Awwwww I love New York. :) This'll get you in the mood for 2010!! Yeah IAN AXEL, Go go GO!! http://ping.fm/8gZro

finally got myself a netflix account..... what movies should I queue up? (nothing scary, I get nightmares)

Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You!
http://ping.fm/gMh7S

happy happy happy happy happy happy

missed you new york! :) playing at NAU tmrw 7:30 w/ christgau + maceli! cool clothes, free food + drinks! 69 Mercer, NYC www.nau.com

my computer's broken! still breathing but screen is black, anyone know mouth to mouth e-suscitation? other than that, glorious snowy day...

Last 2 shows of the tour!! *Tonight* CHICAGO @ Space 8pm w/Matt Duke & Josh Hoge *Tomorrow* CINCINNATI House Concert! http://ping.fm/8Vq7w

I come calling in my Sunday best ever since I put your picture in a frame.... ♫ http://blip.fm/~hspey

(RT) The Church E.P. (my new duo e.p. w/ adam levy!) is #1 on AMIE STREET!!!! http://ping.fm/mWMpB

dahlonega is RAD!!!!!! my little green car barely made it up the hill, but it was well worth it.

Lucky lucky New York City..... Paul Brill is playing a *free* show @ Rockwood Music Hall tonight at 10pm! Do it!! http://ping.fm/BkHH0

auuuuggghhhhhhh i'm excited i can't tell you why but i will tell you soon. :D

Please RT -> I'm sandwiched btwn Gillian Welch & Tori Amos, ooh!! TOP 100 FAVOURITE FEMALE VOCALISTS OF DECADE http://ping.fm/yE1LK

With some of my favorite people in our living room.... Oh what a world. http://ping.fm/Tpi6L

RT! WOW! Live from Jammin Java : photos by KELLY NEEL she is great!!! + New song from EP! http://ping.fm/HoSG0 Enjoy :)

Fantastic article in Memphis newspaper about show.... ADAM LEVY is amazing. http://ping.fm/N8Ded

I <3 MEEEEEMMMMMPPPPPHHHHIIIIISSSSSSSS!!!!!! Woke up all silly this morning, instigating tickle fights.

EP Release w/Adam Levy --> 12/5 MEMPHIS... 12/7 NASHVILLE... 12/8 ATLANTA... 12/10 BIRMINGHAM... 12/12 DAHLONEGA... 12/14 ST. LOUIS! http://ping.fm/NQWfK

about to tuck in in savannah, ga.... smiling & thinking about how magical life is. go life. you are the best. ;) nighty night.

Thank you NH for such a great tour kick-off!!! NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT 10pm @ The Living Room EP Release with Adam Levy!! http://LivingRoomNY.com xoxx

happiness!!!! woke up 5:30, drove through the rain singing, ate meatballs w/ adam levy and now we get to play a show at TUPELO!! i <3 NH.

Dylan's "Just Like A Woman" wrecks me. Adam Levy and I cover it on new EP, here's solo live version http://ping.fm/1QoVY

YAY YAY YAYYYYY Duo EP Release Tour w/ADAM LEVY! 11/30-Tupelo (NH) 12/1-LivingRoom (NYC) 12/2-JamminJava (VA) 12/3-SentientBean (GA) http://ping.fm/BJRUY

Leftover thanks --> I am thankful for bourbon candied yams. You?

THANK YOU thank you THANK YOU.... I'm a lucky girl to have you all in my life. ;) Happy Thanksgiving!!

At airport, about to fly home... Left Coast Tour was unbelievable, THANK YOU for showing so much love. My heart is warm. ;)

i love touring with chris pierce, don't want it to end.. last show together (for now) in SEATTLE TONIGHT @ High Dive 6pm!! Would <3 to see u

driving through sisters, oregon: "oh, it's so cute here!" -me "it'll be cute once we get through this storm here!" -CP

i heart bend

While you're at it.... download my song "PILOT" for Free! http://ping.fm/Xo4K9

Whoa. You can get my whole Unfinished Art EP right now for $1.84 on Amie Street. Do it! http://ping.fm/Mm1u2

What should we do today in SAN FRANCISCO before our show????? Favorite things to do / places to eat?

I adore Joey Ryan. :)CALIFORNIA. Everyone needs some place beautiful..... ♫ http://blip.fm/~giwhb

even more amazing..... JASON REEVES new e.p. *JUST CAME OUT ON iTUNES!!!!* Get it!!!! http://ping.fm/JWt4e

glow-in-the-dark mini golf is amazing.

life, you're magical. thanks life. :)

Tonight Tonight TONIGHT!!! The Mint The Mint THE MINT!!! 8pm @LeliaBroussard 9pm meeeeee, 10pm @ChrisPierce <---- YEAH!!! I love LA.

ON TOUR w/ CHRIS PIERCE!! 11/13-SanDiego 11/14-LA 11/15-Ventura 11/18-SanFrancisco 11/19-Bend 11/20-Portland 11/21-Seattle 11/22&23-Reno!!! http://ping.fm/lD1vP

check out this super rad interview ~i'm on the home page of IndieMuse.com, woot woot! http://ping.fm/NFS7M

*re-poof* hey i'm back!! missed you. :)

** Newsletter Fun!!! ** http://ping.fm/vhO7Q

Disappearing until Nov. 12th... *poof!* See you again in CA/OR/WA/NV for the Left Coast Tour with Chris Pierce. :) http://ping.fm/8CkgF

Wow, Justin Farren. He's amazing. http://ping.fm/SInLm

Let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie..... ♫ http://blip.fm/~fkk1k

