Aunt Sally based on a blackface doll itself inspired by a low-life character named "Black Sal", which appeared in an 1821 series of novellas entitled "Life of London" by Pierce Egan, a contemporary of Charles Dickens. The game dates back to the 17th century, although the name "Aunt Sally" may have been a later addition. It was traditionally played in central English pubs and fairgrounds. An Aunt Sally was originally the modelled head of an old woman with a clay pipe in her mouth; the object was for players to throw sticks at the head in order to break the pipe. The
The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast result in frenetic dance tracks doubling as reading lists." Jonathan Keefe, writing for "Slant Magazine", called the album "endlessly fascinating" but concluded that "even armed with a cheat sheet from Wikipedia and a desire to figure out the significance of every last hair clipper and gunshot, the album never engages as anything more than an academic exercise." "Pitchfork" placed it at number 47 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2006" list. The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast is the sixth studio album by Matmos. Each of