Testing Kareem Rahma's Music Knowledge
5/11/20268 min
You may know Kareem Rahma from Subway Takes, Keep The Meter Running, or his band Tiny Gun, but today he joins Jack for a wild conversation full of hilarious tangents and Minnesota singer-songwriters. In this episode Jack and Kareem rock out to some iconic bands including blink-182, The Replacements, The Strokes, Semisonic, and many more. Other topics include the Minnesota State Fair, avoiding obscene music rights costs, and debating whether “cool” bands still exist. You’ll definitely want to tune in to this one. This Episode’s Tracklist: The Strokes - Hard to Explain Blink-182 - All the Small Things Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life The Replacements - I Will Dare Beck - Loser Semisonic - Closing Time Soul Asylum - Runaway Train Hüsker Dü - Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
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First 90 secondsJack Coyne· Host0:00
Introduce yourself.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:00
'Sup, I'm Kareem Rahma. How you doing?
Jack Coyne· Host0:02
How you doing?
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:03
How you doing?
Jack Coyne· Host0:03
You're- I'm sorry, I just stole that from someone else. [laughs] You're in a band.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:05
I am in a band, Tiny Gun.
Jack Coyne· Host0:06
You actually play music.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:07
I'm a singer.
Jack Coyne· Host0:08
You're a singer.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:08
I sing.
Jack Coyne· Host0:09
And a rock star.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:09
I sing, I dance, I rock star.
Jack Coyne· Host0:11
When did you start being a rock star?
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:12
I started making music really late in life. I started making music when I was, like, 35 or 36, and I had just premiered a movie at Tribeca with Nico, and I was riding on a bicycle, and I was like, "You know what I should do? I should make a song." And then I made a funny song, and I made a couple other funny songs, and I was like, "Not everything has to be funny. I'm actually enjoying this so much that maybe it doesn't need to be funny."
Jack Coyne· Host0:30
Okay. Are you ready?
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:31
I can do this. [upbeat music] The Strokes, the GOATs.
Jack Coyne· Host0:44
I knew you liked The Strokes.
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:45
They should change, they should change their name to The GOAT. Fun fact, I broke my nose, [imitates bone cracking] all the way over there at a Strokes show.
Jack Coyne· Host0:51
What happened?
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:51
My best friend elbowed me, and he, he was having so much fun like this, and he goes, "Dude, he's playing Barely Legal." And he goes [imitates body thudding] New Year's Eve.
Jack Coyne· Host0:58
Blood?
Kareem Rahma· Guest0:59
No blood, just, just- Just broken [laughs] ... nose not on the nose. And it was Barclays Center New Year's Eve show. Go to the ER.
Jack Coyne· Host1:05
You had to leave right away?
Kareem Rahma· Guest1:07
I didn't want to, but- Uh-huh, like, you're like, "I feel like I have to" ... the person I was seeing at the time was like, "You should go to the hospital." And she was like, "Your nose is literally completely off." [laughs] I have a picture. I sent it to Julian, and he thought it was awesome. I remember my first time ever hearing The Strokes.
Jack Coyne· Host1:20
Tell me about it.
Kareem Rahma· Guest1:20
I was in a... My friend, this punk kid in high school, his name was Brandon, he was, like, the punk kid, and I was listening to Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz at the time, and, like, Jadakiss.
Jack Coyne· Host1:28
Yeah.
Kareem Rahma· Guest1:28
And he picked me up, and he's