Sep 9, 2014
When the movie "A Hard Day's Night" premiered at the Metro theater in my very un-metro-like hometown of Prairie du Chien, Wis., everyone who attended the film received a free 8x10 black-and-white glossy photo of The Beatles and a cheap plastic flicker ring showing one of the band members. My ring featured a flickering photo of drummer Ringo Starr. At some point, many years ago, I lost track of both the glossy photo and the ring. (I've found other authentic Ringo Starr flicker rings online, and I easily could buy an identical-looking replacement - but it wouldn't be the same. It wouldn't be mine.) Greg Williams