“Locked into a Projection Booth That Shows the Films of Your Troubled Youth”: The Brilliance and the Sorrow of My Friend Stewart Lupton, Fire-Eater
Stewart had genius, but what first made the world notice him was his daring. The sorrow tied to that quality has been mentioned in obituaries, for he gave most things a try, narcotics among them. But the joy of it was what he said, sang, explored, and wrote, when others wouldn’t.