{"id":5013,"date":"2011-09-08T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/beautiful-friend-the-end-the-good-foot-says-goodbye\/"},"modified":"2011-09-08T10:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T10:19:00","slug":"beautiful-friend-the-end-the-good-foot-says-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/beautiful-friend-the-end-the-good-foot-says-goodbye","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Friend, The End: The Good Foot Says Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/strong>Delgadillo and Owens at the Good Foot’s 1-year anniversary, 1999 – Photo by Patrick Miller<\/em><\/p>\n

9:18am | <\/strong>I’m a sucker for last episodes. I paid no attention to Magnum, P.I.<\/em>, I found Lost<\/em> annoying, I pretty much hated Seinfeld<\/em> \u2014 and yet I tuned in for their finales.<\/p>\n

So when something I actually like goes bye-bye, you can bet I’ll be there.<\/p>\n

That means Friday I’ll be at Que Sera, because the club that’s brought the funk and soul to Long Beach every second Friday since Bill Clinton was president is having its last hurrah.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

Also on hand, of course, will be Dennis Owens, the man who has steered the good ship Good Foot through its entire journey. And how is he feeling about bringing her to port for good? “Um, wow,” he says. Then, after a long pause: “I’m feeling ready. That’s the best way to describe it: I’m feeling ready.” <\/p>\n

But as he reflects on this being the end of “something I’ve done consistently for 13 years,” he laughs. “I kind of don’t know how to feel at this point. [But] I’m looking forward to seeing a bunch of people I haven’t seen in a long time, and I’m looking forward to DJing with Rodi [Delgadillo] again.”<\/p>\n

Delgadillo co-founded the Good Foot with Owens in 1998 and helped run the club for seven years, before moving on in 2005. But on Friday it will be just like old times, as only Owens and Delgadillo will man the turntables. “I wanted to end it just like I started it,” Owens says, “just with Rodi and I.”<\/p>\n

Doors will open at 7 p.m. \u2014 two hours earlier than usual \u2014 and the music won’t stop for seven hours. Yet the cover charge is $5, same as it ever was.<\/p>\n

“It’s been something I’ve been extremely proud of,” Owens said of the Good Foot when I caught up with him a little over 48 hours before the last records begin to spin. “It turned out far better than Rodi and I could ever have imagined. \u2026 It’s been the best musical experience and education that I’ve ever had.”<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, “I’m not feeling any kind of lament,” he says. “I’m happy to be ending this venture on a positive note. I’ve been in a lot of other musical situations that didn’t quite end as smoothly. But this is ending correctly. \u2026 Thirteen years is a lot for a club \u2014 and rather than fizzle out, I’d like to go out like a champ.”<\/p>\n

The Good Foot @ Que Sera (1923 E. 7th St., at Cherry Ave; 562.599.6170), this one last time. Admission: $5. Find the Good Foot online on Facebook, MySpace, and goodfoot.org.<\/em><\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Don’t say we didn’t warn you<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a sucker for last episodes. I paid no attention to Magnum, P.I., I found Lost annoying, I pretty much hated Seinfeld \u2014 and yet I tuned in for their finales. So when something I actually like goes bye-bye, you can bet I’ll be there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":69946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5013"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=5013"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}