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Week in Shows: Get Runny, Feel Good + Take a Trip to Synthicide’s Triple Threat

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(Flyer via Bossa Nova Civic Club)

(Flyer via Bossa Nova Civic Club)

Synthicide: Three-Year Anniversary 
Thursday January 4, 10 pm to 4 am at Bossa Nova Civic Club: FREE

Even if right now the weather’s making you feel like your bones will never dry, your shoes will always be soggy, and that possibly your muscles will continue spazzing forever and ever, hold on for two more days. And in the mean time, repeat over and over “Free, free at last!” Slowly, your hands will start to defrost, color will return to your face, and a your eyes will even start to twinkle. By the time Thursday rolls around you can let it all out, by placing your booty on the Bossa Nova dance floor as soon as you’re able for the venue’s third annual Synthicide party.

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John Barclay of Bossa Nova Is Now Brewing Brooklyn’s Own Yerba Mate Soda

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(image via White Label/ John Barclay)

(image via White Label/ John Barclay)

There’s no doubt Red Bull has staked its claim on the music industry (it just launched a web series, “Mavens,” dedicated to women in the industry), but how would you feel if we told you that things were going in the other direction, now that the music people are getting involved in the business of energized-drink making? It’s true: John Barclay of Bossa Nova Civic Club recently launched a yerba mate soda company called White Label. And the stuff ranks right up there with the energy-drink heavy hitters.

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‘Hopefully It Feels Vibey’ at Bossa Nova Civic Club’s Round-the-Clock Sister Restaurant

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Inside Juno, John Barclay's new Bushwick restaurant (Photo: Nicole Disser)

Inside Juno, John Barclay’s new Bushwick restaurant (Photo: Nicole Disser)

Last Friday, Juno — John Barclay’s stylish new restaurant, bar, and coffee spot just down the way from his raucous Bushwick dance club, Bossa Nova Civic Club — “quietly opened” its doors. When I stopped by yesterday, just a few people were sitting pretty, peering around the place (and allegedly dining too), inspecting it like a brand new spaceship had just landed off the Central Avenue stop. There was no pounding music to be heard, nor a fog machine in sight.

“We do have a DJ booth here, but it’s still quiet enough where you can have conversation,” Barclay explained. “We’ll be playing more mature stuff than my other place, for sure. Stuff that pairs well with dinner— funk, R&B, world music. It’s supposed to feel a little more romantic in here, a little more adult.”

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