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 6658<BR><TD> Shroom #8: The Meaning of RoR Alucard, by Unknown, March 30, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom09.txt">shroom09.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 17472<BR><TD> Shroom #9: Latex and Lobotomy in the Land of Else by Doctor Murdock, April 13, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom10.txt">shroom10.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 16899<BR><TD> 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)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom11.txt">shroom11.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 8962<BR><TD> Shroom #11: The Adventures of Harry the Milkman and Humpidy Earl Jr.'s Malicious Terrorist Mob by Doctor Murdock, July 17, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom4.txt">shroom4.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 19011<BR><TD> Shroom #4: A Search for Surface by Sir Death and Doctor Murdock, March 6, 1990
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom4b.doc">shroom4b.doc</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3667<BR><TD> Additional Shroom Documentation from ROR Alucard
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/shroom4b.txt">shroom4b.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 4186<BR><TD> Shroom #4b: Bog O Jet Airliner
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/story.txt">story.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 35526<BR><TD> The Story Board from the Left Wall (November 26, 1986)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/th.txt">th.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 19227<BR><TD> Documentation: The Muther Fuckin' Awesome Telix hacker for IBM (1989-1990) by Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/the-best">the-best</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 5496<BR><TD> The Best Way to Die by Sir Death and Doctor Murdock, September 10, 1989
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/toolkit.txt">toolkit.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 13221<BR><TD> Doctor Murdock's NETHACK Companion and Toolkit (May 18, 1990)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/usrtypes.txt">usrtypes.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 5334<BR><TD> The Sid Gnarly Users: A Guide to Various Users and Freaks by Sid Gnarly, January 7, 1994
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/wayrat.txt">wayrat.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 3614<BR><TD> The Way of the Rat by RatSnatcher
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/wedding.txt">wedding.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 7140<BR><TD> The Wedding of the Wood Nymph and Raistlin Wedded on Peabody's Tomb by Shandor (April 6, 1989)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/wes">wes</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 16564<BR><TD> Friends of a Different Skin, by Analog (January 2, 1987)
<TR VALIGN=TOP><TD ALIGN=TOP><A HREF="SHAWN/wes.txt">wes.txt</A>  <tab to=T><TD> 16484<BR><TD> Friends of a Different Skin, a short story by Analog from Shawn-Da-Lay_Boy Productions
</TABLE><P><TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT><SMALL>There are 72 files for a total of 861,592 bytes.</SMALL></TABLE></BODY>
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