itunes-pass-the-parcel

#!/usr/bin/python
# coding=utf-8
import time
import random
import subprocess


def run_command(comm):
    return subprocess.Popen(comm, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]


def itunes_play():
    run_command(["osascript", "-e", 'tell application "iTunes" to play'])


def itunes_pause():
    run_command(["osascript", "-e", 'tell application "iTunes" to pause'])

while True:
    try:
        input_str = raw_input("Press enter to start passing, or ctrl-c to quit!")
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        break

    print "Pass the parcel!!"

    time_length = random.randint(5, 25)
    itunes_play()
    time.sleep(time_length)
    itunes_pause()

    print "Parcel passed for", time_length, "seconds."
    print ""