http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sat, 3 May 2008 11:32:00 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/03/113200.php Amy BallorNow I know the secrets to the tricks that once amazed me. And the reality is not nearly as exciting as the illusion.<br/> There's a certain attractive mystique about the medium of radio. From an indistinct location, in an indistinct studio, a faceless voice speaks into a microphone and, through the magic of radio waves, the speaker's persona is transmitted into one's car, one's kitchen, one's bedroom.In a world barraged with visual images, radio, though older than... Culture76460@blogcritics.org Sat, 3 May 2008 11:32:00 EDT