I'll be TOURING THE LEFT COAST with Chris Pierce ** NOV. 12-22nd ** yeeeaaaaaayyya!! http://ping.fm/Y2HL3

sunny in atlanta, orange plaid.

attn Williamsburg (Bkln) come to spike hill NOW Bedford & 7th to see my friend Marcel Van Dam... all the way from France!

is dancing like nobody's watching! ('cause nobody's watching) :)

things i like

things i like:

shel silverstein
aikido
armicitia friendship charm
japan
einstein
yellow trees
jade
chad
adam levy wish list
dark humor
blind contour drawings
cinnamon
cedar
red bicycles
low chairs
parlor guitars
chopin
upright pianos with dark wood
green
patrick's sketchbooks
awkward nervous boys
swedish boots
my slippers from france that say "wherever you go we will keep you warm"
fred
harvey and barb
ed
john
crafts
my little fox
raw dates
my little bell keychain from mia
teddy bear
new hampshire
camping
vespas
dirt and mud
leaves
red and gray
colorado mug
writing songs that surprise me
expelling sadness with humor
tom waits
crying
laughing
flips
flops
glue sticks
you

i don't know how to do this.

THE ROYALTIES at fat baby 112 rivington & essex 7pm! now!! <3 <3 www.myspace.com/theroyaltiesofnorway

ALEX BERGER'S NEW RECORD IS COMING OUT!!!! Download a FREE song + Pre-Order here --> http://ping.fm/8Aq1d

My favorite Norwegian band THE ROYALTIES are playing NYC @ Fat Baby tonight 7pm... come join!! 112 Rivington @ Essex www.FatBabyNYC.com

Thank you everyone for coming out to the shows!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!! :) :) :)

CMJ Tonight!!!! *NEW YORK CITY* Rockwood Music Hall 8pm! www.RockwoodMusicHall.com & Gallery Bar (MPress Fest) 10:30pm www.GalleryBarNYC.com

trying to find my center.

8:30 TONIGHT!! 8:30 8:30 8:30 8:30 Canal Room (not 9:30) Hope to see you there! CMJ what what! www.CanalRoom.com

Good morning Burbank Airport. I'm in Seat A8, Gate 8A. My flight here was Seat A10 Gate 10A. I should win a prize or something....

Good morning Burbank Airport. I'm in Seat A8, Gate A10. My flight here was Seat A10 Gate 10A. I should win a prize or something....

whatdya know.... california permagrin snuck up and got me.

Amtrak to LA.... playing Room 5 tonight w/Marvin Etzioni, Joel Eckels, The Royalties (from Norway!) + Mai Bloomfield! www.Room5Lounge.com

grandma's house, just lost a game of boggle to her 94-100. need to step up my game.

on my first Virgin Air flight..... emergency exit row. ready for take off. feeling very clubby & hot pink.

continental breakfast excitement!

I really really love LA, especially when it's raining.. :) We're doing our @Paper_Raincoat CD Release @TheHotelCafe TONIGHT 10pm!!

Playing few songs as special guest at THE TROUBADOUR (LA) tonight with @JayNash -- so excited!!!! :) Come out!!! www.Troubadour.com

woke up this morning to rain falling on the roof and "good day sunshine" in my head. funny. ♫ http://blip.fm/~erkd1

woke up this morning to rain falling on the roof and "good day sunshine" in my head. funny.

back to the factory..... www.YouTube.com/MoonlightOverthrewU

Big post office run tmrw before leaving for tour again... If you want the Collector's Edition CD "Good Mystery" order it now! http://ping.fm/epHwK

Musicians On Call http://ping.fm/KnGc7

Ella's Cafe... good jazz... reading "The World As I See It" - Einstein. Today is good. Thank you....

that was fun.

"the missing piece" by shel silverstein is my favorite book.

Yay!! CD Release Party 2Night @ Joe's Pub NYC is *SOLD OUT!* - The Paper Raincoat / Elizabeth &TheCatapult. New album at http://ping.fm/lyF6y

Wow my album GOOD MYSTERY jumped back up to Top 25 on Amie Street!! Get it now for only $8.98 --> http://ping.fm/V79MX

home. first time sleeping in my own bed in over a month, aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. holding my teddy bear tight.

at harvard square coop looking for a good biography. any recommendations?

2am in our hotel room @ViennaTeng @AdamChristgau @HighCeilings and I had a full on crazy all-out pillow fight. I feel super this morning. :)

My song "Edge of My Seat" is featured on the homepage of the super-cool thesixtyone.com!! http://ping.fm/QXDCD Give it a heart!

life is fun. GO LIFE!! http://ping.fm/qevE9

Madison is *SOLD OUT* tonight!!! WOW Josh is ROCKIN IT!! If you don't know him, do. http://JoshuaRadin.com

never been so good at things ending.. woke up sad this morning that it's the last day of tour w @joshuaradin & gary jules. miss it already.

Did you order your GOOD MYSTERY box yet? Watch the 'making of' video here (my new album's in there!) http://ping.fm/YqW3v

Today's Word: cavort kuh-VORT 1.To bound or prance about. 2.To have lively or boisterous fun; to behave in a high-spirited, festive manner

they moved my time to 6:50pm ----> come early!! :) :) can't wait to see you all, i LOVE CHICAGO!!!!!!!!! http://houseofblues.com

is extremely happy. :D

riding my red bicycle around Chicago!! HOUSE OF BLUES 2Nite o/f JOSHUA RADIN & GARY JULES yayy yayyyyy yayyyayay!! I'm on 7pm Sharp!

eating Oscillococcinum and Elderberry, it's delicious. Thanks Gary.

i am the luckiest person in the world to have such amazing people all around me. thank you to you and you and you and you... :)

happy birthday me! :)

More Shows!! 9/22-INDIANAPOLIS. 9/23-DETROIT. 9/24-CHICAGO. 9/25-MINNEAPOLIS. 9/26-MADISON. Tickets at http://JoshuaRadin.com

Amazing SOLD OUT show in Columbus tonight opening for @JoshuaRadin and Gary Jules.... I love Ohio and I loooooovvvvvvveeeee this tour!!

