"Bad" that rhymes with Rad

OMG was ahead of the game on Wednesday with a TBT of Austin and "Little Blue"  (Austy's blue stone pinky ring)

But for TBT - Austin did one of his own.


#tbt I was obsessed with Michael Jackson and suicide machines. - AUS10

Not sure what is the best part of this picture.

The bike

The jacket

The glasses

Those acid washed jeans

The little 80's style high tops

That gumby style hairdo or that wonderfully auburn hair.

or it is the powerful way he's grabbing the clutch with one hand, while  the other hand is delicately resting on his knee.

And you know.... this explains a lot. 

Rex and Rod from the 80's BMX racer movie RAD.

So Rad

It looks like it was worth the wait and a way back to the 80's so

Austin could show off his Halloween costume.

From the 1986 BMX Film -- RAD -- Directed By Hal Needham -- Rex and Rod with our Foxy babe. Rod was played by @dankeyes - Rock God!! - AUS10

Dan aka Rock God is from the New York band Young Love.

 "Prior to creating Young Love, Dan Keyes fronted the Austin, Texas post-hardcore band Recover with much help from Rory Phillips. After releasing three albums with the quartet, Keyes felt the need for change, but continued work with Phillips. A friend offered him a place to stay in New York City, and within weeks Keyes was traveling from Austin to New York with just one bag and his guitar. Keyes spent 2005 working at a restaurant in the city as well as working on music that he started while he was touring with Recover. At the end of 2005 Island Records signed the musician, and by summer 2006, Keyes and his band, now known as Young Love, were performing with Stolen Transmission at Annex in New York City. In mid-July, a live video of Keyes performing the song "We Want Drugs" acoustic was released on YouTube." -source


And the movie Rad?

 "The film's story focuses on Cru Jones (Bill Allen), a young BMX racer who lives in a small town with his mother (Talia Shire) and sister. Cru is faced with a tough decision: the qualifying races for Helltrack are the same day as his SATs, which he must take in order to attend college. However, winning Helltrack means a lucrative sponsorship deal and fame. Cru chooses the latter option, ignoring his mother's wishes.

The Helltrack race is endorsed by the city and a duplicitous Duke Best (Jack Weston), president of The Federation of American Bicyclists and owner of Mongoose bicycles. Best keeps adjusting the rules in order to keep Cru out of the race and to ensure BMX star Bart Taylor (1984 Olympic gymnastics champion Bart Conner) has an easy road to victory, thus providing a financial windfall for Mongoose Racing, Bart's sponsor.

 Racers from all around come to this small town for the Helltrack and Cru meets Christian Hollings (Lori Loughlin), who becomes Cru's romantic interest. Christian and Cru have an interesting scene at the local high school dance where, instead of dancing like the other couples, they perform freestyle bike stunts on the dance floor, to the awe of many."

As for Rod and Rex?

 Well the question is Mr. Nichols did you do the dance routine?