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  Guitar Tones

  02.26.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Sorry for writing so much about guitar and music on my Danish Modern blog, but hopefully readers will find this interesting. Since I got my new guitar, I’ve been playing it exclusively through my computer, and have been pretty much blown away by how great it sounds.  I’d love to use a real amp, but [...]

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  Long Live Adam Carolla

  02.24.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I just found out today that the syndicated Adam Carolla radio show was cancelled.  His station went Top 40 – no more talk – just crappy music all day.  This saddens me greatly as he and his crew kept me company on my 45 min-each-way commute. Whether you agree or disagree with him, you can’t [...]

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  Rare Woods Guitar – The Happy Ending

  02.15.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Those of you who have been following the saga of my guitar can rest easily.  It has all ended and all is well.  Here’s the short version of the story: – Jake builds custom guitar for Mark in 1991 – Mark gets crazy and decides to cannibalize said guitar and blogs about it – Jake [...]

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  It’s been a year…

  01.30.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  A little over a year ago, on Jan 4, 2008, Jens Quistgaard died at 88. I found out a few weeks later while finalizing the research for my book, Danish Pepper.  I was scouring Danish design sites late at night using a free online translator to see if there were any additional biographical facts I [...]

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  Change

  01.20.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Yes we can!  And all that!!! What a great day for the US.  Amazing speech, amazing day.  I can’t wait for the change to start… Did you see the new whitehouse.gov?  That was quick, and there’s even a blog.

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  Danish Modern Gift Ideas

  12.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  There’s not too many shopping days left in this holiday season, so I just wanted to make sure people know they can find the perfect gift for the Danish Modern lover at the Danish Pepper Danish Modern Store that I put together.  It’s full of books about the era and accessories from Jens Quistgaard and [...]

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  Rare Woods Guitar – It lives!

  11.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  One of my most popular posts was about the amazing guitar I had built in 1991 by Jake Savin and my plans to rebuild it into a more traditional Stratocaster type guitar.  Many commenters decried the “destruction” of such a unique instrument and I defended my decision the best I could. However, I was amazed [...]

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  Yesterday. Wow.

  11.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  What an amazing day for our country.  I’m proud of us.

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  Fun in the sun

  09.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  If any of my readers were worried about all the rain on my vacation – they can breathe easy. After a massive thunderstorm Wednesday night it’s been beautiful. Only problem is that after all the rain, I was trying to make up for lost time and stayed the water for over two hours and got [...]

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  Tropical depression

  09.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  They say a tropical depression is causing the rain, but I won’t let that depress me. I’m here in the Dominican Republic on vacation for the week. It should clear up tomorrow so I can get back to enjoying this beautful island. That is the view from my room.

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Teak Pepper is the blog of Mark Perlson, author of Danish Pepper. It is focused on collecting Jens Quistgaard and Dansk, but also covers design, politics, music, media, and other topics.

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