Textual Last.fm 'Now playing' script

lastfm.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
 
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# a last.fm now playing script originally written by Brandon Sutton
# some modifications by lifning
# and more modifications by praseodym
 
import urllib2
import sys

# change me
me = 'praseodymium'

def lastfm_get(username):
        print("/debug /lastfm called, it might take a few seconds to fetch the track list...")

        xml = urllib2.urlopen("http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/user/" + username + "/recenttracks.xml?limit=1")
        xml = xml.read().replace('&','&')

        username = xml.split('" page="')[0].split('<recenttracks user="')[1]
        artist = xml.split('</artist>')[0].split('>')[-1]
        song = xml.split('</name>')[0].split('<name>')[1]
        album = xml.split('</album>')[0].split('>')[-1]
 
        if album != "":
                albumtext = " from the album " + album + ""
        else:
                albumtext = ""
 
        if xml.find("<track nowplaying=\"true\">") == -1:
                nowplaying = " last listened"
        else:
                nowplaying = " is listening"
 
        prefix = "/me" if username == me else username
        print(prefix + nowplaying + " to " + song + " by " + artist + albumtext)

username = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] != '' else me
lastfm_get(username)