Author Archives: Brian

Here I go again

Instead of writing about my trip a day or several after it happens, I’m going to try something new and document it through pictures (via Flickr). At some point I’ll fill in the gaping hole from my last post in … Continue reading

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I’m headed to “The Former Soviet Union” “The Group”

Update 1/28: I have been moved to “The Group”. This works out for me since they meet Wednesday mornings and perform Wednesday nights. I still have love for “The Former Soviet Union”, who I saw give their first performance last … Continue reading

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The Holiday Q&A – Answered

It’s a couple of minutes into Christmas and I wanted to say Merry Christmas and a belated Happy Hanukkah to everyone. With all that has happened this year, I figured I’d open the site up to your questions for a … Continue reading

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Family Feud

From tonight’s Mavs-Spurs pregame show.    :) Get the Flash Player to see this content.

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Week 47: That’s all, folks

Well, this was it. The final show. Another sell out. What a great crowd, too. It was so nice to see so many familiar faces on the crowd, too — Annie, Jeff, Jason, Paul, Todd, Bob, the Millers. Thank you … Continue reading

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Head over heels, repeatedly

Have you ever watched a football movie like “Friday Night Lights”, “Sign of the Times” or “Semi Tough” (Google them) and seen a faceless, nameless player get leveled with a vicious hit/block and reacted as if you’d just seen it … Continue reading

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Week 46: All a blur

This week started with a call from my agent that I had to make the long drive to Shreveport Wednesday to audition for a movie called “The Comeback” starring gangster rapper turned actor Ice Cube and directed by Limp Bizkit … Continue reading

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Week 45: And all I got was this lousy t-shirt

This week was the last scheduled show of the conservatory program. A very surreal feeling knowing it all started back in July of last year. Of the 17 of us that started the Conservatory program 45 weeks ago (Tyler and … Continue reading

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We’re home and pictures have been posted

We got home Saturday night around 5:45. All the pictures are up (in a jumble) over at the Twinfo site.

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Week 44: Extended by 2

The big news this week is that our show, “Premarital Sextet” has been extended for 2 more shows on November 15 and 29. We are the only show out of the Level 5 shows to extend so it’s a good … Continue reading

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Baby Burrito

Morgan spent the night in the NICU, she’s fine now and went to the nursery this morning. Mom, Mason and Morgan finally all got to meet around 11:00 this morning. I promise I’m not going to flood everyone with pics. … Continue reading

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They’re Here!

On 10/23/07     Mason Aaron Bentley (Codename Dirk) 6 pounds 4 ounces 19.5 inches long at 8:53 pm Morgan Grace Bentley (Codename LeBron) 5 pounds, 10 ounces 19 inches long at 8:54 pm More pictures soon…

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Week 43: A packed house

This week was a quick trip as I would leave and return within 24 hors. On the flight out to Burbank, I watched the pilot for the NBC show “Journeyman” on advice from Melinda and slept. Upon arrival, I realized … Continue reading

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Week 42: And away we go

The week started with Melinda going to the doctor Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to have her blood pressure checked. It’s been running high and the doctor wanted to monitor her, but since Melinda is on bedrest her blood pressure goes … Continue reading

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Week 41: The final Sunday

Before I get started, I completely forgot to tell this story from 2 weeks ago. I got an email from my agent asking if I knew anybody that was 6-8 months pregnant that would be available for a quick shoot … Continue reading

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