In our top ten highlights of 2009, we listed The Indie Rock Coloring Book (IRCB) as our biggest proponent for change. The book has inspired people to color, both with each other and against each other! It has allowed us to spread the good word about YBP, all over the world. We’ve been able to put on events, such as The Indie Rock Coloring Book launch at the Housing Works Bookshop in NYC, which featured Elvis Perkins and Ra Ra Riot, and raised money to support low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS. We’ve done our best to make a difference and inspire change.

Now, with this awful disaster which has stricken Haiti, we feel compelled to help. Andy J. Miller came to us with the idea of coloring in every single page of the book, to then have auctioned off as a sort of special limited edition collectors piece, with the funds from the winning bid going directly towards Haiti relief.

Here are a fews words from Andy J:

Coloring one of the books and auctioning it for Haiti was actually my wife’s idea! When we heard about the earthquake in Haiti it really moved us and we started coming up with ideas between us of how we could do our bit. I have put lots of time and effort into the coloring. It has been rewarding to finally color one of my books, and it felt even better to do it for a great reason. I’m sure you agree that this disaster in Haiti has been eye opening and truly heartbreaking. It is such an awful tragedy. I really encourage you to make a bid on this coloring book, and if you don’t win I hope you will donate to the cause anyway.

- Andy J. Miller

Click here  to be whisked away to ebay.com, where you can place you bid on this special keepsake. All of the money will benefit Partners in Health.

Auction has ended, and $152 has been raised for Haiti relief! Thanks to Andy and everyone who placed a bid.

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Thanks to The Middle Distance Runner, from Meet You At The Show, for the tipski.

Hi Birdies,

You have seen The Indie Rock Coloring Book (IRCB). Now witness the experience. Introducing Color Me Indie, official companion game to the IRCB. This interactive microsite has been created to promote the IRCB and our t-shirts alike. Challenge your friends, draw/guess the band name or indie track, and win loads of books & t-shirts. Simples! 

This game was conceived by YBP, with a skin designed by our main man, Andy J. Miller – illustrator of the IRCB.

CLICK HERE to start the fun!

Yellow Bird Project was featured on a live segment of  ”That Morning Show“, a where they talked about the project, showed off some of our sweet t-shirts (Little Boots & Bon Iver), and also had some delightful conversation around The Indie Rock Coloring Book. They had some children on the show, coloring their hearts out, as well as a couple others who did the same via satellite. Pretty much the cutest thing ever.

Megan McIsaac, A.K.A. “the most epic photographer EVER!” –  is back. Straight out of Portland, she has captured the product of our creation in its natural habitat. Mr. Yellow Bird loves good company, and the great outdoors. Here is, in his many forms;  Hoodies, t-shirts, coloring books. With crayons, leaves, a banjo and a tree (hey – that wouldn’t that be a bad name for a band, eh?).

Click here to see the rest of this fine photography.

“My son turns 3 in a week and a half, I now have to do everything I can to keep him from even remotely knowing who Kanye West is. This coloring book would go a long way“.

Three is a good age to start coloring!

Thanks to everyone who participated. Ten of our favourite responses will be announced in our next newsletter, which goes out soon. You can sign up to our newsletter on via our website.

For another chance to win a free coloring book, you can enter our competition with “My Love For You Is a Stampede of Horses, here. Thanks again (to all 37 of you) for taking part.

Wanna win one of these? We are giving 1 away. How to enter? Just give us your best reason of why The Indie Rock Coloring Book makes a great gift. A couple of examples:

- It’s a good gift for your niece of nephew, teach em’ a thing or two
- With crayons and a bottle of wine, it makes a fab dinner party gift!

To enter, simply comment on this blog with your response. The person with the most creative entry will be awarded a free book, and the best entries will be featured in our next newsletter!

Goodluck!

~This competition is now closed. Winner has been announced here. However, you can feel free to continue contributing responses!

Montreal. Where this all began for all of us, and I guess now where it ends. We concluded our Indie Rock Coloring Book tour in our home city of Montreal, on Labour Day weekend. It began with a daytime launch event at the Drawn & Quarterly Bookstore, on Bernard Street. This fun-filled afternoon was low key and family friendly, with adults, teenagers, and children – brownies, cookies, and juice - and lots of coloring. And, a very special acoustic solo performance from Murray Lightburn, of The Dears. 

For a full review of the event, read this terrific review by Christine Lariviere, from ‘Midnight Poutine’.

The Middle Distance Runner, chilling outside the Drawn & Quarterly bookshop.

A crowd of all ages, eagerly anticipating the performance of Mr. Lightburn.

Sam Roberts, The Dears, and YBP!

Click here to see the rest of the photos from this event!

The After Party took place in the evening in conjunction with SNAP Magazine @ SNAP’s loft. Yet again, it was another coloring adventure, bringing the Indie Rock Coloring Book to life with mystery punch, and other party delights.

More pictures here…

 THANK YOU – to all of you who came out to these events. It meant the world. Keep up the colouring! xoxo YBP

Hello Yellow Birds,

New York City was short, but sweet. Pretty much as sweet as it gets. Our concert with Elvis Perkins and Ra Ra Riot at the Housing Works Bookstore went down an absolute storm - it sold out and Elvis really brought the house down. Elvis Perkins, pictured below is wearing our YBP merch tee.

Thanks to Ra Ra Riot’s DJing, people were free to hang the venue both before and after Elvis performed his solo acoustic performance. Wes and Milo from Ra Ra Riot pictured below. Milo is wearing a Bon Iver YBP tee, and Wes is wearing a Ra Ra Riot YBP tee, which is being released in October. Stay tuned for that…

Elvis played some of the classics, some from his latest LP, and also some brand new ones from his soon to be released EP. He spoke about our t-shirts, and our coloring book, and for his last song, he said ‘this is my contribution to the coloring book’ before proceeding into an alternate acoustic version of ‘Shampoo’, with the familiar lyrics ‘yellow is the color of a strangled rainbow’.

Thank you all for coming out! A special thanks also out to Elizabeth Weinberg, who was our official photographer for the evening. See more of her pictures in our gallery by clicking here.

We’re just about to head off to the Drawn & Quarterly bookstore, for part III of our Indie Rock Coloring Book Tour. Murray Lightburn, from The Dears will be performing a solo acoustic session. If you’re around in Montreal, come join! Announcement below is from the Montreal Gazette.