We're in OHIO today!!!! Playing in CLEVELAND tonight, COLUMBUS tomorrow... and Monday is my birthday!! Eat a cupcake for me. :)

p.s. Check out this photo @JoshuaRadin took in Montreal... he's pretty darn brilliant http://ping.fm/h7VuL

I am a happy camper today. Picked up a bright red shiny 10-speed pawn shop bicycle yesterday. Pittsburgh post-show night ride tonight!! :)

HUGE Congratulations to Ryan Montbleau Band for winning the Vote to rock the JAM CRUISE!!!! YAY!! http://ping.fm/hta40

HELLO CANADA!!!! I love you. We're playing at La Tulipe tonight at 7:30... I mean, ce soir à sept heures et demie. Ooh la la. Come out!!

Perfect Saturday night in New Haven.... ended with Tom Petty Runnin' Down a Dream documentary. WOW. ♫ http://blip.fm/~dagns

I'm on at 6:45 sharp now @ Toad's.... COME EARLY!!!!

New Haven, CT Tonight @ Toad's Place 7pm sharp!! Opening for Joshua Radin & Gary Jules! I LOVE THIS TOUR. :) :) :) :)

Oooh I like Albany already!! Delicious Vietnamese food and funky daily grind coffeehouse... who woulda thunk?

Coffee shop in Norfolk, VA... tour Day 1. Music on right now is "Whoa amber is the color of your energy...." R... ♫ http://blip.fm/~d3kw7

I'mSoExcitedAndIJustCan'tHideIt,I'mAboutToLoseControlAndIThinkILikeIt(aLot)!!! TOUR STARTS TONIGHT opening for JOSHUA RADIN & GARY JULES!!

Excited for SUNDAY NIGHT @ ROCKWOOD... 9pm Garrison Starr, 10pm The Cardboard Bikini (shh.. secret!) Oh boyyyyyyy http://ping.fm/3g87V

Jeff Taylor just played one of the greatest shows I've seen in my life. http://ping.fm/UTKGp

Jeff Taylor just played one of the greatest shows I've seen in my life. www.myspace.com/dumpsterhunter

Even after 3 years of living in New York I still get all giddy coming back into the city. :) :)
I <3 NYC!!

People should not fight with their boyfriend loudly over the phone in the fourth row left seat of the bolt bus, it's really awkward.

post office was so full this morning and i had so many boxes that they pulled me behind the counter to sticker everything myself!! i love brooklyn.

En route to BOSTON: House of Blues TONIGHT opening for Ryan Montbleau!! (Semi-private) http://ping.fm/LFvF6

magnolia!

Going on tour through THE SOUTH with Adam Levy in December (yay!).... where should we play / eat / visit?

little (mystery) boxes on the hillside little boxes made of ticky tacky...

oh boy oh boy oh boy Marvin Etzioni's new album MARVIN COUNTRY is out on iTunes!! http://ping.fm/BrRCy

I love @JoeyRyan 's new EP. Joey, release it, release it!! Hurry!! It's SOOOOOOOO great!!!!! http://ping.fm/CNh0p

Happy Saturday :) WOW. RT @popwreckoning: This just in!: Amber Rubarth @ Club Passim, Cambridge, MA http://bit.ly/v8FQm

hahaha my first iMovie!! http://ping.fm/uW0v2

just made my first movie on iMovie!!

making. mystery. boxes. Did you get yours yet? http://ping.fm/kYI2W

whoa WHOA Tom Robinson is playing my song on the BBC!!!! Email Tom to request more! http://ping.fm/pdr38 THANK YOU!!

whoa WHOA Tom Robinson is playing my song on the BBC!!!! Send in your request for more! http://ping.fm/HzkYz THANK YOU!!

RT @hdsander Woohoo! @ambeRRubarth Good Mystery is #1 album on AmieStreet!!! Edge of My Seat is #1 song!!! http://ping.fm/U911c

i love the bolt. bussing to BOSTON @ClubPassim 2NITE!!!!!! Dean Fields opens! Austin Nevins rocks guitar! 7:30! http://ClubPassim.org Yeah yeah yeah!!

Wow wow super duper REVIEW of JOE'S PUB show last night!! Thank you!!!!!!!!! http://ping.fm/dRX4g

holy moly!!!!!!!!!! you all SOLD OUT Joe's Pub before the show even started!!!!!!!! thank you thank you I am so grateful wow. :) :) :)

JOE'SPUB*joespub*JOESPUB*joespub*6:30pmStart*ohboyohboyohboy!!!!! THANK YOU!!! x http://JoesPub.com

i will individualize these later... but for now ONE GIGANTIC ENORMOUS **T*H*A*N*K***Y*O*U*!*!*!** xoxo

Whoa lookie lookie I'm featured on the Music Home page at MySpace.com!! http://ping.fm/7dSOD YEAHHHHH!!! :) Listen to the new songs, get the album!

just fell in a pothole while running

ohmygosh Hello Today!! Eeeeeee!!! :) :) :)

Did everyone get their tickets for JOE'S PUB in NYC Tomorrow??? I'm SO EXCITED!!!! http://ping.fm/aaY0A **6:30pm**

Oooh ooh big feature in the NYC Artists blog!! http://ping.fm/LLR3S yaaayyyyy!!!

jeff brady's new song upside down is stellar

hello sunny boston. playing outside in kendall square in 14 mins, come say hello.. bring ice cubes.

