I’m incredibly excited to be going to Kanye West’s Glow in the Dark show tonight at the Rose Garden! It has been widely hailed by critics across the nation as an ingeniously audacious, ego-driven spectacle and I fully expect to have my mind blown.

I need to get a pair of those shades!

The premise of the show is that Kanye is an astronaut who crashes his spaceship on a deserted and forbidden planet with only his sentient computer for company. Over the course of the show he is the lone performer on stage, rapping and dancing and trying to figure out how to get back home.

My good friend, the Paralyzed Playa, scored tickets to the event late last week. He and I share a mutual joy in Kanye’s current album, Graduation. Many of his songs (Gold Digger, Good Life, Stronger [feat. Daft Punk]) are neck breakin’ rap anthems with kick-ass beats and infectious hooks. He’s not the best lyricist, but he’s got enough attitude and bravado to make up for that.

At first, I thought my joy in Kanye was the white-boy, hipster irony type of joy; the kind of joy that I have for R. Kelly, for instance. But I realized that when I listen to Kanye, I’m not doing it with a wink and elbow nudge. I am truly enjoying his work, for serious.

So when the P. Playa came to me with tickets, I was immediately floored, then cautious, then non-committal. The reason I became so hesitant was because I have no idea what to wear!

P. Playa suggested we make glow in the dark shirts that say, “George Bush Hates White People Too.” I’m not sure that I could pull that off. Mainly, I just want to blend in and feel comfortable. So, I’m asking you, Blogtowners: “What should I wear to the Kanye West concert?”

Don’t worry about what I have in my wardrobe, I can probably come up with whatever you might suggest and I am not averse to going to Hot Topic or Gen X for some new threads if need be. I am your paper doll, lay it on me!