551-word version:
...Curious, peculiar, or even eccentric, though it may reverberate through the catacombs from the tympanic membrane to the cochlear nucleus and inferior colliculus to the thalamus to the temporal lobe, the seemingly anachronistic wireless telegraphy, or the radio, has been the cornea, lens, iris, retina, and optic nerve to my perception...

501-word version:
Curious, peculiar, or even eccentric, though it may reverberate through the catacombs from the tympanic membrane to the cochlear nucleus and inferior colliculus to the thalamus to the temporal lobe, the seemingly anachronistic radio, not the TV, the Internet, the cell phone, or the iPod, has been the cornea, lens, iris, retina, and optic nerve to my perception...