Nurses are incredible.

JOE'S PUB *NYC* this FRIDAY!!! TICKETS HERE ---> http://ping.fm/hAspQ 6p doors, 6:30 Threeds Oboe Trio, 7p I'm on (special guests galore!)

May 2010 EUROPE here we come!! Touring w. Jim Bianco ohhhhhh boooyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

It's up it's up it's UP!!! Check out my new song "PILOT" on MySpace! http://ping.fm/dq3M2

Putting a NEW SONG PREVIEW up on MySpace today... which one will it be?? Requests?

Street Team is up and running!! Go Team! Wanna join? Email --> StreetTeam@ambeRRubarth.com (yay!)

turned dirt over all morning

"Give me a holler when you want to hang out. I'll know it's you 'cause I got Holler I.D." ~ Adam Levy

just posted ANOTHER NEW SONG PREVIEW at http://ping.fm/zSe9w - Full Moon in Paris!

OOOH here's a FREE SONG FOR YOU!!! ---> http://ping.fm/35IAw (because i like you a lot).

my favorite artist. makes something as undesirable as freeway in LA look so good! http://ping.fm/alPpo

good Mr. E

can't decide... (help!) should i include home-recorded instrumental piano song at end of my cd? Y/N

*BIG NEWS* Get the Collector's Edition of my NEW ALBUM!!! --> http://ping.fm/ubapp (and help fund the record!)

looooooooonnnnnnnggggggg (but productive) day! go david peters, you are the mix man.

Nudge it til you dig it.

BEST WEEK OF MY LIFE, hands down. http://ping.fm/2PH7A <-- The Vespa Experiment NEW VIDEO!!!

WOW. I am blessed.

mixingeditingplayingdesigningohboynewgoodmysterycd!!!!

alex wong killed it today on vocals / perc for "This Is Real" YEAH! can't wait for you all to hear it!

Hey look I'm on The Bedroom Sessions!! http://ping.fm/1uQle created by the lovely + talented @JuliePeel

learning Japanese.. just finished with "Where is the train station" and "No, I won't eat but I'll drink." Useful things first.

recording alone at house, love it!

Do any of you Blip? I just started, need some pointers!

morning recording w/ p. brill, now climbing tree in central park...

bedtime, grey beatles shirt, teddy bear..

...and of course this (for Lost fans) --> http://ping.fm/c2Rjs

Finalizing "Good Mystery" Collector's Edition CD Packaging (yay!).. googled mystery box + found this http://ping.fm/9A5Nb

the library gets loud on wednesdays.

looking for email to write thank u to the person who wrote #HuffingtonPost article on me and saw it was PHIL RAMONE!! wha?!? http://ping.fm/9V9hx

Shuffle always knows what I need when I don't. American Tune (P.Simon), *unreleased* #9 (Andi Almqvist), Across the Universe (R.Wainwright)

Hurry hurry, vote for RYAN MONTBLEAU BAND to play the Jam Cruise!!! http://ping.fm/etHhW Looks like he's in 2nd place right now!

THE HUFFINGTON POST did a feature on my song, WHOAAAA!!!!!! RT + tell your friends! ---> http://ping.fm/y9YdW

Woww!! THE HUFFINGTON POST just featured me on their site!! ---> (w/ free download!) http://ping.fm/mWcgh

listening to "photographs & memories" by @jasonreeves and reminiscing The Vespa Experiment http://ping.fm/CKxUP

paper raincoat @ troubadour tonight = Alex Wong, ambeR + (drum roll...) Eddie Jackson on drums!! ;)

going to The Troubadour for sound check... oy oy wow excited!! The Paper Raincoat o/f The Rescues' Cd Release!

Thank you everyone who came to the San Diego show!! Special shouts to Andy from AZ + Ken + Laura + Gary for driving all the way out!!

Oh sandy SAN DIEGO how I've missed you. Playing @ LESTATS http://lestats.com TONIGHT, 9pm w. Joey Ryan + Dawn Mitschelle, yay!

en route to LA, enjoying a brilliant book by michel gondry from seat 23e. http://michelgondry.com

sang national anthem at WTT final home game + took a picture with Billie Jean!

soul power + adam levy = perfect nyc summer day!

yay thank you to everyone who came to rockwood music hall!!!!!! feels like home there. :) :) :)

Playing at ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL Tonight 8pm with @BergerAlex yeah!! i <3 NYC.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING? please reply with an object.

whoa! AND the ice cream truck drives right by here!!!!! dreammmmmmy!

just found amazing wireless signal under tree at the park!!! this will be my new office, picnics every day! :)

Congrats to PAUL BRILL ~ Best Music Emmy nomination for The Devil Came on Horseback!! http://ping.fm/rDEHq <-- amazing film, incredible music.

Tomorrow is a BIG day!! Yay, tomorrow!

the world keeps turning, the world keeps turning...

flew home this morning to new york, where are youuuuuu

retrack rewind church alex eddie david mark

:: NEW Europe BLOG yo! :: http://ping.fm/TavHh

oh look, it's tomorrow already! well then... I'M GOING ON TOUR W. JOSHUA RADIN + GARY JULES IN SEPTEMBER!! yeahhhhhooooo mmmhm

my phone's being a moody iBiotch

guess who i get to tour with this september?!! we're announcing the tour soon, probably tomorrow... :) :)

listening to new paper raincoat mixes... eddie jackson is the MAN!

learning Chopin's Nocturne in Eb major on piano

"As youth fades and time brings changes, we may change many of our present opinions. So let us refrain from setting ourselves up as judge of the highest matters." -PLATO

dublin

messed up

went to wimbledon!! http://ping.fm/ey2JZ

i have a lot to learn.

i heart london. got to play w/ ed romanoff + @bergeralex ~ check them out! thank you to everyone for coming!!!

