Mercury Radio Theater

Growing up, I spent a lot more listening to old-time radio (recordings, collected by my brother) than I ever did watching TV. Radio was one step closer to reading in terms of engaging the imagination, but it had the drama of live theater. This is a link to online recordings of just about all the old shows - Orson Welles when it was still all genius and promise. Welles as the narrator for Our Town? Oh, my, yes. And of course, the radio broadcast of War of the Worlds that shook the nation.

(Link via Thighs.)