After giving this a tremendous amount of thought, I have finally come to the conclusion that it falls to me to wish Jerry Rubin a happy birthday today, though he is dead.
The year was 1974, and I was working for Howard Smith, the one-time close Lennon friend (and Village Voice Columnist) who had first introduced Lennon to New York City's radical scene, Jerry Rubin included. That led to the line from the the title song of Lennon's "Sometime In New York City" album, "Standing on the corner, just me and Yoko Ono, we was waiting for Jerry to land." Ever since Howard did that, or rather Lennon did that, or rather, Lennon recorded that and I heard that, from the recording, I too have been waiting for Jerry to land. Shouldn't we all be waiting for Jerry to land? Or, shouldn't we at least wish him a happy birthday? (Though I suppose this means I'll have to wish Abbie Hoffman a happy birthday when the time comes as well.)
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