Adam Robb
@lifevicarious.bsky.social
Chaotic good. Words + Pictures Conde Nast Traveler. Hell Gate. Time. Billy Penn. Wine Enthusiast. The Intercept. Subscribe: presstrip.substack.com thelifevicarious@gmail.com
Wrote about @fourchambers.bsky.social and Marina Abramovic's artistic mission to sexually liberate her late mother, for Observer. observer.com/2025/11/revi...
Marina Abramovic’s Erotic Epic Spreads Wide (and Displays the Limits of) the Artist’s Psyche
Hundreds of attendees peeled off before the night was over, despite Abramovic doing her best ahead of time to assure the assembled crowd that the conclusion was worth the wait.
observer.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wrote about @fourchambers.bsky.social and Marina Abramovic's artistic mission to sexually liberate her late mother, for Observer. observer.com/2025/11/revi...
David Bowie x3; birthday show at MSG, Fashion Rocks, and his last ever performance, at Hammerstein; No Doubt at Roseland; Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Brownies, Strokes + White Stripes at Radio City; Robbie Williams at Bowery Ballroom; The Libertines at CBGB; Amy Winehouse at Joe's Pub + Bowery Ballroom.
What is your biggest concert flex?
August 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
David Bowie x3; birthday show at MSG, Fashion Rocks, and his last ever performance, at Hammerstein; No Doubt at Roseland; Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Brownies, Strokes + White Stripes at Radio City; Robbie Williams at Bowery Ballroom; The Libertines at CBGB; Amy Winehouse at Joe's Pub + Bowery Ballroom.
For Eater Atlanta, I spoke to Killer Mike of Run The Jewels about what's going on with his shuttered Bankhead Seafood. atlanta.eater.com/openings/854...
Killer Mike Makes Predictions on Bankhead Seafood Reopening
“If shit gets f---ed up, we can sell it for $4 million and walk away with a million dollars profit,” says Killer Mike
atlanta.eater.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
For Eater Atlanta, I spoke to Killer Mike of Run The Jewels about what's going on with his shuttered Bankhead Seafood. atlanta.eater.com/openings/854...
First time writing a 20k word story edited by a Pulitzer winner! I went deep on Logan Paul's CryptoZoo fiasco, spoke with Ja Rule, Nile Niami, skateboard legend Rodney Mullen, and TW, there are unvarnished accounts of sex, graphic violence, and suicide attempts. @switchboardmag.bsky.social
Bad Egg — Switchboard Magazine
A gripping true crime story that begins with Logan Paul and a flashy NFT project called CryptoZoo — and spirals into one of the wildest scams of the crypto era. Through deep investigation, leaked docu...
www.switchboardmagazine.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
First time writing a 20k word story edited by a Pulitzer winner! I went deep on Logan Paul's CryptoZoo fiasco, spoke with Ja Rule, Nile Niami, skateboard legend Rodney Mullen, and TW, there are unvarnished accounts of sex, graphic violence, and suicide attempts. @switchboardmag.bsky.social
The French-Turkish artist Sarp Karem Yavuz will take part in Christies AI auction before he's forced to leave the country later this month after his green card application was denied.
Originality Won’t Be Enough to Keep Sarp Kerem Yavuz in the U.S.
“The fact that I have to jump through so many hoops to be a legal immigrant after so many museum acquisitions and exhibitions is bonkers to me.”
observer.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The French-Turkish artist Sarp Karem Yavuz will take part in Christies AI auction before he's forced to leave the country later this month after his green card application was denied.
Now that the Jersey Journal is gone, I decided to publish some of the stories they killed–a look back at how they covered up corruption in Bayonne, and tanked a story about a local arms dealer linked to terrorism. presstrip.substack.com/p/bad-mayors...
Bad Mayors, Worse Editors
And two siblings who set out to destroy journalism.
presstrip.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Now that the Jersey Journal is gone, I decided to publish some of the stories they killed–a look back at how they covered up corruption in Bayonne, and tanked a story about a local arms dealer linked to terrorism. presstrip.substack.com/p/bad-mayors...
I'm writing a story about a well respected queer foreign artist in the US whose green card was denied; I sought a quote from a curator who wrote a support letter on his behalf, and her museum's PR just responded with a No Comment despite their whole mission being the fostering of queer artists.
January 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I'm writing a story about a well respected queer foreign artist in the US whose green card was denied; I sought a quote from a curator who wrote a support letter on his behalf, and her museum's PR just responded with a No Comment despite their whole mission being the fostering of queer artists.
The publicist for a hot downtown bar didn't like my coverage so she chased me down in Ukraine. It did not go well for her.
Shock and Awe and Hanna Lee
On going to war with a spirits publicist.
presstrip.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The publicist for a hot downtown bar didn't like my coverage so she chased me down in Ukraine. It did not go well for her.
My last Ukraine story for 2024.
observer.com/2024/12/ukra...
observer.com/2024/12/ukra...
Ukrainian Resilience as Resistance: How Artist Maya Hayuk Is Leaning into Her Heritage
This past summer, the artist returned to Ukraine for the first time in more than three decades and reconnected with a depleted-yet-hungry art scene.
observer.com
December 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
My last Ukraine story for 2024.
observer.com/2024/12/ukra...
observer.com/2024/12/ukra...
Spent some long days with Nobu discussing his darkest hours. www.grubstreet.com/article/the-...
The Nobu You Don’t Know
A disaster nearly ended chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s career before it had even started.
www.grubstreet.com
October 8, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Spent some long days with Nobu discussing his darkest hours. www.grubstreet.com/article/the-...
For NYMag, I wrote about my first trip to Ukraine last September, encountering viral pastries and constant funerals. www.grubstreet.com/article/chee...
Suprêmes in Lviv
In the shadow of Ukraine’s war, one bakery goes about its business.
www.grubstreet.com
May 15, 2024 at 7:25 PM
For NYMag, I wrote about my first trip to Ukraine last September, encountering viral pastries and constant funerals. www.grubstreet.com/article/chee...
Last December, I took Ja Rule to dinner at Torrisi in SoHo, as part of my Buzzfeed News investigation into his NFT business, but the story was killed this past April, along with Buzzfeed News: presstrip.substack.com/p/dinner-at-...
December 18, 2023 at 7:24 PM
Last December, I took Ja Rule to dinner at Torrisi in SoHo, as part of my Buzzfeed News investigation into his NFT business, but the story was killed this past April, along with Buzzfeed News: presstrip.substack.com/p/dinner-at-...
The Buffalo Bills are shopping at Harrods and it’s adorable. Now I have to go to the game Sunday and support them.
October 6, 2023 at 6:26 PM
The Buffalo Bills are shopping at Harrods and it’s adorable. Now I have to go to the game Sunday and support them.