parse a midi file

[Mr.SpOOn]

Hi,
I need to parse a midi file with Python. What I exactly need is the
possibility to distinguish all notes in all channels in a midi file
and put them in a list or something.

I've found this:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sources/msg/22467419ad4bf416

I'm not sure how it does work, but looking at the code I saw it can
get input from the terminal, so I tried:

python midi.py < mymidi.mid

All it does is printing a lot of strange symbols.

Do you know other easy way to parse a midi file in Python? Or how
actually does this module work?

Thanks,
Carlo