I'd agree it's a little long, except it makes me weep like the AV club staff when Roger Ebert finally dies.  I think it's one of the most memorable scenes from the movie.

If classic rock radio had their way, 699 of those songs would be live and/or acoustic versions of The Boys are Back in Town.

I think their adorable little firecracker Asian drummer is the shit.  He fucking ranks. 
Except apparently he's not so little.

I personally enjoy Weekend in the City more.  I thought Kele toned down his bleat more.  Although the standouts on Silent Alarm are really shiny.

I would argue that that at least one song on each of his albums is, let's say significantly less-to non-geeky.
With the aid of Wikipedia, "When You Go," "Don't Talk to Strangers," "Summer's Over."  Um "Baby Got Back."  Straightforward.

Strollertown can bite a dick.  Actually any of his I-needed-inspiration-and-my-kid-was-sitting-right-there songs can chomp on a huge dick.  I'm looking at you "Rock and Roll Boy" and "Resolutions."
"You Ruined Everything" gets a pass.

"…or you’re organizing some sort of Celebrity Stock Exchange."

"Less explosive"
I see what you did there!

Yup saw them last week and things seemed generally… mellower.  In both volume of fluids spewed and thrashing.  They were obviously playing as a 4 piece but I didn't really notice the difference (probably unsurprisingly.  They are GWAR songs).
He sacrificed himself rather than unleash the atomic fart that would have…

Not to nitpick, cause I also totally agree, but I've read the book (for some reason), and objectivism doesn't imply that men aren't created equal, rather it disputes your 2nd point in the way you describe and implies that men are inherently equal, but poor people are just stupid and lazy.  Not that a Republican pundit…

Hmm.  Well I agree that altruistic behavior is ultimately rooted in selfishness, I think.  As a personal philosophy, this seems similar to secular humanism, reaching the same behavior pattern (do unto others) by arguing different motives (cause it makes me feel good vs cause I respect my fellow humans).
And, as a…

Sympathies. Is it starting to appeal to you?  Do you find yourself kicking homeless people and sobbing into handfuls of dollars?

Ugh sorry.  You're brave enough to wade in here, I promised myself I'd be nice to you.  And you already acknowledged she's not a great writer.
And you said that below too, goddamit.

Yeah thanks, your brilliance, I get that.
Maybe she could've saved that jarringly important characterization for a separate series of books on sexy adventuring plutocrats in Abu Dhabi or something.
Maybe this is an example of why she's criticized for the quality of her writing in addition to the content. 

I agree, that was where she lost me.
I think for her philosophy to be appealing you have to strongly identify yourself as a brilliant dedicated innovator and your success is justly rewarded.  Which appeals to the teenager in all of us, but like I said, after 200 pages I'm not comfortable completely identifying with…

Yeah, but then her argument would fall apart wouldn't it?  It's like we don't all start at the same economic baseline or something.
I think she kinda does with one of the secondary characters, Dagny's bookkeeper maybe?  Who's a hard worker, but not necessarily an innovator.  I don't think he makes it to the promised…

I'm sorry, I guess?
I agree with HipsterDBag.
Also I think the scoffing response people usually have to objectivism (myself included, above) is that it was drafted as a response to communism, but if implemented would be another essentially impractical solution to the inherent inequalities of life.
I'm not gonna make…

Yes yes, I know.  Who would screw Alan Greenspan right?
I just enjoy spreading disgusting mental images like disease.

Favorite Ayn Rand fun fact: she subscribed to an objectivist social life as well, so her and her husband were swingin socialites, within the pure men and women of their little objectivist cabal of course.  One of whom was Alan Greenspan.  Scrub that sexytime image from your brain.
Anywho, I heard Aynnie got her…

Yup, that's pretty funny.  Rand's brilliant progressive female entrepeneur has a thing for submissive rough sex.
Yeah, I don't even know.  It's creepy in the book.