Joe Plummer, drummer for the Shins and for Modest Mouse, a band that has performed for Microsoft, sums it up thus: "I don't really like to talk about these things, " he said at the eBay event.
If that's not enough syrupy corporate synergy for you, Microsoft's X-Box platform is featuring another new track by the band, "Sheckler's Revenge, " on the just-released Rock Band 2 game.