What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Andy Moore catches up with Madison rock legends Garbage, who are releasing their first album in seven years.
- Joe Tarr and Katherine Krueger look ahead to the drunk fest that is the Mifflin Street Block Party.
- Ruth Conniff talks with Tom Barrett about his second try for the governor's seat.
- Judith Davidoff reports on grassroots discontent with the Democratic primary for governor.
- Larry Kaufmann believes Republican Eric Hovde could win Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seat using the Ron Johnson playbook.
- Scott Gordon runs down the hits and misses of Madison musicians' Scott Walker-themed protest songs.
- Jay Rath reports on a Wisconsin filmmaker's 1920s gangland movie, in which there are no guns.
- Jessica Steinhoff says Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom" has a remarkably enduring appeal.
- Dean Robbins says The Borgias on HBO sets a new standard for depravity.
- Scott Renshaw wonders why Aardman Animation films like The Pirates! Band of Misfits can't be big hits, and Kenneth Burns admires the Japanese drama Norwegian Wood but didn't really enjoy it.
- Robin Shepard helps you whittle down your choices among the many events of Madison Craft Beer Week.
- Tell All: If same-sex marriage, why not polygamy?
- Jason Joyce looks at former Badgers playing pro hockey.
