on textualcmd(cmd)
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
    set itunes_active to false
    set theString to "/me is listening to silence."

    tell application "Finder"
        if (get name of every process) contains "iTunes" then set itunes_active to true
    end tell

    if itunes_active then

        set got_track to false
        tell application "iTunes"
            if player state is playing then
                set theTrack to name of the current track
                set theArtist to artist of the current track
                set theAlbum to album of the current track
                set theTime to time of the current track
                set theBitrate to bit rate of the current track
                set theKind to kind of the current track
                set theGenre to genre of the current track
                set playCount to played count of the current track
                set stars to rating of the current track
                set theStream to current stream title
                set got_track to true
            end if
        end tell

        set theString to "/me is listening to nothing"

        set rating_string to "("
        set fullstar to "★"
        set emptystar to "☆"
        set halfstar to "½"
        set stars to stars / 20

        if stars is equal to 0 then
            set rating_string to "Not Rated Yet"
        else
            #repeat with i from 0.5 to stars
            #   set rating_string to rating_string & halfstar
            #end repeat
            repeat with i from 1 to stars
                set rating_string to rating_string & fullstar
            end repeat
            repeat with i from stars to 4
                set rating_string to rating_string & emptystar
            end repeat
            set rating_string to rating_string & ")"
        end if
    else
        set rating_string to ""

    end if -- end of itunes being active

    if theKind contains "MPEG" then set theKind to "MP3"
    if theKind contains "AAC" then set theKind to "AAC"
    if theKind contains "WAV" then set theKind to "WAV"
    if theKind contains "Apple Lossless" then set theKind to "Apple Lossless"

    if got_track then
        set theContents to "is listening to " & theTrack & " by " & theArtist & " [ " & theAlbum & " .::. " & theTime & " .::. " & theBitrate & "Kbps " & theKind & " .::. played " & playCount & " times.::. " & rating_string & " ]"
        set theString to "/me " & theContents
    end if -- end of we have track info

    return theString
end textualcmd