Fred Schruers

Author of Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography. Blog: Dossier: Rolling Stone, Premiere, LA Times, Contributor: Indiewire, Billboard, L.A. Mag

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Do You Remember America Before Trump?

NEW VIDEO! WATCH! TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK.

Let's get this to 1 million views fast.

Please retweet and quote tweet.

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

Blue Lights" Season 3 dropped yesterday, and will go for six episodes total, on Thursdays. Still offers a fine mix of street action and (often-thwarted) romance: https://t.co/bvVa4mkbKS

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

Amy Berg's Jeff Buckley doc "It's Never Over" proves its point with tender, smart interviews, impressionistic mood-setting, and consistently great music. (Also, it's personal for this writer):
https://t.co/3H9rlDumDT

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

You write a blog post about the horrors of Trumpism and then take a step back (as the awful events of Minneapolis seem too enormous). You wake up and Trump's calling Baltimore a hellhole because his soul died long ago
https://t.co/3H9rlDumDT

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

August 28 at 5:50 PM ·
We should all be as well-read and kindly disposed to writers as Alex Belth, a talent himself. Fun to do a podcast re Billy Joel with him!
https://t.co/03O3Y2V0Xk...

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

.Per Billboard', in the 3 weeks since the Billy Joel doc dropped on HBO, "Billy's on-demand streaming is up more than 24%...interest in Joel's music only accelerated in the week following its premiere." It's the music but also the life--dive on in below: https://t.co/3H9rlDumDT

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

The publisher's promotion of Cheryl Hines' due-in-November memoir "Unscripted" ("Feckless" might have been a better title) kicked off this week with a Wall Street Journal profile. So I made up a dinner invite:

https://t.co/RRd4W6oJ4K

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

The publisher'sl tub-thumping for Cheryl Hines' due-in-November memoir "Unscripted" kicked off this week with a (properly measured) WSJ profile. I made up a dinner invite:

https://t.co/3H9rlDtOOl

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

"The New York Times/The Daily News..." sang Billy Joel in in May, 1976. In January, 1982, the News mag sent me out to Hicksville. See excerpt. Also, Bill and Jon Small re how the triangle with Elizabeth Weber blew up: https://t.co/3H9rlDumDT. Bio book at https://t.co/fSS2uWhyJy

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

If you loved the Billy Joel documentary on HBO, order this fantastic book by @FSchruers that goes even deeper and provides stories and insights not found anywhere else.

https://t.co/L4L9NwuBrH

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

@donwinslow Dear readers, Amazon was running low on stock so please do venture over to the publisher's site for options!: https://t.co/KIptm6ce9W.

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

@donwinslow Mr. Don Winslow, this is so kind and unexpected and gratefully received. I at once recalled starting Chapter 12 in particular and thinking, if can just take on some of what the master--that's you--can do. Thank you so very much!

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

@BackAftaThis Kind of missing New York sports radio mostly for the accent

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

Check out Fred S.’s review of Society of St. Vincent de Paul on @yelp https://t.co/nilUAwzJ7a

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

Thanks to all those on FB who checked out my earlier-posted Freddie Freeman L.A. Mag story from 2022 (cover below). Check out my https://t.co/zovsFUZXdz blog for plenty more that wasn't included then, all from this strikingly compassionate man. Game 3 at 5 PST/Fox.

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

Cameron Crowe's re-boot of a 1983 doc featuring Tom Petty in "Heartbreakers Beach Party" is a hoot and also touching. Read an insightful Crowe Q&A here: https://t.co/3H9rlDumDT

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

Have long thought first rule of Biographer Club is to keep insights between the covers (see bio cite in my X profile) but this is a good look at his success story... https://t.co/UlAL6UfeSJ

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

"The Outrun" may present as a kale (or even seaweed) smoothie but Saoirse Ronan and cast bring it a moving authenticity: https://t.co/3H9rlDumDT

[Fred Schruers @FSchruers]

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