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The door of Witch House (女巫店) near Shida — the tiny live house where 張懸, 蘇打綠 and 陳綺貞 played their early shows.

The Witch House sign over the bar — a stage that launched a generation of Taiwanese indie singers.

A wall of polaroids from years of shows at Witch House, from 張懸 and 蘇打綠 onward.

An album in the window of a Shida record shop.

A vintage electronics-shop sign at the Taipei Music Center.

Old television sets playing music videos in the exhibition.

Broadcast equipment from the early days of the radio era.

A recreated teenager’s bedroom of posters and cassettes.

Photographs and tour notes from a band’s early years.

Cheer Chen, “Travel Is Meaningful” — one of the lyrics lining the gallery.

A 1990s study desk, reconstructed for the exhibition.

Deserts Chang, “The Rose-Coloured You”.

“Young people’s spiritual sanctuary.”

Jonathan Lee, “The Spirit of Life”.

Tom Chang, “My Future Is Not a Dream”.

Mayday, “Fool”.

A lyric projected on the gallery wall.

A ticket for “Music Island Stories” (唱我們的歌).

“Love came, love left — when the song begins, who do you remember?”

Lyric leaves hanging from a white paper tree.

Paper leaves, each one a line from a song.

Mayday, “Peter & Mary”, and a single brushstroke character: 你.

Wu Bai & China Blue with 萬芳, “Express Love Letter”.

Handwritten lyric drafts under glass.

Album covers, records and a guitar from the Mando-pop years.

Posters from the music exhibition’s final room.

萬芳 and 壯女們 on stage — “人生幾見月當頭” projected behind them.

萬芳 on the big screen during the Everyday Sunday concert.

Curtain call: 萬芳和壯女們, “Everyday Sunday”.

The entrance to an independent bookshop off a Taipei lane.

Tables of new books in a Taipei bookstore.

Fembooks (女書店), the first feminist bookstore in the Chinese-speaking world.

The Fembooks plaque, founded 1994.

“This is what a feminist looks like” — a mural at Fembooks.

Books hung from the ceiling in a Taipei bookshop.

The Literary Sandbox (文學基地) bookshelves.

The Japanese-era houses of the Taipei Literature Base.