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News bits: Benefit shows for Laura Ann, Pablove and NOLA; tribute at McCabe's to the late Amy Farris

News bits: Benefit shows for Laura Ann, Pablove and NOLA; tribute at McCabe's to the late Amy Farris When Laura Ann Masura's longtime friend Josiah Mazzaschi heard she had been injured in a motorcycle accident, he didn't sit on his hands. He got on the phone. Mazzaschi, the frontman of local indie-rock band Light FM , has organized a benefit concert, Jam for Laura Ann, on Sunday at the Echoplex to help Masura, a fellow musician and also a bartender at the downtown's Redwood Bar, defray some $15,000 in medical expenses. The 5 p.m. show ($12) features a heady cast of performers, including the Backwards Clock Society, featuring Billy Corgan along with Kerry [...]