Episode 1: Glace Chase, The Blow Waves, Troy-Anthony Baylis

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In our first episode Miz Ima Starr dishes the dirt with former child star and current peace activist Glace Chase. Nathan Little spends an afternoon under the hot rollers with Melbourne’s princes of glam punk The Blow Waves. And Ima takes time out on the couch with visual artist & professional Kylie fanatic Troy-Anthony Baylis.

Part 1: Troy-Anthony Baylis

Troy was born in Sydney in 1976 with Irish and Aboriginal heritage; a descendant of the Jawoyn people from Australia’s Northern Territory. He is a leading visual and performance artist of his generation and a cultural agitator. There have been 14 solo exhibitions of his visual art in Europe and Australia as well as many more collaborative projects and performances in Canada, Asia and Australia.

His flamboyant drag creation Kaboobie has toured dozens of countries, fueling his continued interest in drag as tool of narration; an intercourse between traditional Aboriginal art and Western art of the first half on the 20th century. Troy also has one of the biggest collections of Kylie Minogue memorabilia in the world, collecting artifacts of the pop princess for the last 20 years and exhibiting them across Australia since the early naughties.

Part 2: The Blow Waves

Brewing in the seedy underbelly of Melbourne’s live scene for over two years The Blow Waves (ex Mavis’s dom Matt Thomas and ex. Love Outside Andromeda’s Jamie Slocombe) are fast becoming known for their iconic blend of disco infused punk and danceable anthems. From Adelaide’s Feast Festival in 2006 to Sydney’s Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras party in 2008 (alongside Olivia Newton-John and Cyndi Lauper), The Blow Waves have been tearing up the live scene in Australia over the last year touring and playing to sell out crowds.

Their first single “Little Bitch” is the tighty not-so-whitey result of this steamy collaboration from ex-The Mavis’s front man Matthew Thomas (most recently heard on Grammy-nominated Dirty South’s gobal club anthem Sleazy), ex-Love Outside Andromeda’s guitarist Jamie Slocombe, ex-Something For Kate’s keysleaze Wally Gunn and Adelaide (s)punk(er) bassist John Pants.

Official website

Part 3: Glace Chase

Ex-Child star, peace activist and saviour, Glace Chase is synonymous with the term “world healing”. From his worldwide debut at the age of seven in the sitcom Boy Knows How to Do It, Glace has consistently charmed, coddled and scolded the public into making a difference.

He connects to people through song, his medium of choice, and has sung acceptance into the hearts and minds of those who have heard him. His hit songs include Paedolicious, Daddy’s Little Girl (for Bindi), and Zebra Crossings (Look Both Ways).

Glace has been seen throughout Australia with his band The Management in his live show I am Glace Chase, which has played several successful seasons at Will & Tobys (NSW), The Butterfly Club (VIC) and the Adelaide Feast Festival.

Official website

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