Fortunately, when I reread the book, I was like, This is so fing amazing.
I really didnt appreciate it as a 20-year-old.
It was so ahead of its time.
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And Patrick is a music aficionado.
So I said, Maybe this would be a great opportunity.'
The first [club] was Area.
The first time I went to Area I think I was 16, Sheik says with a laugh.
It was, like, the greatest moment of my life that I got in through the velvet ropes!
Of course, it was completely illegal, but I was thrilled just to be in there.
Then it was places like Nells.
I was definitely going there.
And that was really my first exposure to house music.
A version of this story originally appeared inEntertainment Weeklyissue #1411-1412, on newsstands now or availablehere.