* LONDON LONDON LONDON * July 1 @ Monkey Chews!! w/ the great Alex Berger & Ed Romanoff!

TONIGHT *sweden* festival w. theresa andersson + annika fehling! JULY 1 in *london* w. alex berger + ed romanoff!!

just had a deep conversation with a bird, in whistles.

first night of *real* sleep this tour. ahhhh it feels good.

just remembered i'm in sweden, emails can wait... i'm going running along the baltic sea!!

"i see you give more than i can take, well i only harvest some..... as the days fly past, will we lose our grasp or fuse it in the sun." neil young

"Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave." -Longfellow http://ping.fm/DBZfA

early train to stockholm, switch in copenhagen. they moved us to 1st class w free breakfast + wifi. time to read poetry + drink fancy water with my pinky out.

i want to start reading some good poetry. anything you recommend?

gee golly gosh i adore europe! ;)

can't get enough of DENMARK!!! on a mission to find pytti panna + apvelskevr.

We play Le Lapin Blanc ~FRANCE~ (the white rabbit) tonight! woohoooo

runs a tight ship.

paris paris pariiiiissssss!!!!! divan du monde TONIGHT http://divandumonde.com

thirty hour choo choo!

woke up from a dream that i was sleeping... now i'm utterly confused.

is on a boat

1st concert of tour, stavanger norway. WOW. amazing audience (2 encores!), great write up in the newspaper, and the last colors of the sun are just setting over the sea at 2:07am.....

... big news .... (p.s. !!!) http://ping.fm/tXWlF

yayyyy norrrwwwwaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!! :) :)

nothing like a good long run through the airport.

just ate the best mango that ever was.. has been up for 31 hours straight... and is about to get on a plane to norway. goodbye new york xx

"no sleep til brooklyn" but i'm in brooklyn right now and i can't sleep? hmph.

reeeeeeeewind, please rain rain go away you're too loud on the roof for our sensitive microphones.

whoa, i just remembered we're GOING ON TOUR TO EUROPE TOMORROW!

good mystery.

11 songs, all new.

wow, i think WE JUST FINISHED A RECORD!!!! big ol' enormously huge thanks to david peters, austin nevins, michael valerio, kevin rice, portland cello project, and kiel feher (all featured!). lucky me!!!

.......his eyes are closed." -ALBERT EINSTEIN

he to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.......

it is the source of all true art and all science.....

"the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious......

+ album mixes round 1!!!!!!!!!!!!! piddy in the hizzle.

iphone scrabble w adam levy on nj train to elvis costello

I'M PLAYING @ JOE'S PUB!!!!!!! Aug. 21 @ 7p --> Get your ticket here! http://ping.fm/hd3IZ

holy thunderstorm!! and of course right in the middle of the sensitive vocal take....

JFK yay yay yay feels like home

9 hours left in the studio before i fly back to nyc.... it's go go go time!! just finished THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

rhodes: 3 intensity. 6.5 speed. 8 treble. 4 bass.

pump organ!

the drinking song has a video... what do you think? http://ping.fm/Pxfu6 p.s. SUBSCRIBE!! i'll put more up soon.

edge of my seat, new wish we'd gotten drunk, and full moon in paris next.

ps. thanks tim for telling me about the creek behind the church here, it's glorious. :)

just tracked "song to thank the stars" and "when it fits" - I LOVE RECORDING TO ANALOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

recording "when will the spring come again" on my faaaaavvvvooorrrriiittee guitar <3

hello microphone.

edge of my seat

Help SAVE PASTE Magazine!! I donated an unreleased song of mine here: http://ping.fm/RRHti --> plus more from Josh Ritter, Ben Folds, The Decemberists, Joe Pug, Julie Peel + more!

i heart the belfry http://ping.fm/80mI8

there ain't nothing to see here..... (see i just wiped my finger clean right under the rug)

wish we'd gotten drunk...

my cab to the airport just got pulled over by cop for illegal right turn! :( hope I don't miss flight

work work work work work.... auuugh! SUNRISE!! .

Leaving in the morning to record in the church upstate!! Yaaay yay yay new acoustic raw pretty record. :)

ps. roof gardens rock

recording new version of an old song, now with more food and wine references and a charmingly delusional character...

lovely day in jersey, train home soon

watching the most beautiful trash-truck video ever (epic!) for jason reeves' song "someone somewhere" http://ping.fm/Da86U

everybody loves a good mystery.

i'm in a weird mood.

difficult piano part but i think i got it. yayyyyyy new paper raincoat album!!!! getting close(r).

yeah you're right i breathe better without a metronome. ahhh free at last, free at last.

G minor harmonic scale w the metronome.... went to turn it off and switch broke off aaaaauuuugggghhhhhhhh click click click click _

turtle pond!

guitar guitar guitar busted tube amp more guitar piano piano guitar piano pen paper aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh :)

just planted a garden w alex. hello spring!

unflimsifying.

yeeeaahh! just flew back to new york, jamaican band playing live at jet blue terminal at 5:30am I love this place!!!!!

