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Email not displaying correctly? No biggie, just click here to view it in your browser From: Bloc Party! The breeze gently rustles the summer leaves, the wispy clouds scatter the sky, and the butterfly spreads it wings; oh to live in the mind of Bloc Party. We invite you to wear a piece of art on your chest, explore the limits of your artistic creativity, and help promote a more just society. Bloc Party have chosen to donate all of the profits from the sale of this tee to the Bread and Rose Community Fund, which seeks to address power and resource inequality and bring about social change. Click here to buy this t-shirt! You shop, we ship. Free! That's right... Now when you place an order for $70 or more, you will automatically receive free shipping. This offer is only available currently for North American orders. You don't have to enter a coupon code or anything - just go to check out and the shipping fees will be automatically removed. The offer runs from today until December 2nd. So take advantage now! Clicky.     Have you been following our blog?   Ladies and Gentlemen: Mr. Leonard Cohen   Favourite new music: Low Anthem   Movember time: Indie Rock Moustaches!     Did you know: today is Black Friday. Wake up world, time to start your Christmas shopping! And to all of the Americans receiving this email - we wish you a warm and happy Thanksgiving. From all of us, to all of you - thank you for the loyalty and the love. xoxox, ybp P.S. Stay tuned for our next design, from Grizzly Bear! Follow Yellow Bird Project on Twitter! Become a fan of Yellow Bird Project on Facebook!   *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Remove me from this list Forward email to a friend Update your profile: Download our theme song! Copyright (C) 2009 All rights reserved

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Goo Goo Gaga, Goo Goo Gaga, Goo Goo Gaga. Translation: Click here to view this email in your browser Now available in 3 different sizes!   Meet Paikea. He's only 4 years old. But when he grows older, these photographs will remind him of his fondest childhood memories. Sitting underneath a tree, wearing his soft comfy tee, and coloring - in his Indie Rock Coloring Book. A memory made possible by this special gift from his Mommy. Introducing the official YBP kids Tee, a t-shirt to help your child see that standing out in the crowd is cool, and sharing with others is even cooler. Introduce your niece, nephew, or child to the world of giving. Show them how fun it can be! All profits will go towards our project and the charities we support, ensuring amazingly fresh new artists and their t-shirts will be available for your purchasing pleasure! > Click here to buy this cute little tee! This cute little t-shirt comes in three different sizes: 2 year old, 4 year old 6 year old. Click here to start your Christmas shopping early, and seize that perfect gift! Photograhy provided by Alicia Vega. Follow Yellow Bird Project on Twitter! Become a fan of Yellow Bird Project on Facebook!   *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Remove me from this list Forward email to a friend Update your profile: Download our theme song! Copyright (C) 2009 All rights reserved

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Nothing but a skeleton below? Spooky. Just click here to view it in your browser From Ra Ra Riot!  This is a t-shirt where beautiful, mystical, and musical pumpkins come to play. A design so fitting for the season that we're not only cheering, we're out right rioting. Give a rowdy round of applause for Ra Ra Riot's fall embrace. Like Cinderella, this pumpkin also transforms, the profits from this Ra Ra Riot t-shirt go to the John Ryan Pike Memorial Fund, which encourages and promotes music and the performing arts. So whether you trick, or you treat - YBP encourages you to Halloween Suit up! > Click here to ponder this tee Yellow Bird Project was featured on 'That Morning Show', a live segment 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. > Click here to watch for yourself! > Click here to have a gander at the YBP t-shirts & hoodies > Click here to flick though the pages of our Indie Rock Coloring Book > Click here to see more of Megan Mcisaac's YBP photography Happy Halloween, from everyone here at the Yellow Bird Bat Project! Follow Yellow Bat Project on Twitter! Become a fan of Yellow Bat Project on Facebook!   *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Remove me from this list Forward email to a friend Update your profile: Download our theme song! Copyright (C) 2009 All rights reserved

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Top 10 reasons why The Indie Rock Coloring Book makes a great gift*
*Responses generated by our blog visitors

1) 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.
- Philip O'Neal

2) This book would be the ultimate date night! Sitting at home listening to MGMT, Rilo Kiley and Of Montreal and colouring in this amazing book with my boyfriend. It is unmistakably the greatest thing i have heard of lately.
- Heather Schoch

3) Because it’s sexier than a traditional coffee table book.
- Megan

4) I would love to win a copy of The Indie Rock Coloring Book so I could use it for embroidery transfers! I would make the coolest t shirts for my daughters (or myself!) as well as pillows, tea towels, wall hangings or whatever I fancied at the time. Of course I would enjoy the actual purpose of the book and color with my 3 year old daughter.
- Amy

5) i give you… indie rock coloring book inspired haiku:
borderline hipster /
is broke but loves coloring /
niece is turning two…
- Anneonymity

6) It would be excellent for a college student who is dirt poor and looking for new ways to procrastinate besides Facebook, i.e. me.
- Lily

7) Because it combines some of the best things in the world: awesome bands and coloring.
- Sarah

8) Because giving this book to your indie music-loving girlfriend is a much more effective way of getting out of the doghouse than sending flowers and a complimentary “I’m sorry” card on a plastic stick.
- Krystian Marron

9) Because it would be a perfect thing to keep a friend stuffed with happy memories in the long winter months she is spending in freakin’ MOSCOW! he would probably think about the night when we colored it over a bottle of wine and remember that she can always just come home, if everything goes to hell...
- Christine

10) My sister just started college and went from a graduating class of ten to a school with about 20,000 students. When I was a freshman, I coped with going from a teeny, tiny school to a big one by coloring. Nothing can calm the soul of an eighteen year-old like a box of Crayolas and some black lines on paper. However, I was stuck with whatever I could print off of the internet (often Big Bird and Cinderella) and I would like better for her than that. What could be better than the Indie Rock Coloring Book? Oh, that’s right: nothing.
- Amanda Pyle

> Click here to read the rest of the responses!

