Well everyone!

Here I go again! (With thanks to Dave Coverdale for lyrics.)

Firstly let me say that, sadly, once again there will be no Annual Reunion this year either.

It always come down to firstly this ever-changing world that we live in and the draconian rules and laws that govern the old-fashioned art of going out, getting pissed, listening to loud, raucous rock music the way we want to and then falling over afterwards. Also, the lack of suitable venues in the old homeland with all the necessary requirements and a door under our control with the right licensing hours plus the obvious accessibility via road/rail/tube/buses make things almost impossible at this time. Our Grand Poobah, Promoter-in-Chief, Gerry Kelly, has also had an extremely busy year himself, and has been promoted to being the head of operations for a non-UK-based record label, responsible for all things musical within the UK.

At the same time, old Soundhouse regular, Mark Blake, continues to stun and awe his ever-growing legion of fans in Q magazine, with his recently published book 'Pigs might fly: The inside story of Pink Floyd' (check out Soundhouse homepage), and elsewhere with his journalistic prowess -not to mention his drinking ability or the staying power of his liver....................which brings me to one, journalist/broadcaster/entertainer/genuine nice guy Jerry Ewing, also late of the Soundhouse, who is amazed to find that he still HAS a liver left at all! A state that he always blames me for, claiming that ANYTHING that he does is my fault as I supposedly educated him during his formative and more tender years spent at The Soundhouse whilst under my wing, and, in fact, now he sees me as his "spiritual" Grandfather! Thereby relieving himself of all earthly responsibility for any/all or some of the more rock n' roll episodes that pepper his life so frequently and utterly and completely!!

Well all I have to say is that If I did indeed live like that, I am very proud and were I not 358 years old, (and that is only a conservative estimate) I certainly have the yearning to go do it all over again -however, I don't have to because..................I've got Jerry Ewing to do it for me -In fact, think that I will buy him a pickle jar for Xmas so he can put in it what remains of his stressed-out, overworked liver, and in the years to come, at Christmas time, he can gaze in wonderment at it whilst warming his feet by the open fire, slowly drawing and dribbling on his pipe whilst sipping a nice warm mug of cocoa and reflect on his past life and times...................................and what a life -eh!!!  Here's to a great man!!!!!!

Anyway................I feel certain that you all have many great stories of your times at The Soundhouse so maybe you would like to send your memories to us and we would be happy to see them on the Forum!

Next year, I am informed by Webmistress Dawn, that the whole website will be up for a massive rebuild with a new image and that long-awaited Japanese Section, although you will all need to be fluent in the language to get much out of the scribes!!!!!!!! -Still that does give you all a few months to master the language!!!!!!! I thought that what we have now is really brill, but Webmistress says that, like Dr Who, the site has to be regenerated every so often, and next year is the target, so let it be! Can't wait for it!

Our connection to Totalrock remains strong still, and I can tell you that I, with Malcolm Dome, the Green Team-Derak and Allen, with the good Father Ignatius O'flarharty Darryl bringing some much needed spiritual direction to the proceedings will be delivering a Christmas special edition of The Rock N' Roll Round Table Circus on Saturday the 22nd of December between the hours of 3-9pm!!!!

Six glorious hours of some of Rock's greatest tunes and NONE released after 1978!!!!!!!

It's going to be a crazy crazy night, so I am hoping that you will be able to join us on Totalrock.com for the Annual Soundhouse Christmas Broadcast! You will be able to talk to us by phone, or E-Mail us while we are On-Air to:- studio@totalrock.com or even join others in the Soundhouse chatroom on this site whilst listening to the show.

I look forward to it all!!

Well Soundhouse (as I used to say on stage!) the time has come to wish you all a very happy Xmas 2007 and a successful New Year loaded with all that the Lords of Excess would approve of wholeheartedly! As for me..............I'm off to finish my cocoa by the log fire and dream of those far-off, exciting, lunatic and now historic fabulous Soundhouse Years!

Cheers All........................................Neal Kay.