Hey, Pitchfork finally got around to mentioning the song:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/51262-ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-the-world-is-in-the-terlet-mp3"Punk rock is supposed to be simple, but even then, it's striking how easily Ted Leo and the Pharmacists seem to have wired up this doomsaying, high-voltage anthem. According to Fluxblog, "The World Is in the Terlet" was written and recorded earlier this month on "The Best Show on WFMU", with a few suggestions from listeners. If we're lucky, that type of situation usually leads to songs like Stephin Merritt's NPR-faciliated "Man of a Million Faces", but Ted Leo & co. have churned out something unusually arresting even if the underlying parts are familiar: shouted, handclapping choruses, some calmer verses, a scratchy guitar solo, and a drum intro that keeps reminding me of a faster version of the Wrens' "Everyone Chooses Sides". After some silly lyrics about the band, Leo screams, into a hail of banging percussion, that "the Western world will perish in 15 years". So, uh, sorry everybody.
In this post-apocalyptic environment, the ghosts of hipsters will cry out for "the tapas they could've been eating." That's a much better line than the ones that rhyme "cadaver" and "palaver" (as if any other word actually rhymes with cadaver... prove me wrong, Colin Meloy!), but hey, time constraints. "The proof," as Leo notes, "is in the pudding," and this pudding sure beats the vanila swill they used to serve in college dining halls. Leo's Grand Moff Tarkin-like last gasp completes the pessimistic victory: "It! Was! Supposed! To be! My! Moment! Of triiiiiiiiiuuuuumph!" I think you over-estimate their chances, Ted. (via Fluxblog)"
Sounds like Pitchfork is trying to start a beef with John Junk.