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The Beat Generation was a group of authors whose literature explored and influenced American culture in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s.
In ’60 I drove up to the City to interview their Guru Ken Rexroth local hi brow critic and hired him on for a 2 night Jazz Poetry reading sponsored by my Music Frat Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at Morris Daily Auditorium. We sold put both nights and just MAY have been most cerebral concert series there ever. Chamber Jazz Sextet with own local member Allyn Ferguson as the jazz band keyboard leader and my San Jose Youth Symphony director at age 18 until I out grew Solo Horn and moved to the adult group
Al went on to write Hollywood shows like My Favorite Martian staring a Lowell Hi grad Bill Bixby we’d know since brother Val was in ROTC with, and came to my Dudley Stone Elem to do wall scene from Midsummer’s Night. Ever the big ham but made good. Al’s best theme was probably Charlie’s Angels then Barney Miller 8
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“Far from perfect, however, is the track of Gold these past four years. And with the football season now upon us, Gold reminds us of famed Minnesota Vikings’ defensive end Jim Marshall, who in 1964 recovered a fumble against San Francisco here at Kezar Stadium — and then ran 66 yards the wrong way to score a “safety” favouring the 49ers. Yet should the analogy hold going forward, ’tis a Gold Positive, for the Vikings nonetheless went on to win the game”
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Oh gosh, Sir MM! KEZAR! One to conjur with! Sundays after ’46 49rs Frankie Albert days way down on Panhandle’s 1634 Fell after church could not leave the park spot or BAM gone until long after last game clock ticked off . We could tell status by the roars 3/4 mile away on Frederick . Rest of the year was Poly Parrot’s home field as only USA high with own 60K stadium and long time Shriner’s E-W bowl. Our high was brainy Lowell Cardinals on Hayes big city match ups. Not just teens contests? Kezar Pavillion housed the USF Dons way before their own gym built up Masonic with the B Russell, KC Jones fame. SO…I’m playing San Jose State band E Flat alto seeing Big Bill become 1st both ways grab rebound and sail to score eventual NBA star of stars. Long the way saw in summers Red Ryder Rodeo with Lil Beaver along side western show at the K! Wrong way Vikes safety and Dirty Harry at the 50! Didn’t all kids have that to recall? I feel blessed! Crazy Don
Mark Mead Baillie
“My dad used to cover boxing in Kezar Pavillion.”
“In the city championship game between San Francisco Polytechnic and
Lowell High School in 1928, a crowd of over 50,000 people saw the match-up at Kezar Stadium. That game holds attendance records for a high school football game in northern California.”