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conjen

music your girlfriend will enjoy

About Me

"New York's Convertible Jennifers ride the line between cleverness and kitsch, dotting their sugary pop songs with one-liners ("Can I have the love without the love affair?") and Reagan-era synths." --Nashville Scene
"simple lyrics that are uniquely gathered...witty observations you might not think of saying out loud"--GW University Daily Colonial
"adult-contemporary quirk" --Village Voice
Download songs from the new EP, "Pointy Little Shoes", from the store above or order a hardcopy from Riding Mower Records . Featured in Washington City Paper's "One Track Mind". Read the article here (pdf)
Also available:
"despite what I told her", conjen's debut cd
"Nice downbeat groovy jams. Cool music loaded with plenty of soul and jazzy vibes." --Hybridmagazine.com
shoot us a note or visit sonicbids.com/conjen for epk and booking info
conjen are gently escorting pop music into the new millennium with simple, catchy-as-hell songs about love, taxes, vampires, Scrabble, and the representation of seahorses in indigenous Nordic fin de siecle adolescent literature.

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Member Since: 6/30/2004
Band Website: conjen.com
Band Members:

Josh A-Roque Arenberg - drums, truthiness, and fontsetting

Mark Concerto - songs, guitarisms, and recitative

Fat Tony Melone - pianoforte, internal audits, and transliteration

(Josh and Tony have Alter Egos . Mark is p.i.c )


Influences: Van Halen, Kenyon 'K-Mart' Martin, N.S. Fiori , Lance Armstrong, John Ritter, Steve Martin, Chelsea Clinton, Paul Hogan, Marcella Hazan, Slow Jam King , Yannick Noah
Sounds Like: Wilco, Steely Dan, Le Bad Plus, Joe Jackson, Squeeze, Van Rivers , Police, Sea & Cake, Palace, Cars, Bryan Ferry, Del Shannon, Smiths, Elliott Smith, The Band, Bill Withers, Style Council
Record Label: riding mower records, inc
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

mark concerto on Taiyo Na album

we at conjen urge you to check out 'Love is Growth', the debut cd from our very good friend Taiyo Na. it's a well crafted record featuring earnest songwriting and nice grooves, and the track "Kasama"...
Posted by conjen on Fri, 09 May 2008 06:34:00 PST

may 12-13 | conjen returns to NYC for some weeknight lovin

greetings and salutations -we're playing 2 acoustic-ish shows next week in New York:Mon, 5/12 @ 7pmBanjo Jim's700 E. 9th Street (near Avenue C)according to Fat Tony, this is a pretty neat room, the ki...
Posted by conjen on Fri, 09 May 2008 06:25:00 PST

This American Life on Ice

we saw Ira Glass 'in concert' last night. fun was had by all. two highlights:1. his admission that he's a huge Howard Stern fan2. a 1990s recording of a real 'hard news' piece he did discussing some...
Posted by conjen on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:53:00 PST

Behind the Music

here's a pretty fascinating Neil Aspinall obit from The Economist magazine. seems like he was a nice fellow.-mark...
Posted by conjen on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:35:00 PST

songs in the key of Roy Scheider

conjen is working on a song about the late Roy Scheider.  if anyone can think of something that rhymes with "Jaws 2", please let us know in the comments.  proper nouns are acceptable, though...
Posted by conjen on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:46:00 PST

conjen gives it up for lent

So our youtube tribute to Will.i.am's tribute to Obama didn't quite cause the online frenzy we were hoping for (and banking on), but we still think it was a good idea.In any case, we've decided that i...
Posted by conjen on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:42:00 PST

Paparazzi Catches conjen/P.I.C-ers in Chelsea

MARK CONCERTO took in the sights, sounds and flavors of Chelsea, NYC over the holidays with tour guides RICE and J BOMB (P.I.C). Eggs Benedicts were enjoyed by CONCERTO and RICE while J BOMB indulged...
Posted by conjen on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:10:00 PST

conjen secret recording | 12/22

conjen is recording some songs this Saturday, Dec 22, and you can be part of the live audience. inquire within if you're interested. here's a hint: it's taking place in a state that rhymes with Stu ...
Posted by conjen on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:32:00 PST

conjen.com looking good now

check out the very much improved conjen.com now. thanks to our friends at Private Eleanor for the hook up.that is all....
Posted by conjen on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:09:00 PST

'pointy little shoes' EP ships this Valentine's Day

'pointy little shoes' drops this Wednesday, Feb 14.  visit Riding Mower Records to order a copy....
Posted by conjen on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:25:00 PST