#scott simpson

I had such an amazing time last night, and to get a bit personal, my love for what I do was reaffirmed in the best way. I’m quite young, still in school, but I’m the age that people “in the industry” are expected to be getting pretty active if there’s any hope for success. I’m a comedy writer and performer, and while I’ve had some medium breaks over the past couple of years (documentary work shown in local theaters, some well received stand-up gigs, all that kinda stuff) it can be hard to maintain faith that I’ll ever get a chance to do what I really want to with my career.

Going to that Bullseye taping last night was exactly what I needed right now, all of the guests had so much faith in the stories they tell and their ability to keep telling these stories. It’s no secret that this is a bad time for the United States, and artists who acknowledge this are being treated in an unamerican manner. I’m more of a Seth Meyers person, but when Colbert and Kimmel were cancelled I was terrified. I have always taken my unique right to speak truth through art for granted, and these awful actions on Trump and the FCC’s part were a brutal wake up call on this front.

I love comedy more than anything else. I have loved comedy since I knew what television was. Comedy is, along with my loved ones, the most important thing in my life. I wake up everyday, and the knowledge that I can laugh, or make other people laugh, is what gets me out of bed. We possess wonderfully human superpower that transcends time and language. Adam Scott was on The Good Place, the show that made young Keely know I just had to be a comedy writer. I grew up on his work, and all of his projects completely reaffirm my love for what I do. Especially the Schur shows he’s in, where no joke is without a biting thesis on how we treat other people. Boots Riley is also a huge inspiration to me, because he’s obviously a musical and filmic legend. We’re also from the same place, I love all his work, and like Adam Scott, he’s done something pretty rare for entertainment, and hasn’t silenced his beliefs in the name of making more money.

Meeting both of them was amazing, and I remembered why I have to keep striving for creative excellence. Big breaks are stupid and made up. What makes us human is our ability to never stop growing, and all of the people I heard speak (and met) yesterday were perfect examples of this. If you’re passionate, smart, and kind, trying and failing is all you need to do. I’ve been completely reinvigorated by this weekend, and I’m so ready to keep trying, and keep writing.

Very funny comedian and podcaster Scott Simpson joins us all the way from San Francisco to discuss his me nook, Robert Pattinson and It's-Its.

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ST. LOUIS | Woman's attorney accuses governor's team of 'smear campaign'

ST. LOUIS | April 10, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens are conducting a “smear campaign” against a woman with whom he had an affair as he awaits trial next month on allegations that he took and transmitted a nonconsensual photo of the woman while she was partially nude, the woman’s attorney’s said Tuesday.

The remarks from attorney Scott Simpson came before a judge issued a partial gag order aimed at tamping down escalating publicity in the case. A court filing Sunday by Greitens’ team was a catalyst for the gag order as well as Simpson’s remarks.

“It’s important to note this is a woman who is involuntarily involved in this case, and the way that they respond is to publicly try to smear or otherwise attack her credibility,” Simpson said in a telephone interview. “Their actions are beyond what is normal in the course of defending a criminal defendant.”

Greitens, a Republican who turned 44 Tuesday, is charged with felony invasion of privacy for taking the photo, which the woman says Greitens threatened to make public if she ever revealed the affair that happened in 2015, before Greitens was elected. Until this week, Simpson and the woman had declined to talk publicly about the substance of the case, saying the woman wanted privacy.

Simpson’s response followed the court filing by Greitens’ attorneys that said the woman participated in a lengthy deposition Friday, during which she was asked if she saw what she believed to be a phone. The court filing quoted her as say, “I haven’t talked about it because I don’t know if it’s because I’m remembering it through a dream or I — I’m not sure, but yes, I feel like I saw it after that happened.”

Simpson said the “dream” comment came at the end of a nine-hour deposition and referred to one particular instance concerning the photo. He said Greitens told the woman several times that he had a photo, and he threatened to use it if she spoke of the affair.

“His statement to her was that if she ever mentioned his name or told anybody about this relationship, he would distribute the picture everywhere he could and it would be all over the place, the internet and otherwise,” Simpson said.

The surge of publicity that followed the defense filing prompted Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to ask Judge Rex Burlison for a gag order, accusing Greitens’ attorneys of trying the case through the media.

Burlison’s order does not stop attorneys from speaking about public information in the case, but prohibits comments related to deposition material, opinions about what witnesses might testify to and other speculative issues. The ruling also will require the judge to sign off on certain court filings before they’re made public.

The criminal case isn’t the sum of Greitens’ worries. A special legislative committee investigating the governor is expected to release its report this week. The investigation is a potential precursor to impeachment proceedings. Meanwhile, Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley is investigating The Mission Continues, the veterans charity founded by Greitens, as it relates to the state’s consumer protection and charitable registration and reporting laws.

Jim Martin, an attorney for Greitens, questioned whether the gag order meant Greitens could not respond to the House investigative report. Burlison declined to take a position on how the governor responds to the report.

Simpson said the Greitens team wants to discredit his client, identified in court documents only as K.S., before she testifies at his trial that begins May 14 in St. Louis. During the court session over the gag order, he accused Greitens’ attorneys of “filing press releases in the form of motions.”

One of Greitens’ attorneys, Jack Garvey, said the motions are necessary to refute the allegations against the governor.

“We’re not making up the facts or their lack of evidence,” Garvey said.

Greitens has blamed Gardner, a Democrat, for a politically-motivated investigation that led to the grand jury indictment in February. He spent an estimated $50,000 on a recent statewide radio ad buy to make the case for staying in office despite the indictment. The ad, financed by Greitens’ campaign fund, said liberals are “hell-bent on stopping his conservative reforms.”

“Eric Greitens is on a conservative mission for Missouri and he won’t stop until the mission is complete,” the ad says.

Cardiff training camp for athletes

With the aim of using the specialist facilities, and tapping into expert knowledge, the squad based themselves at the National Indoor Athletics Centre (NIAC) at the end of December and set to work.

Over a three day period, these young athletes completed five individual technical pole vault workshops and a free running session, along with receiving input from Scott Simpson – coach to the UK’s…