> Cick here to buy The Indie Rock Coloring Book!

Megan

McIsaac /"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 be a bad name for a band, eh?). Click here to see the rest of this fine photography.

 

To celebrate and promote our new Indie Rock Coloring Book we have planned book launch events all across North America!

We're going to kick things off with a merch booth at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, followed by bookstore events in NYC and Montreal. Events are listed below, with full details available here.

San Francisco

Where: Outside Lands Festival
When: August 28th - 30th

Also a separate launch event in the works - details TBA.

NYC
Where: Housing Works NYC

Who: Elvis Perkins!!! With a DJ set from Ra Ra Riot
When: September 2nd, 2009 Time: 7:00 pm Cost: $15 Buy tickets here!

* All proceeds benfit the Yellow Bird Project and its network of charities as well as Housing Works.

* The first 25 people to arrive wearing a YBP a YBP t-shirt will receive a free Indie Rock Coloring Book!

Montreal
Where: Librarie Drawn & Quarterly
When: September 5th, 2009 Time: Between 2-4pm
Cost: Free

Montreal Festivities: Bring your children! There will be coloring, cookies, juice, and a live acoustic set from a very special guest.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!

XOXO

 

Today we announce the release of our very own (and what we believe to be the first, ever) Indie Rock Coloring Book! We collaborated with UK based illustrator Andy J. Miller to create the coffee table book of your indie dreams. One coloring activity page for every band involved with YBP. The result is a splendid array of mazes, word puzzles, and dozens of other colorful (or shall we say colorless) adventures, directly inspired by the bands who have supported YBP over the years. Find all of the bird's in Devendra Banhart's beard, put your hands together for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's crazy color carnival, or give Rilo Kiley their most current hairstyles! With direct input and/or general inspiration from bands like MGMT, Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, and more!

 

Click here to see some more examples. Along with one of our t-shirts, this coloring book would make the perfect gift for any indie music afficionato. For $10, with all royalties going to charity, how can you go wrong?

The book is being published by Chronicle Books, and it hits stores at the beginning of September. But before then, you can pre-order the book directly from our website by clicking here. It will be shipped to you within 1-2 weeks!

xoxoxo,
ybp

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A sweet new t-shirt from one of our favourite bands: Of Montreal  Tonight’s the night, YBP is going to make it right. Paying homage to our home town and the inevitable heartbreakers in it, we present Of Montreal’s politically psychedelic tee shirt. Feast your eyes on the beast; the eye of the tiger; the founding fathers; and a sweet fashionable treat. This Kelly Green masterpiece from the wonders of the sunlandic twins is sure to help soothe the souls of the children at St. Jude’s hospital. We invite you to take a dip in the philanthropic wild side, fuel the fires of change, and enjoy life’s beautiful music. Click here boys and girls! This just in: a special fantabulous delivery from yours truly, the Yellow Bird Project. We are kicking off our new website with a brand spanking new YBP logo, designed by the always talented and lovely Emy Storey. Flying high up in the sky, Mr. Yellow Bird was able to spot only the illest representation of his fly self. And this time we thought we would switch it up by creating not only a fresh t-shirt, but also monster of a sweatshirt for your feasting delight. Profits from YBP merchandise will go towards our charities and strengthening the reach of our project. Help us make a difference and spread the good YBP word. For as Dumbeldort wisely said, “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” Shine bright, look tight, and help YBP do right! Click here to see this t-shirt in action, and here to see the hoodie! .... Our new site is officially up! Yeahhh boyyeee! - Register a profile so you can track your orders - Check out our theme song page with widget - And upload photos in our new gallery! .... Yellow Bird Project coverage in NME! Check it out on our press page!    Lastly, we would like to thank everyone who made this new site possible. And all of you - music fans, t-shirt enthusiasts, YBP supporters... You make it possible for us to keep doing what we're doing. We would love to have your feedback! Your opinion means a lot to us, so please take a moment to share your thoughts and ideas with us... What do you think of the new site? What do you like about it? What do you dislike? How can it be improved? Do you like our new bird? Please, reply to this email with ANY kind of feedback you might have. All comments are most welcomed and appreciated. Your opinion is valued! Follow Yellow Bird Project on Twitter! Become a fan of Yellow Bird Project on Facebook!

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Now is your chance to win a FREE t-shirt of your choice.

Any t-shirt, any size,  from http://www.yellowbirdproject.com. And we'll pay for shipping!

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xo,
ybp