February 2009

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• Dansk & Quistgaard

  Dansk Auction Watch

  02.27.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  It’s been a while, but its time for a roundup of recent (and one present) auctions on eBay.  Between the holiday and the economic crisis, there hasn’t been much action.  A few cool things here and there, but it has been slow.  Prices are down a little, but holding.  I find myself surprised at both […]

• life

  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 […]

• Dansk & Quistgaard

  New Quistgaard Site

  02.24.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Fans of designer Jens Quistgaard will appreciate that his family has taken over all of his designs and is working to do more with them in the future.  Learn more at their new site.

• life

  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 […]

• life

  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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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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