7 hour salt lake city layover, played some guitar and met a ladybug friend.

olallieberry pie with fresh cut mint leaves

happy birthday to chad my very very favorite brother in the whole entire world!

last show in CALIFORNIA TONIGHT!!! 6pm sacramento w/ justin farren & paul brill + band!!!!! http://bluelamp.com

pretty sure my new world of "more trees, less computers" is good.

on my way to mill valley police dept. file report.

couldn't find my purse

on the ocean

woke up in the clouds

** SAN FRANCISCO TONIGHT!! ** @ Cafe Du Nord ~ The Vespa Experiment continues..... http://ping.fm/fpGJd

camp. run to top. observation deck. sand hills. run down. san lorenzo river. redwood forest. diffused light. can't tell how steep til you are on your way out.

i'm in the running for Deli Mag's Artist of the month!!! -->VOTE FOR ME!!! http://ping.fm/JUut2

vespas up the coast to big sur, over 1000 elephant seals on the way! dreeeeaaaammmmyyy!!!!!

just met my stunt double

First 25 people to e-mail zoey@zoeyscafe.com get 1/2 price tickets for tomorrow night's show at The Lodge @ Zoey's! www.MySpace.com/TheVespaExperiment

activity #1 of the vespa experiment: nighttime swinging on swingset by the ocean!

is on The Vespa Experiment!!! http://ping.fm/VYJPW

the waaaaaiiting is the haarrrdest part

life just got dreamier! thank you LA. :) http://ping.fm/Wtwfh

woke up in a tree house this morning!!

** Hey Los Angeles!! ---> BIG Concert @ HOTEL CAFE this Thurs 4/30 @ 9pm!!! Ooooooh yeaaaahhhh!!

is country bumpkin today. dirtbike, ripped jeans + strawberries!

Reno was fuuuuunnnnn!!!! wish I could've stayed longer, thank you everyone for coming out!!

RENO TONIGHT!! maytan music 7pm starts, i'm on at 8! see you there, yaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I have fallen in like-you-a-lot with Portland, Oregon. CONCERT TONIGHT @ 8:30, I'm on 9:15!

whooaaaa we got a standing ovation at the aladdin theater!!! thank you portland! :) :) :)

wong +3, rubarth 0.

brisk morning, amtrak portland to seattle. reunited w. paper raincoat + vienna teng tonight @ triple door!

good day sunshine (bum ba dum bum)

run-ins with ryan montbleau + band in portland! = :D

No time to search the world around 'cause you know where I'll be found when I come aroooouuuunnnd.

the eagle has landed. seattle!

Next Week --> 4/23 PORTLAND, OR! 4/24 RENO, NV! 4/26 VACAVILLE, CA! 4/30 LOS ANGELES, CA! 5/2 The Vespa Experiment Begins.... http://ping.fm/U1XOS

just played culture shock festival w. the paper raincoat @ SUNY purchase... so fun! my first festival! no shoes!

is ultimate tigeR

boston with austin!! toad! tonight!! 7:30-9 www.toadcambridge.com

Oh, and--> Get your tix for FRIDAY'S BIG SHOW @ Drom (NYC) Now!!! Music + acrobats + jugglers.. yeahh!!!! http://ping.fm/ioh4z

designed 2 new cd covers ~ one for THIS FRIDAY @ Drom (NYC) - first 200 people get FREE Compilation CD... and one for my new EP w/ Adam Levy! whew!

mmmm rain smells nice!

and it's six in the morning/ gave me no warning/ i had to be on my waaaaayyyy.....

Amber Rubarth in MA, NY, WA, OR, NV and CA.... + Join the STREET TEAM!!

WOW WOw WOW woot woot yeaH.

I got to open for Colin Hay (of Men at Work) last Thursday at my favorite venue, Tupelo Music Hall, in New Hampshire. It was glorious and magical and SOLD OUT and I sold out of every last CD I had (!!). Colin was magnificent.

AND last weekend we got to open for Vienna Teng's first 3 CD Release shows with my band The Paper Raincoat, SOLD OUT at Somerville Theater (where U2 just played last month!) and Le Poisson Rouge, plus we played the beautiful Keswick Theatre! Check out Vienna's new record, it's beautiful (and produced by my Paper Raincoat partner in crime, Alex Wong). We get to do more openings for her along the west coast too, yay!

I love life. I feel so lucky. I am trying now to start doing things a little differently, more time for writing, living, and making a positive impact on the world at large. Being more pro-active in life. If you have ideas on how, send 'em my way!

bum bum bum... announcing the STREET TEAM!!!
Starting Wednesday I'm doing a whole bunch of shows that last for the next 5 weeks... including my Biggest Show in NYC so far (with circus acts!!) at DROM on Friday the 17th, plus a great one at Toad in Boston, the Culture Shock Festival at SUNY Purchase with The Paper Raincoat, and a bunch of west coast dates! I would love to see you.

So in celebration, we are launching the new street team (yayyy!!!) and I would love if you want to get involved. I am very lucky to have someone taking the reigns on captaining the team (thank you Amanda!), so we’ll have all kinds of ways available to you to help promote the shows, spread the word, and in appreciation we’ll be able to give you tickets, CDs, and more as our thank you. Yay yay yayyy!!! Sign up for the STREET TEAM by sending an email here streetteam@amberrubarth.com and we’ll give you all the details on how you can get involved.

And most importantly, THANK YOU! ie. merci beaucoup, duomo arigato gozaimasu, gracias, etc. I could not do this without you, and I’m glad now we have a proper way of thanking you for helping out with all of this!!

Life is good. I am writing a lot. Can’t wait to share some new songs with you. Even wrote a country tune the other day called "Wish We'd Gotten Drunk." Wow. Looking this week for some great duets, and still working on compiling songs for my cover song project when I have spare time. DO YOU KNOW ANY GREAT DUETS you can recommend I check out?

