The Special Goodness concert: 06/19/2003

The Special Goodness concert
The Special Goodness concert
June 19, 2003
Location	San Diego, California
Venue	Henry Fonda Theater
Associated album	Land Air Sea
Other bands	The Like; Wilshire; Bleu; Hanson; Calexico; The Thorns; Wes Cunningham; Kid Lightning; Phantom Planet;
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The Special Goodness performed at the Henry Fonda Theater in San Diego, California on June 19, 2003 for KCRW's LIFEbeat benefit.^[1] The Like, Wilshire, Bleu, Hanson, Calexico, the Thorns, Wes Cunningham, Kid Lightning and Phantom Planet also performed for this event.^[2]^[3]

Setlist

Tour diary

Todays show was held at the beautiful and venerable Henry Fonda Theater, which housed some of the 20th Century's primo productions way back in the day. Theyve done nicely in the way of keeping the place in original shape, so the rock was all gussied up tonight for the KCRW LifeBeat AIDS benefit show. We got in mid afternoon, and were told the SG soundcheck was right after the Hanson soundcheck, which was to start the moment the Hanson brothers showed up. In short order, there they were, and their rabid fans somehow tracked them to the backstage door as if by radar. The Hanson boys came prepared to showcase their musical talents, which they did - these guys can sing, and are adept at every instrument they touched. So what can ya say? We hope they are someday able to shed some of that ultimate teeny bopper vibe their fans thrust their way at every opportunity. Anyway, we'd see plenty of those dudes all night, along with the likes of the intense Calexico [who covered Love's "And Alone Or"!], Matthew Sweet [playing in acoustic supergroup The Thorns], the rockin' Blue, the Veruca saltine-ish The Like, Wilshire, and of course the other teen hearthrobs Phantom Planet [unfortunately without Jason S. on drums tonight]. The SG only was given a 20 min set, so they cranked up the rock to the max despite some weird sound system issues. The peeps seemed pleased. Unfortunately there werent all that many peeps. Perhaps the steep ticket price [all to AIDS charity of course] kept some away, but at least several hundred came and had lots of fun for a great cause. This may be the last SG show for a while. Murmurings are afoot for possible future dates, but at this point theres nothing confirmed on the docket. We sadly said goodbye to Jeb, who headed back up to his hometown o' Seattle. We all hope the SG family is reunited again asap!!!

- Karl Koch