Trampoline in a Ditch

Kyle Kinane uses his gravelly growl to turn minor administrative life failures into mock-heroic triumphs. The centerpiece of this set is a detailed chronicle of a DUI arrest where he ended up singing classic rock to oncoming traffic while trying to secure a Whopper. On stage, he acts as a self-aware uncle-dirtbag, pairing low-stakes misery with highly specific, poetic phrasing.\n\nRecorded at Comedy on State in Madison, Wisconsin, the performance captures Kinane at 42, reflecting on his parents, his bad habits, and his dad’s bizarre method of eating a banana. His gift for language shines in strange, original idioms (like describing himself as \”more tired than a big-dick bat\”) that elevate what would otherwise be standard self-deprecation.\n\nReleased in July 2020 by 800 Pound Gorilla Records, the project has an unusual structure. The main Madison set wraps up around the one-hour mark, but the release tacks on another forty minutes of older, shelved stories and B-sides from earlier in his career.\n\nThe title itself came from a Sheboygan police blotter tweet that obsessed Kinane for years before he finally found a home for it.