10 minutes of filthy code to let me know if I'm allowed to like the tune I'm listening

hipster.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'json'
require 'net/http'
require 'cgi'

def track_info(title, artist)
  JSON.parse(http.get("/2.0/?method=track.getinfo&api_key=b25b959554ed76058ac220b7b2e0a026&artist=#{CGI.escape(artist)}&track=#{CGI.escape(title)}&format=json").body)
end

def http
  http = Net::HTTP.new("ws.audioscrobbler.com")
  http
end

def the_loop
  @played_tracks ||= []
  user_info = JSON.parse(http.get("/2.0/?method=user.getrecenttracks&user=abscond&api_key=b25b959554ed76058ac220b7b2e0a026&format=json").body)
  current_track = user_info["recenttracks"]["track"][0]
  if !@played_tracks.include? current_track
    listeners = track_info(current_track["name"], current_track["artist"]["#text"])["track"]["listeners"]
    p "#{format_int(listeners)} - #{current_track["artist"]["#text"]}: #{current_track["name"]}"
    @played_tracks << current_track
  end
  sleep 30
  the_loop
end

def format_int(int)
  int.to_s.reverse.gsub(/...(?=.)/,'\&,').reverse
end

the_loop