We also just announced THE VESPA EXPERIMENT which is going to be crazy and fun and help the environment and did I mention crazy and fun? It’s with two of my favoritest favorites, Jason Reeves and Brendan James. Oh boy oh boy. Up the California coast on (you guessed it).... Vespas! Camping at night, a whole bunch of traditional and non-traditional venues including campgrounds and beaches. If you have ideas for where else we can play, email info@amberrubarth.com and we’ll do our best to include them. We’ll be filming the whole thing too, and broadcasting daily webisodes so you can watch the whole thing from home!&nb! sp; I am getting my motorcycle license next week. No, seriously. Brought to you by Greenpeace and Vespa - we're going to do our part to stop Global Warming. More info here, more to be announced soon: http://MySpace.com/TheVespaExperiment. It's our first time doing this type of tour and we could really use your support to make it great. If you'd like to help us please write to vespaexperiment@gmail.com They'll hook you up with promo stuff and tickets to shows and cd's and more!

Okay. You rock.

Here are the dates coming up. It’s going to be spectacular. Lots of big shows!!!
For The Paper Raincoat dates, please visit http://MySpace.com/ThePaperRaincoat and you can sign up for that separate newsletter there too.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES!!

WED 4.15 (CAMBRIDGE, MA) @ Toad duo w/ Austin Nevins, fun! 7:30 - 9pm. Hugh McGowan is at 10pm too so stick around, he's fantastic.

FRI 4.17 (NEW YORK, NY) @ Drom – BIG SHOW!!!! With Acrobats + Jugglers! 7pm
If you are going to come to one of my shows, make it this one!!! Note the venue change, we are now holding this at the beautiful venue in the East Village, DROM. We will have acrobats, jugglers, and much much more. Featuring Paul Brill and his Gigantic Enormity, ambeR Rubarth, The Flying Change (CD Release) and MC Andrew Vladeck, Sound Sculpture by Ezekiel Honig. Doors at 7pm, 8pm start, I am on at 9pm but I would recommend getting there no later than 8. TICKETS ON SALE at www.dromNYC.com

4.23 (PORTLAND, OR) @ Backspace 8pm

4.24 (RENO, NV) @ Maytan Music - Tyler Stafford opens. 7pm

4.26 (VACAVILLE, CA) @ WineStyles - early show! 3pm

4.26 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) @ Hotel Utah Saloon - w/ Kyler England + Heather Combs! 7pm

4.30 (LOS ANGELES, CA) Hotel Café - BIG SHOW Yeah!! 9pm

THE VESPA EXPERIMENT Begins!
Featuring Jason Reeves, Brendan James + ambeR Rubarth ~ doing our part to stop global warming and spread happiness.

5.02 (HERMOSA BEACH, CA) Saint Rocke
5.03 (LOS ANGELES, CA) Roxy
5.05 (VENTURA, CA) The Lodge
5.07 (SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA) Downtown Brew w/ my favorite Jay Nash too, yahoo!
5.09 (SAN JOSE, CA) Private Event
5.10 (MONTEREY, CA) Monterey Live
5.12 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Cafe Du Nord

EUROPE EUROPE EUROPE!!! Dates will be announced soon! Duo tour with Austin Nevins, June 13 – July 8th in Norway, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the UK. We still have some to fill in, so if you have suggestions, send us an email! I heart Europe.

I think that is all for now. I heart you. Be well, and keep in touch.

K.I.T. yo. OMG.
okay, I need to stop drinking caffeine, it makes me crazy.

If you're into all the SOCIAL NETWORKING STUFF, here I am. Everyone's doing it, give in give in give in.

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www.LAST.FM/music/Amber+Rubarth
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Also, you can GET MY NEWEST CD, "NEW GREEN LINES" HERE! Back in stock, woot woot. www.CDBaby.com/Rubarth3

And of course on iTUNES right HERE.

xoxx happy mondaY.
.ambeR

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Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you know in California, Oregon, Washington, New York, Massachusetts, and Europe!! :)

Check out the TOUR + JOIN THE STREET TEAM! http://ping.fm/U61xf

"i before e, except after c, or when sounding like a as in neighbor or weigh." what about WEIRD? weird.

Looking for some good duets.... what's your favorite?

i heart home recording.... it's like a big playground. today i've been doing vocal harmonies through a fender amp. sounds rad!!

windy sunny sundaY

Last night was incredible! SOLD OUT show, sold out of all my CDs (!!), Colin Hay was brilliant. Thank you Londonderry! ;)

OpeningforCOLINHAYtonight@tupelomusichall!!!(NH)

work tea green harvard square sunny yay

is rocking the Somerville Theater tonight with The Paper Raincoat, opening for Vienna Teng, yay!

born to run

yayyyy we got a new venue! 4/17 NYC Show (with acrobats, jugglers, etc.) is on @ DROM www.dromnyc.com - THANK YOU everyone for your help!

off to jersey to see jade!

The show will go on!! Found a beautiful new venue for April 17th NYC @ Drom. Thank you!! www.dromnyc.com

it sucks to have the rug pulled out from under you.... but it feels spectacular knowing we have so many friends. thanks everyone, we'll find something!! the show must go on!!!

Our HUGE NYC show at LE POISSON ROUGE on the 17th just cancelled on us!! The show must go on, but we're looking for a room. Ideas??? http://ping.fm/gTF9e

just finished making a banner for the vespa tour. that's right.

only 24 hours later and i already miss touring w ryan montbleau...

thank you northampton! thank you new hampshire! thank you boston!! and thank you amy for baking cupcakes. :)

well worth 11 minutes of your time http://ping.fm/Gu5ES

ambeR Rubarth song "Show Your Weakness" on ABC's Premiere of CUPID (New TV Sitcom) after Dancing with the Stars

My song "SHOW YOUR WEAKNESS" (Co-written by Marvin Etzioni & Amber Rubarth) is on the premiere episode of CUPID on ABC tonight!! March 31st, 10/9C (right after Dancing With The Stars!). Or rather "was" I suppose, I think it aired a few hours ago. I don't have a TV so I haven't seen it, but at least one person in the world has already written to me and said they heard it on there. I wonder what kind of scene they put it in?

