Love the Dave Eggers piece, which I have read before, especially the Flaming Lips part and this portion in particular:   

“But you know what is easiest of all? When we dismiss.

Oh how gloriously comforting, to be able to write someone off. Thus, in the overcrowded pantheon of alternarock bands, at a certain juncture, it became necessary for a certain brand of person to write off The Flaming Lips, despite the fact that everyone knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that their music was superb and groundbreaking and real. We could write them off because they shared a few minutes with Jason Priestley and that terrifying Tori Spelling person. Or we could write them off because too many magazines have talked about them. Or because it looked like the bassist was wearing too much gel in his hair.â€

I had a good quote from David Byrne (Talking Heads) that went along with this in a fan loyalty sense, however the link has expired.  May not do it justice by paraphrasing but. . . .  Referring to a music project that wasn’t well received by all their fans, he said something to the effect that hopefully those not appreciating it would say:  “Ok, I don’t like this very much, but I respect their right to do it, and I’ll wait until they come out again with something that I do like.â€   

I won’t see Grace in OTH (don’t have “deep cableâ€), but I’d watch that episode if I could.  Break a leg, Grace.