Stretch your paycheck is a interactive performance where you can stretch your paycheck and get a souvenir picture that you can download, print, and share. Send to your boss, your congressman, or to the bill collector!
The interactive peformance premiered in April at the Zaller Gallery in Cleveland.
See the Stretch Your Paycheck project website and documentation at : http://stretchpaycheck.tumblr.com/
On September 2, 2010 I was interviewed about the Deplete Me album on the Cleveland npr – WCPN Around Noon show. You can listen to it online.
I was featured on the CIA blog – which mentioned the Deplete Me album. The posting is here: http://blog.cia.edu/?p=3811
The Deplete Me album got a mention in Scene magazine this past Fall.
“Is Kristen Baumlier Cleveland’s answer to M.I.A.? Her recently released album, Deplete Me, features nine dance-pop songs all about the energy crisis. In cuts like “Sea Plants and Animals Die and Sink Man (Or How Oil Is Made)” and “Oil Embargo,” Baumlier sings about the evils of oil production and complains about “thirsty SUVs.” There are some good beats here…. “
The Petroleum Pop Princess Baroness Mistress CD titled Deplete Me was officially released on July 4th, 2010. The album features 9 songs from the Petroleum Pop Princess project and is featured on the petroleumpopprincess.com site. The album is now available on Itunes also.