This is pretty darn exciting for me. The only other thing I've had on network TV (well, I guess two things) was my song "NOVACAINE" (written by me, and I played guitar, wurly and sang on it) on NBC's show SAMANTHA, WHO? with Christina Applegate, in a scene where some lady is jealous and the song hits just as she opens her blouse to the dude and says "What, these aren't good enough for you?" Apparently the other lady likely had a better boob job, or perhaps she is not as nuts to do something like that. I don't understand TV, haven't had one since my mom threw it out when I was a kid because my dad watched too much Star Trek.

Oh yeah, and Real World Brooklyn also just aired (last week!) my song "ROUGH CUT" (The Paper Raincoat Remix) --co-written Amber Rubarth & Alex Wong, produced by the insanely talented Alex Wong) on REAL WORLD BROOKLYN. We both live in Brooklyn also, but apparently we are in the fake part of it because it is not anything like the show. Rough Cut played over a very dramatic phone call between Eric and his girlfriend. I hope it works out with them.

That is all for now. Thank you TV for liking my songs, they like you too (a lot).
Yay.
.ambeR

sxsw was rad
got to see lots of great music, play a few really great shows, meet a lot of great people, speak on my first panel (woohoo!), visit with a bunch of my favorite people all at the same time.
there were a few moments amidst the craziness of half hour band switches and crowded streets and barbeque that slowed down perfectly...
jason reeves' show at the driskill hotel, everyone sitting on the floor. jason is a wonderful writer.
ray don and his backwash band at the one 2 one, specifically the moment when he jumped up on the bar mid-song and tore off his overalls to reveal american flag underwear and sing about what his grandma taught him.
skipping around town lake (which is actually a city river) with jason and julie and makana, looking at turtles.
talking with my manager slim moon and realizing how cool it is to be working with people i admire so much.
and lots more...

i stayed up all friday night and hopped a plane from austin to panama city, florida at 6am. bart and elijah picked me up from the airport and we went back to the house to set up for the concert that night. they went all out, such lovely people and a beautiful setting.... outdoor concert, pre-sold out with the most people they've ever had there (yay!), under mossy trees in warm florida air. carrot cake. home cooked dinner from susan. concert was terrific, entire night felt connected and beautiful and honest, don't know what could be better.

my goal this week is to get out of my head. heart above head. i've found myself overthinking things lately. i even just overthunk writing out my goal.

instead, i will play more, lose myself more in what i'm doing.
waaaaaayeeeaahhhhhhh sing more and snap more and skip more and love more and dance more.

act naturally. play. edit later. isn't as good to edit during or you miss the experience.
hope you are well. i'm happy to be back in new york.

played a secret set last night at 1am with john elliott who is brilliant. it was fun. i've never seen such an enthusiastic audience that late on a sunday night, or maybe ever. i was smiling the whole time and it's always nice standing next to someone you admire so much, trading songs back and forth and then catching your jaw when they play their next song.

thank you everyone who came to the shows in austin and florida and new york, and of course to you for reading this. wow.
i love people (a lot).

morning has come.

i want to be great

i often have this tug of war with songwriting, jerking back and forth across the line of feeling like i just discovered something important and beautiful, and feeling like a 9 year old turning a paper in that doesn't deserve more than a B- (and that's if the teacher's feeling nice).

i want to be great. i want to write great songs. i want to have a repertoire that can evoke emotion from a room and take them on a journey that stays with them years later, that they can lock that moment into their memory and bring it up when they want to feel something. i want to add to the world in a way that lasts, and i want to do it through music. i want to have songs that people listen to quiet in their rooms at night when they are trying to get through hardships, and i want to have songs that you can turn up loud in the mornings and feel like it is a great day to be alive.

i've been on the receiving end of this musical goodness from some of my favorite artists (recent ones that come to mind are tom waits, john elliott, andi almqvist, josh ritter, louis armstrong, randy newman) and i want to do everything i can to be someone who creates music that means that much to someone else.

it doesn't happen by getting a record deal or a placement on grey's anatomy or being invited to a big showcase or being in the top 10 most listened to artists. all of those are wonderful and have nothing to do with it. a great song is or isn't there, and i don't know exactly what it takes but i know that it doesn't change its greatness based on exposure.

i do believe those things are terribly important, a great song unheard is sadder than a dropped ice cream cone (and that's sad). i've been incredibly lucky in my journey so far to have so many amazing people and opportunities that have stopped by, and i've appreciated and loved every one. right now i need to get back to the songs, i am yearning to know the guitar and piano more closely and write deeper and dig further inside and improve myself as a songwriter and musician and performer. get to the core, the honest good stuff.

these last few days i've locked myself inside and written, practiced or recorded just about every waking moment.

it is the most wonderful thing i've done in 4 years.

i'm going to do more, and am excited to have new songs to share with you soon.

i'll be staying off myspace and facebook for a while so i can practice and write fully without interruption. i feel like if i don't do it now i won't do it. can't wait to share what i dig up with you, i'll post little videos and songs every so often, so please subscribe to my youtube channel if you want to hear the in progress stuff. and i'll surely still check in here still every so often to send you some love. :)

http://youtube.com/moonlightoverthrewu

thank you for listening.
you are all remarkable.

more news soon. xO
.ambeR